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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: TheCraigy on February 28, 2011, 03:57:56 pm

Title: gtx 460
Post by: TheCraigy on February 28, 2011, 03:57:56 pm

Hi,
I was just wondering if there was any hardware difference between the gigabyte gtx 460 OC, OC2 and SOC?
if so what differences are these? I know the SOC has a pretty patern on it but mind about the look of it


And will the cards run fine with a 550w PSU?
I will be using the card for sony vegas 10 h264 renders and wow mostly

thanks alot for reading :)

Title: Re: gtx 460
Post by: Dark Mantis on February 28, 2011, 05:56:41 pm

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

All the cards are clocked slightly differently but to be fair it is negligable. There are other differences too like fans and graphic designs but there is not much to choose between them.

Whether they will work alrigt on a 550W PSU depends on what else you have drawing power from it and how good the quality of it is.

Title: Re: gtx 460
Post by: TheCraigy on February 28, 2011, 06:39:19 pm

ah cool thanks =D

my pc specs are:
Mainboard :   Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Chipset :   Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Processor :   AMD Athlon II x 4 630 @ 2800 MHz
Physical Memory :   4048 MB (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card :   Radeon X1650 Series  <-------- horrible xD
Hard Disk :   ST3160815AS (160 GB) (Sata one)
Hard Disk :   WD (1000 GB) (External power supply)
DVD-Rom Drive :   ATAPI DVD A  DH16A1P ATA Device
PSU: 550w Fatal1ty OCZ ( 1 year old )

playing on a 19" monitor @ 1440x900 but want to get a duel monitor sorted soon :)

thanks alot for reading I put it into a psu calculator and it comes out alright but dosnt mention the soc versions etc :S

Title: Re: gtx 460
Post by: Dark Mantis on February 28, 2011, 07:23:43 pm

I would say it will probably be alright as it is a decent PSU and it is sort of borderline by the time you take into account the deterioration of the PSU. I am afraid it is a case of try it and see. ;)

Title: Re: gtx 460
Post by: TheCraigy on February 28, 2011, 09:05:30 pm

alright =D thanks alot for the help :)