Review ZOTAC GTX 460 1GB: Custom Cooler, Plus Some More!

The GeForce GTX 460 series earns its fame by offering remarkable performance at a reasonable price range (around US$ 200). Aside from the recently announced “SE” series, there are two other variants that had been introduced at the initial launch of the GTX 460, differentiated by their memory sizes and bandwidth: the 768 MB version (192-bit) and the 1 GB model (256-bit). The product from Zotac that we’re about to discuss here in this article is based on the latter variant. As you can see in the above picture, Zotac puts a non-reference HSF to cool it off, but that’s not the only thing it comes up with.

Specification

	NVIDIA GTX 460 768MB	NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB	ZOTAC GTX 460 1GB
Codename	GF104	GF104	GF104
Fabrication Process	40 nm	40 nm	40 nm
Transistors	1.95 Billion	1.95 Billion	1.95 Billion
Die Size	320 mm²	320 mm²	320 mm²
Core Clock	675 MHz	675 MHz	675 MHz
Stream Processors	336	336	336
Shader Clock	1350 MHz	1350 MHz	1350 MHz
Texture Units	56	56	56
ROPs	24	24	24
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory Size	768 MB	1 GB	1 GB
Memory Clock (effective)	3600 MHz	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory Interface	192-bit	256-bit	256-bit
DirectX Version	11	11	11
Shader Model	5	5	5
Power Connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Min Recommended Power Supply	450 Watt	450 Watt	450 Watt
Bus Support	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 2.1 x16

Too bad the custom HSF is not complimented by some degree of factory overclock. The table shows that the Zotac GTX 460 1 GB is clocked at default speed.