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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 Super Overclock

27 Dec 2010

The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 Super Overclock comes from Gigabyte's extreme Super Overclock family of cards and so it gets a host of niceties such as Gigabyte's "Ultra Durable" components, a custom designed Windforce 2x cooler and cherry picked GPUs for the best performance.

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HWZ's Overall Rating: 9.0

Performance:

9.5

Features:

8.5

Value:

8.5

One of the fastest GeForce GTX 460 cards

Effective cooler

Average overclocking performance

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			<h2 class="header-green">GeForce GTX 460 Roundup Part 3 - Trio of Extremities</h2>
		<span class="byline">Article by Kenny Yeo on Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010</span>
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		 		<h2 class="page-title">Extreme GTX 460 Trio</h2>
		 		<h3 class="page_title">Extreme GTX&nbsp;460 Trio</h3>
<p>Before AMD&rsquo;s Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850&rsquo;s arrival, the GeForce GTX 460 was the king in US$200 to US$250 price segment. Nothing came close to offering its explosive combination of price and performance.</p>
<p>However, with the introduction of AMD&rsquo;s Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850, NVIDIA had to do some price shuffling to stay competitive. As a result, they brought the price of the 1GB GeForce GTX 460 from US$229 to US$199, which is good news for us consumers.</p>
<p>As it is, the GeForce GTX 460 has been out in the market for about 6 months now and there&rsquo;s no shortage of custom designed editions. We&rsquo;ve already covered custom version of the GeForce GTX 460 extensively in two roundup articles (<a href="http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/product-guide/features/view/61993" target="_blank">part 1</a>, <a href="http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/product-guide/features/view/75974" target="_blank">part 2</a>), and we are following up with yet another roundup involving three extreme edition cards from Gigabyte, Sparkle and Zotac.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><img height="338" width="500" alt="" title="Three of the most extreme GeForce GTX 460 cards currently available have gathered to do battle in our lab." src="/files/images/group_1.jpg" /></p>
<p>The three cards comes factory overclocked with aggressive clock speeds and sport equally aggressive cooler designs, and the three cards that we will be taking a look at are:</p>
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    <li>Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 Super Overclock</li>
    <li>Sparkle Calibre X460G</li>
    <li>Zotac GeForce GTX 460 AMP! Edition</li>
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