14 DAY TRIAL // The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 has only just been made official, but even as its buyers find out how much of what reviewers said was true, rumors have already started circulating about the next Fermi adapter that the Santa Clara company has in store. Known as the GTX 460, the device has already become a subject of discussion at Computex, or, at least, this is what the folks over at Bit-tech seem to suggest.
Though early, completely unofficial and unconfirmed, the report described the GTX 460 video controller as a model armed with only 240 cores. Normally, this would hint at a performance that is much lower than what current GTX 400 cards offer and certainly less noteworthy than even the ATI Radeon HD 5770.
The other details unveiled so far include the 192-bit memory interface, 768MB of GDDR5 VRAM and a TDP of 180W. At first glance, the card seems to have what it takes to win against the HD 5850, even despite the lower amount of memory, but it doesn't look ready to take on anything bigger than the HD 5770.
This doesn't seem to be what the ones currently in Taipei think, though. According to the report, the video board will have a much better overclocking potential that its siblings, to the point where it will supposedly be able to match even the GTX 480 if tuned right. Granted, this seems quite far-fetched with only 240 stream processors, but it is still an intriguing thought.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 will be as long as the HD 5770 (8.5 inches), and it will still be quite hot. It should start shipping sometime around the middle of July. Only the reference design will be available at first, with custom versions slated for a later date.