Is the GeForce GTX 460 any good with my specs?

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#1

So, I’m looking for a new graphic card for my PC, I already found one with a good price and I want to know if it will run without any problems.

The graphic card is a EVGA 01G-P3-1366-TR GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card :retard:

My computer specs are:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

and I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

if you guys need anything else just ask :retard:

#2

if you add more Ram and a convert your OS into 64-bit, I believe you’re good to go :wink:

edit : okey my bad…just forgot to to put S rather than P

calhoun freeman glad you pointed that out xP

:hmph:

#3

:hmph:

8600GT isn’t bad. Get 2 more gigs of ram, and maybe (don’t need to, but if you want to fully utilize the 4 gig) change the OS to 64 bit.

#4

DX 11 with an 8600? ehh…

#5

Well, I like my 470… but it’s not a 460…

Man, I don’t fuckin know.

#6

I think the Windows 7 system information tool / dxdiag picks up that you have DirectX 11 installed, regardless of whether or not your GPU actually supports DX11 features.

The GTX460 SE is a cheaper, but slightly slower version of the GTX460. Just thought I’d point that out in case you weren’t aware.
From what I’ve read a reference GTX460SE performs around 10% slower than a reference GTX460.

As for whether it would work well with your specs - I think your processor might bottleneck the card somewhat, though you should still get quite a significant performance boost compared to your 8600GT.

#7

It would work great. Just get a little more RAM, that always helps.

#8

I have a 460… I think it’s a GTX460SE too… It works fine for everything I throw at it. Certainly isn’t the best card around, but I think it’s a great performance/buck ratio.
As some others said, your CPU will probably become the bottleneck, but you’ll get a performance upgrade anyway.

And yeah… 64bit FTW :stuck_out_tongue:

#9

Im currently running 2 x EVGA GTX460 EE SuperClocked in Sli, and dude it shreads anything bar the GTX590 and some GTX580s they’re a great card especially in Sli, But why bother the GTX560 is roughly only $50 more expensive… i would go with one of the newer series…

#10

I’d buy a gtx 560 instead if I were you, the 400 series runs hotter than most of the nvidia series so keep that in mind.

#11

Agreeing with coldroll here; why wouldn’t you get a 560? They’re in exactly the same price range, and the 560 is cooler and more stable, and more reliably powerful as a result.

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