GTX 460 win2

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Would a single GTX 460 2win perform better than a single gtx 480? (excluding the amount of power it would use and the noise that it would produce)
 
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Essentially what I meant by the question above is: Is the 460 2win treated as 2 460s in sli or is it treated like a single powerful card, and therefore is better ?
 
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the card is combines 2 460,s 1gb cards one a single pcb
depending what kind of games you play and at what resolution, its faster then a 580, but not really much.
so are the faster then a 480 i think now.
at lets say metro 2033 at 1650x1080 4aa x 16af the 460 scores 96 fps
the 580 88.
at 1920x1200 the 460 scores around 75 fps the 580 72fps.

so ask youre selve is the 580 faster then a 480 yes.
also this score is made with a •Testing Configuration
•ASUS P6X58D Premium Motherboard
•Intel Core i7-965 @ 3.33 GHz Processor
•3 x 2GB Corsair DDR3-1333 MHz Memory
 
To answer your other question I have not used a dual GPU but I do believe that the OS treats it as SLI since there are 2 processors. It's just SLI on a single PCB rather than with an SLI bridge between 2 cards.
 
My confusion with it being regular sli is that normally if you combine two 1gb cards in sli you're going to get 1gb of ram and in this card you combine two 1gb cards and somehow get 2gb of ram (I mean video ram) and it's 512 bit which is insanely fast.
 
The way that works is that in multiple card SLI each card stands on it's own so each card has 1gb of VRAM on it. In a dual card there is 2gb of VRAM on the single PCB. 1gb for each GPU. So just like if you have 2 1gb 460s in SLI, there is 2gb of VRAM in the system but each GPU core has 1gb dedicated to it.

Bus width isn't about speed, it's about bandwidth. I would guess that since one 460 uses a 256 bit bus they just doubled the bandwidth to allow for the 2 460s on the card.
 
Alright now I understand it, I'm still not sure whether to get one in place of my 480 because I'm afraid of the SLI being a pain. Also I just noticed that I called the card win2 instead of 2win in the title, sorry for that :D.
 
I would get another 480 for SLI before you get a 460 2win. The problem that I see is according to guru3d you would be just on the edge of the power requirements for SLI. It looks like it would work, but it would be close.

I with your current setup, I would sell the 480 and get a 760/770/780/7950/7970 depending on your budget.
 
The thing is that I'm not a huge gamer and the 460 2win seems like the cheapest card that would allow me to use 3 monitors which I am interested in doing (not for 3d surround or anything like that, just for web browsing and stuff...) so I could sell my 480 and get the 2win for the money I got off my 480. I can't really do that with a 760 because they are way more expensive.
 
With a 460 2win you would be able to fun 3 screens, but 1gb of VRAM isn't nearly enough to handle the resolution. I am already having problems with my 2gb of VRAM on my 1600 monitor, and that is still less pixles than a 3 monitor setup. It would be a useless upgrade if 3 screens is the only reason you want it.

Wait till you have the money for a GPU that fits the specs for a 3 screen setup better. Otherwise you will be dissapointed with the performance.
 
salvage-this said:
I would really advise against that. Choosing SLI and 1gb of VRAM over a single 480 1.5gb will not give you the performance you want

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694-6.html

not really a huge upgrade and it is completely dependent on SLI scaling correctly. Completely a waste of money over what you have.
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Yeah, I looked at some reviews and now I see what you mean. I think I'll sell both my 480 and my old 250 get a 280 temporarily and when I have the money I'll get a 760/770/ or 2 480 in SLI
 
Why would you sell both cards to go down in performance to save up for a better card. either save for a new GPU and use what you have till then, or sell the 480 for a decent price and use the 250 till you have the cash for a better card. Buying another card in the meantime will just eat your money that you want to use for your new setup.

See if 87dtna has any good GPUs for sale. They usually go really cheap and he takes good care of them while he was using them.
 
salvage-this said:
The way that works is that in multiple card SLI each card stands on it's own so each card has 1gb of VRAM on it. In a dual card there is 2gb of VRAM on the single PCB. 1gb for each GPU. So just like if you have 2 1gb 460s in SLI, there is 2gb of VRAM in the system but each GPU core has 1gb dedicated to it.

Bus width isn't about speed, it's about bandwidth. I would guess that since one 460 uses a 256 bit bus they just doubled the bandwidth to allow for the 2 460s on the card.
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You don't double the VRAM with SLI. Regardless of there being 2 x 1GB VRAM cards installed, it will only be able to address 1GB.
 
Okedokey said:
You don't double the VRAM with SLI. Regardless of there being 2 x 1GB VRAM cards installed, it will only be able to address 1GB.
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Holy cow... so I was thinking the right way after all, the 2win card does have more vram than 2 1gb 460s in SLI, right?
 
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You don't double the VRAM with SLI. Regardless of there being 2 x 1GB VRAM cards installed, it will only be able to address 1GB.
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I understand that. Whether or not you are using 2 460s in SLI or the 460 2win you will only have 1gb usable.

The point that I was making is that the 2win cards can call themselves 2gb is because there is 2gb on the card. It is just split between the 2 GPUs. Just like if you had 2 single 460s in SLI Each has it's own dedicated memory. Either way you are looking at it you are running 1gb 460 SLI.
 
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salvage-this said:
I understand that. Whether or not you are using 2 460s in SLI or the 460 2win you will only have 1gb usable.

The point that I was making is that the 2win cards can call themselves 2gb is because there is 2gb on the card. It is just split between the 2 GPUs. Just like if you had 2 single 460s in SLI Each has it's own dedicated memory. Either way you are looking at it you are running 1gb 460 SLI.
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So this 2win card can only use 1gb, since it is 2 460s on one pcb or can it use 2gb?
 
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