Nvidia intros GeForce GTX 460 SE with less CUDA cores

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1. November 16, 2010 4:36 PM
   

   Technochicken, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I would think the two variations currently available would be enough to satisfy most consumers.

   And pardon this moment of being a grammar Nazi, but it has fewer CUDA cores, not less CUDA cores.

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2. November 16, 2010 6:27 PM
   

   klepto12, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Hi Klepto12. Had to point out you are talking complete dross sir

   Talking about the 9500gt is just ridiculous. It has nothing to do with the current crop of cards and their performance. If you compare the GTX 460 with a ATI 6870 (both directx11 - and we are talking about only dx11 here if people are upgrading) then the 6870 outperforms it BUT the cost difference more than makes up for it. The 6870 costs £195 compared to the GTX 460 1GB which averages around £150. The GTX 460 also has the same performance as a GTX 285 while running cooler with less power. To say ATI has the midrange market sown up at this point is brainless fanboyism.

   Personally I just got a 460 after owning ATI since the 9700pro and before that the Geforce 2/3 and 3dfx Voodoo 1/2/3 before that. Memory bandwidth is extremely important to me - I often purchase older top level cards rather than buy the lower memory bandwidth current mainstream ones. I got my 9700pro late, then an x850XT.

   I would not personally choose a 768mb version of the 460 because of the reduced memory bandwidth and the lower cache - it is an utterly dead card to me. But a 1GB version with less cores while keeping the full bandwidth allowing for better full screen anti aliasing etc might be VERY useful.

   I agree that its not a massive difference between the full card and the 768 model - 20 quid here but then again that is a difference of 1/7th of the card cost. I know which card I would go for if I was limited on funds and it would probably be the 1GB with less cores than the lower bandwidth, lower memory one. You can always overclock these anyway

   well anyway having 3 cards all the same but with this and that turned off and on is just ludicrous and i wasn't talking about current cards i was making a point just because you have more memory bandwidth doesn't always mean higher FPS. Almost everyone games at 1680x1050 or less so in reality my point is the best point because once again there is no reason for 3 gtx 460 cards.

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3. November 17, 2010 8:46 AM
   yukka, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   klepto12 said:my point is the best point

   Nope sir, you have an opinion as do others.

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4. November 17, 2010 4:50 PM
   Guest said:

   GTX460 SE uses phallic( weakened) chips and therefore will never have my trust. With phallic things are never known, a test card works great, in reality manufacturers use SE mark in order to earn additional money (I heard that they have plan to make the MSI GTX460 SE with 192 bits). Do you remember ATI 9600SE, 9200SE, FX5700LE, FX5200 Magic etc. Sorry for bad english.

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5. November 18, 2010 9:05 AM
   TeamworkGuy2 said:

   Any one remember the Radeon X300 128 Hypermemory SE, I have one of those.

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6. November 18, 2010 9:18 AM
   yukka, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I have a Radeon 9200SE I think. It wasnt bad at the time. An upgrade from my Gerforce 2MX.

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7. November 18, 2010 11:25 AM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   GTX460 SE uses phallic( weakened) chips and therefore will never have my trust. With phallic things are never known, a test card works great, in reality manufacturers use SE mark in order to earn additional money (I heard that they have plan to make the MSI GTX460 SE with 192 bits). Do you remember ATI 9600SE, 9200SE, FX5700LE, FX5200 Magic etc. Sorry for bad english.

   You do indeed have a "poor grip", or perhaps, "lack a firm grasp",(pardon the puns), on the definition of the word, "phallic".

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus and or http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phallic

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8. December 5, 2010 3:01 PM
   Maximus said:

   rofl ^

   I actually bought one of these cards and I'm quite impressed with it. It overclocks like a champ - 850/1700/1000 - without voltage increase or breaking a sweat. Not bad for a crippled GTX 460 1GB. It also outpaces the stock 1GB, with this overclock, in most games. Again, not bad for $165 CAD.

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