ECS GTX 460 Black Series (NBGTX460-1GPI-F) Video Card Review

The ECS GTX 460 Black Edition (Cont’d)

In Figure 4, you can see the video card with its cooler removed. Note how it requires two six-pin auxiliary power connectors. In Figures 5 and 6, you can see the cooler by itself. As already mentioned, we’ve already posted a complete review of this cooler, where you can read about it in more detail.

Figure 4: Video card with the cooler removed

Figure 5: Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro cooler

Figure 6: Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro cooler

The reviewed card uses eight 1 Gbit GDDR5 chips, making its 1 GB video memory (1 Gbit x 8 = 1 GB). Each chip is connected to the GPU using a 32-bit data lane, making the video card’s 256-bit memory interface (32 bits x 8 = 256).

The chips used are K4G10325FE-HC05 parts from Samsung, which support up to 1 GHz (4 GHz QDR) and since on this video card memory is accessed at 925 MHz (3,700 MHz QDR), there is a good margin for you to increase the memory clock rate while keeping the chips inside the maximum they support.

Figure 7: Memory chips

In Figure 8, you can see the accessories that come with the reviewed card: one power adapter, one DVI-to-VGA adapter, one DVI-to-HDMI adapter, and one SLI bridge. The product doesn’t come with any games.

Figure 8: Accessories

Before seeing the performance results, let’s recap the main features of this video card.