14 DAY TRIAL // All the rumors and reports about NVIDIA's latest video board have been leading to this moment, and NVIDIA was quite prompt in finally making the official announcement. The GeForce GTX 460, its latest graphics card based on the Fermi architecture, has finally made it to market. This model will at last broaden the coverage of the company's DirectX 11-capable line from the Enthusiast front to the higher level of the mainstream segment, otherwise known as the performance market.
The GTX 460 has 56 texture units, 336 CUDA cores and clocks of 675 MHz for the GPU, 1350 MHz for the shaders and a memory clock of 3600 MHz. Additionally, the model has a power draw of 160W and a pair of 6-pin connectors meant to provide said energy.
The Santa Clara, California-based outfit has already offered two versions of its newcomer. One has 768MB of GDDR5 and a memory interface of 192 bits, whereas the other has 1GB VRAM and an interface of 256 bits.
"With the GeForce GTX 460, NVIDIA is really upping the ante with an amazingly fast DirectX 11 GPU available at a great, mainstream-friendly price. Its new hardware tessellation support will enable games to reach an entirely new caliber of graphics," said Tim Sweeney, Chairman, CEO and Technical Director at Epic games.
"Capcom has worked closely with NVIDIA on a number of PC titles and GeForce GPUs have always helped us to deliver the very best experience to users. The GeForce GTX 460 is a great card and its blazing performance helps our titles to shine," Jun Takeuchi, General Manager of R&D Strategic Planning Department at Capcom.
The GTX 460 768MB will have a US price of about $199, whereas the GTX 460 1GB will come for roughly $229. Full information on the device can be found on the official product page.