EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked Video Card Review

Conclusions

The performance advantage of EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked over the standard GeForce GTX 465 was insignificant (below 3%), since it has a very light GPU overclocking (3%). So we don’t see why pay more for the overclocked card to get the same performance level.

There were only two scenarios where GeForce GTX 465 was faster than Radeon HD 5850: Far Cry 2 at 2560×1600 with image quality settings maxed out (at other resolutions Radeon HD 5850 was faster) and Darkest of Days. And besides these two games, GeForce GTX 465 was only faster than Radeon HD 5830 in Crysis Warhead with image quality settings maxed out (but at 2560×1600 Radeon HD 5830 was faster).

So unless you plan to play a PhysX-based game or are a stubborn NVIDIA fanboy, we see no reason why you would buy the new GeForce GTX 465. Radeon HD 5850 costs only a little bit more and completely crushes GeForce GTX 465, while Radeon HD 5830 costs less and achieved the same performance or was faster in most of the games we ran.