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MSI GeForce GTX 460 Hawk Graphics Card Reviews

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2010-09-02 09:10:00.0


t-break and techPowerUp have reviewed the brand new MSI GeForce GTX 460 Hawk, a highly customized pre-overclocked graphics card with an upgraded cooler.

Here's what they had to say:

  • t-break:

    "The MSI N460GTX Hawk is well worth the slightly extra premium over the stock cards. Even at factory default levels, the card outperforms any other GTX 460 we have come across, and with an overclocking headroom so high, along with performance to match, the MSI N460GTX Hawk is truly one of the best bang for your buck graphics card on the market right now."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • techPowerUp:

    "MSI's GeForce GTX 460 HAWK is rock solid version of a factory overclocked GTX 460 card. Thanks to MSI's clock speeds of 781 MHz GPU and 900 Memory memory, the card delivers about 10% more performance than a reference design GTX 460 with 1 GB of memory. If this is not enough for you, then you can engage in some manual overclocking to get the last out of the card. MSI has added a couple of extra features here. Instead of only GPU voltage control like on the reference designs, MSI lets you change GPU voltage, memory voltage and PLL voltage. While this sounds great on paper, the actual ranges you can adjust are fairly small and I could not see any gains from adjusting PLL voltage. However, every available option to change something can help and considering the reasonable price of the card it is a welcome addition."


    Click here to read the full review.

For $250, this card is a no-brainer, especially if you manage to achieve a 1Ghz GPU core clock, which a few people have already.

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