Zotac whipping up dual-GPU GTX 460?

[fpsgamerJR62]

Dual GPU Nvidia cards are a boon to those of us who use AMD CPUs but prefer Nvidia graphic cards. Currently, our only multi-GPU option is Crossfire with ATI cards. My last AMD board with SLI was back in the Socket 939 days. I hope this product makes it to market and at a competitive price. I've been using Nvidia cards since I got a Riva 128 4-MB way back in the day.

 

[Neojt]

I just got the Asus GTX460 TOP wich is better than the Zotac equivalent but This is another story i wonder if the price will be worth it siince it has 4x DVI i dont think it will be SLI capable even if it only takes up 1 pci xpress slot.

Only time will tell if its woth it $$$

 

[citac]

I cant see the logical point of a gamer wanting this, so much over kill in my mind. Also wouldn't it be a very power hungry card ?

 

[Davidoff]

*I likes*

 

[Storagebox]

ive tried sli with the 8000s and 9000s it was great for the few games that make it worth, but most of the time 1 card is always better, better to spend few more $$$ then buy 2 mid range and maybe have more fps in maybe 1 or 2 games that was actually optimized for it

 

[Yoda8232]

This would be a great card, but honestly if it had any more than 2GB of VRAM the card probably would not be able to use the VRAM to it's fullest potential. I would think a redesigned dual GPU GTX 480 would be better for a dual GPU, not a a mid-high range video card. Regardless it will dominate the GPU market no doubt.

Also Zotac's bee doing some really good stuff lately making all these types of new innovations.
Kudos to them!

 

[Johny47]

fadownjoo said:
lol thats toooo much power, when will you actually use it all?

One game comes to mind right away... begins with a 'C' and and ends with an 's' hahaha =P

This looks very nice, that new card that's rumoured(the GTX 580 or whatever) maybe that will be the new GTX 285 and this will be the new GTX 295? just a guess =)

 

[uttaradhaka]

okay, so now drug dealers can play Crisis 15 on their 5 million inch Plasma!

 

[agissi]

Does it scale as well as 2 individual 460s or 4 in a SLI configuration? There's always someone who needs the power, not to mention cancer, DNA, and space research projects.

 

[frodough]

looks nice and small, hope it's affordable too i have a 5770 but wouldn't mind to upgrade if price is right.

 

[samironsy]

sli is good but some time dont effect some games

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Not majorly. The GTX 480 is probably nearing EOL very rapidly, if reports floating around regarding the new Fermi silicon revision are true ( 512 shader/ lowered double precision (compute) emphasis, 128 TMU, 750-800MHz core/ 4000-4600MHz effective memory).
I don't think nvidia will be overly sad to see the 480 retired.

Aye, that's right, forgot about the upcoming refresh\rebranding cycle.

 

[LinkedKube]

I dont think anyone would be too sad to see the 480 go, I'll probably sell mine with my water blocks as soon as the refresh is announced.

 

[ViNCiLiCiouS]

I like this. Hopefully it'll be dual slot, run within moderate temps (although I do have a Gigabyte 1GB GTX 460 and runs considerably warmer than my older Sapphire Vapor-X 5770), and be less expensive than buying two cards.

I'm not expecting the card to take the market by storm, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who could want/use something like a dual-gpu 460. In fact I was sad that the recent Radeon options remained the 4870x2 and the 5970, and for NVIDIA the 9800x2, 295 (which is just huge...).

 

[klepto12]

Seems like an amazing idea but whats the point its not even nvidias top of the line or second tier cards. One high end card is always better if you can handle it vs 2 lower end cards since sli or crossfire is not always supported in games very well. you could pick up the soon to be 6970 for what this card will cost and get better minimum FPS and a better overall experience IMO.

 

[HaMsTeYr]

Kind of reminds me of the ASUS Ares, and most of the other hybrid boards that ASUS does for their GPU. It'd be interesting to see how this performs though.

Like with the ARES, being ASUS's own version of the 5970, the performance was better on so many levels. Still, I start to wonder if this kind of thing will start to take place as mainstream in the future.

Like how different GPU manufacturers have like pre-oc versions w/ custom HSFs, I'd like to see more of these kinds instead... Then it'd make GPU selecting more of a thrill come an upgrade

But too bad I got my 5850 Recently. I love it and I shall not part with it :X

 

[Eddo22]

Dual Radeon 6870 > 460x2. The 460x2 would have to be dirt cheap.. $400 would be too much.

 

[Wendig0]

This is just plain sexy. I can imagine some serious Crysis 2 porn on this.

 

[pyari]

wow what short of pc do we need to use this card in full function? full speed.....

 

[Cryptopsy]

Great card, let see the price of it!

 

[ChrisG683]

Dang... sometimes I think I should have waited before buying my 480. I still love its performance though D:

 

[Richy2k9]

hello ...

as Diablo III's release approaching (really!?) i need to get a new PC for it & other games, such cards looks interesting, but i'm sure the price tag would be a major problem & with limited specs, is it worth it?

cheers!

 

[oasis789]

i guess itll be a while before i upgrade from my 460, but damn, this is one sexy card.

 

[Technochicken]

This reminds me of the dual gpu GTX 470 nVidia showed ages ago. Whatever happened to that? What with the difference in power consumption, a dual 460 is a much better idea though.

 

[neowing]

dividebyzero said:
@Oasis789
It is SLI on one card, but also has an SLI connector so two cards can be teamed up - quad SLI capable, although if this card makes it to retail then I'd expect it to sport a variation of their (Zotac) GTX 480 Amp! cooler -a triple slot solution- which would limit motherboards able to run two cards - PCIex16 spacing, whether the chassis can accomodate the lower card, and SLI licence of course.

The biggest aspect for some would likely be the ability to run Surroundvision/3D surround from one card

How exactly "NF200 bridge chip" support "non-SLI motherboards" ? Anyone have some information about it ?

All dual-GPU nVidia cards (GTX 295, 9800GX2 etc.) utilise the SLI connection within the card. Since the card uses a single PCIe x16 slot, all data travels between CPU and graphics as would a single GPU solution. All communication (alternate frame rendering) is accomplished on the card itself.
Since multiple PCIe motherboard slots aren't required, the motherboard manufacturer does not have to purchase an SLI license to allow the GPU's to "communicate" -since no inter-GPU data travels over the motherboards chipset.

Thank you for Information, as well as the other posters !
But I just realize that SLI had License.