14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 video card has just seen its latest reshaping at the hands of Lantic Technology, a company that compensated for the higher clock speeds by strapping a better cooling solution onto the DirectX 11-capable video card.
As consumers must know by now, the GTX 460 is NVIDIA's offering for the higher level of the mainstream market, otherwise known as the performance segment.
Basically, this card has slightly lower capabilities than the GTX 470 and GTX 480, but has a lower heat generation and consumes less power.
Lantic just unleashed the GTX 460 1GB GDR5 Liberty Wings, a factory-overclocked card that, while not nearly on par with Colorful's invention, definitely delivers a high level of performance.
The monster that Colorful recently showcased was an actual GTX 460 that pushed the GPU all the way up to 900 MHz, which is a massive jump from the 675 MHz of the stock model.
Lantic did not go so far, settling for a GF104 pushed at 'only' 765 MHz, while the shaders and memory work at 1,530 Mhz and 3,700 MHz, respectively.
What's more, the video adapter features a memory interface of 256 bits and all the benefits of the 40nm manufacturing process technology.
Needless to say, an overclocked version of this video controller requires a non-reference cooler, so Lantic threw in a dual-slot solution.
Said cooler is designed with a copper base, four copper heatpipes, 34 aluminum fins and, last but not least, a pair of Fluid Dynamic bearing fans with a diameter of 90mm each.
It should probably be noted that the cooler uses PWM technology (Pulse Width Modulation), which detects heat level and adjusts fan speed accordingly.
Finally, Lantic Technology implemented dual-DVI and HDMI outputs and, of course, support for SLI, CUDA, PhysX and 3D Vision Surround. Unfortunately, pricing and availability remain a mystery.