MSI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC Video Card

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reach 850 hz on the core easilycard looks exceptionally msi has really looked good for the past year

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Big upgrade over my old 8800GT. This thing takes all you can throw at it. And it came with Free game downloads!I've been playing Just Cause 2 non-stop since I got it. It's quiet, and runs cool. 55c at load!

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Awesome card, clocking it at 900MHZ easy but only downside i found was for as much trouble i had obtaining this card from NCIX at the time, 2 weeks later the newest model comes out and can Clock 1GHZ on air easy was a little disappoint buy that but will have them SLI in no time!

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This is my first video card purchase since an ATI Radeon 9550 many many years ago and I love it. I was using my integrated graphics on my i5-650 which are surprisingly decent for integrated. This card just performs amazingly on the few games I have tested it on in my 3 days of ownership. I have overclocked it to 800mhz on the core and 1900mhz on the memory and could probably go further. Using a small mATX case with poor airflow which will need an upgrade and it's keeping around 70 degrees. Overall I love it.

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This may not be as powerful as my xfx hd 5970 BE but this card is extremly stable and problem free. My hd 5970 has a few issues still (for 2 months now). I bought this for my brother and it has had no problems and quite powerful. It can handle sc2 in ultra settings.

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I bought this card to replace an aging Radeon. I am so far very pleased with my purchase. Out of the box, the first thing I noticed is how small and light the card is - at least compared to my old Radeon X1950. The Cyclone cooler is solid, well built and does a fantastic job. The card is very quiet, even under heavy load for a long period of time. And it stays cool too. I did play many games with it yet but the benchmarks I ran have so far yielded very good scores. I fit in the casual gamer category so this card is just perfect - for playing and for the wallet!I over-clocked the card to 800/1600 MHz with a breeze. I can probably push it some more but I do not see the need for it at the moment.Overall, a great chip by Nvidia and a great card by MSI. Highly recommended!

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I am what you call a casual gamer. I like to play games but don't have much time on my hands, so its hard for me to justify spending 500-600 bucks on a great card when I can spend $210 and get a pretty good card with three games included. This card for the money can't be beat right now. I know the 1GB card would have been better, but none were on sale at the time so the 768mb card seemed the perfect match for me. I love having the mini hdmi port and also the fact that the DVI outputs come with an hdmi or vga converter, and they include digital sound, so when I run my 25 foot hdmi cable to my 60" tv, I get awesome sound and video all in one cable. I had to modify my case a wee bit because this card is fat with the cooler fan extending past the card shape by about an inch. That's what Dremels are for ! :)I highly reccomend this card to anyone on a bit of a budget but who still wants decent gaming power.

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As of the time of writing, this card probably has the best heatsink and fan of any gtx 460 card. It can be argued that this is a close tie with the gigabyte card's cooling solution. However, this one just looks more awesome in my opinion. I got a bunch of free games with it, so that made the purchase worth it. Otherwise, I would have gone with the gigabyte card because it's a bit cheaper. Construction of the MSI card is excellent with high-quality components. Performance is outstanding, and I can play all my games on full settings, except for metro 2033.

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The loud and annoying screaching sound probably isn't very common, but its happening to my card. Only occurs under load, don't know if its the fan or not. NCIX RMA is a farce, Placed in a request for rma, they said I can bring it in to the shop for exchange, they did not have in stock. Could not guarantee I will get a unit in the next shipment. Have to wait an extra week for a card I could pick up locally with less hassles. Went through a song and dance that 100 will be comming in, doesn't help me when the card is unusable. NCIX. if you're going to allow rma's ensure the product is available in store to exchange, Don't waste your customers time!

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I bought this at $245, I'm sure this will go for $220 soon.I think this is the best GTX 460 silence/quality/price on the market.

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Purchase this to replace EVGA 9800GTX+. Now, i can play with all the games i have with the setting max out. Hope to see MSI has GTX 460 Hawk edition.

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this card overclocks really well. I have it at 825/1950 right now and it still runs cool. it's so fast, my stock intel Q9550 is now the bottleneck.

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I am running a pair of these in SLI and the performance is excellent. Roughly 25% faster than a single GTX 480 for a bit less money. Oh, and that's just without overclocking them. Both of my cards hit 800Mhz core with ease (they come stock 725 up from 675 reference). Because of how well these scale with overclocking we're talking 30-40% faster than a single GTX 480 when overclocked. The MSI afterburner software is very nice and I'm betting with voltage tweaking this card could get to around 900Mhz but that's overkill for me right now.The 1 gig GTX 460's are a great investment. Even if you only get 1 now it's nice to know you can always nearly double your perfomance by throwing in another one down the line. I expect to be using these for a long time. The only downside is no tri or quad SLI with the 460.Even with a single card some moderate overclocking will get your GTX 470 speeds at a fraction of the price (and power consumption!)