august 10 2010 review by kitguru

The N460GTX Cyclone OC features 1Gig of ram AND a 256 bit memory interface (The 768mb version has a 192 bit interface). This version has a 51mhz overclock on the GPU core (a 7.5% factory overclock) with the GDR5 RAM running @ 900mhz.

Conclusion:

MSI has not only not only made a card which has a better cooler, faster clockspeeds and lower noise levels, but this graphics card manually overclocks to levels the reviewers previously thought impossible. Next to that the price tag is very competitive.

Overclocking:

This video card has a massive amount of headroom, the reviewers reacheD 905mhz on the core and 1050mhz on the memory, which is a 34% overclock for the GPU Core.

Compared to:

• Nvidia Reference GeForce GTX460 768MB
• Zotac GeForce GTX465
• AMD Reference Radeon HD 5850
• AMD Reference Radeon HD 5830

Benchmarks:

3DMark Vantage Professional, Alien V Predator, Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5, Metro 2033, Tom Clancy HAWX, Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes From Liberty City, Left 4 Dead 2, Crysis Warhead, HQV Benchmark 2.0, Unigine Heaven Benchmark, Noise Levels, Power Drain, temperatures.

Test Setup:

• Computer Case : Antec Dark Fleet DF 85
• CPU : AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
• CPU Cooler : Noctua NH CP12
• Display : Dell U2410 Panel
• Mainboard : MSI 890 GXM-G65
• Memory : Kingston HyperX 8GB Kit
• PSU : Antec 750W TruPower
• SSD : Buffalo 128GB
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64