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MSI N460GTX Hawk

06 Sep 2010

The MSI N460GTX Hawk is the company's top GeForce GTX 460 card and it features Triple Over Voltage, a world's first that lets users adjust GPU core, memory and PLL voltage values.

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HWZ's Overall Rating: 9.0

Performance:

9.5

Features:

9.5

Value:

8.5

Impressive overclocking

Effective cooler

Decent performance

Not the quickest card out of the box

Significantly pricier

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			<h2 class="header-green">GeForce GTX 460 Roundup Part 2 - Mainstream Bonanza</h2>
		<span class="byline">Article by Kenny Yeo on Tuesday, 07 Sep 2010</span>
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		 		<h2 class="page-title">Mainstream Bonanza</h2>
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<p>The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460&rsquo;s unbeatable combination of performance and price means that it is the kingpin in the US$200 to US$250 price bracket. Nothing from ATI is even close to challenging it and is, quite easily, one of the best things to have come out from the green camp in a long, long time. So much so that anyone who is looking to spend US$200 on a decent graphics card cannot afford to overlook it.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;ve already covered the GeForce GTX 460 extensively, in our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/features/view/49346">full review</a> and then in a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/product-guide/features/view/61993">later roundup article</a>. And now, we are continuing our coverage of the GeForce GTX 460 with another five choice selections, this time from ECS, Gainward, Manli, MSI and Palit.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><img height="353" width="500" alt="" title="Vendors are banking on the popularity of the GeForce GTX 460 and are coming up with their own customized versions." src="/files/images/intro_22.jpg" /></p>
<p>Here&rsquo;s the full list of cards that we&rsquo;ll be evaluating today:</p>
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    <li>ECS GTX 460 Black</li>
    <li>Gainward GTX 460 Golden Sample GLH</li>
    <li>MSI N460GTX Hawk</li>
    <li>Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum</li>
    <li>Manli GeForce GTX 460</li>
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<p>And without further ado, let's jump straight in and introduce our the first card in our roundup.</p>
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<h4 class="page_sub_title"><strong>The ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black</strong></h4>
<p>Much like AMG&rsquo;s Black line of super souped up Mercedes-Benzes, ECS&rsquo; GeForce GTX 460 Black is the company&rsquo;s pimped out and flagship GeForce GTX 460. As such, it runs at a higher core clock speed of 765MHz, a respectable 90MHz bump compared to a reference card, and also higher memory clock speeds of 3700MHz DDR, a 100MHz DDR increase from a reference card&rsquo;s 3600MHz DDR. To keep the card running cool, ECS has plonked a massive twin-fan, 2.5-slot Accelero Twin Turbo Pro cooler from cooling specialists Arctic Cooling (now known simply as Arctic).</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><img height="485" width="500" src="/files/images/ecs-card.jpg" title="The ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black is a giant amongst other GTX 460 cards, such as the reference edition pictured below it." alt="" /></p>
<p class="rtecenter"><img height="306" width="500" src="/files/images/ecs-port.jpg" title="The card has the usual twin DVI ports and single mini-HDMi port. Note also the sheer thickness of the card." alt="" /></p>
<p class="rtecenter"><img height="295" width="500" src="/files/images/ecs-cool.jpg" title="Everything about the card is huge, from the twin fans, down to the large heatsink array and even the four copper heat pipes." alt="" /></p>
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