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ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black Series Reviews

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2010-09-22 09:20:00.0


Hardware Secrets and PureOverclock have reviewed the new ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black Series graphics card.

Here's what they had to say:

  • Hardware Secrets:

    "The ECS GTX 460 Black Series comes as a good competitor to Radeon HD 5850. In most games and simulations we ran, both achieve similar performance. The only exceptions were on Aliens vs. Predator, where the ECS GTX 460 Black Series was faster, and on Crysis Warhead at 1680x1050 and 3DMark Vantage (except at 1680x1050 with image quality settings disabled), where the Radeon HD 5850 was faster.

    Therefore we have to declare a technical tie between the two. This model from ECS comes with two main advantages, the cooler from Arctic Cooling, which we’ve reviewed separately and proved to be a very good product, and price. If you plan to run PhysX games you will of course be better off with this video card from ECS, since PhysX is only supported by NVIDIA-based products."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • PureOverclock:

    "This ECS card costs about $230 USD, which is right on par with the competition and is an excellent deal considering the custom heatsink and amazing overclocking potential. This card is big, brash, and bold, and we love it. Excellent performance at mid-range resolutions, very low temperatures and noise levels, and a fantastic price make the ECS Black GTX 460 1GB one of the best amongst the competition."


    Click here to read the full review.

This particular model does have a very good aftermarket cooler and it isn't much more expensive than reference cards, A+.

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