GTX460 graphics

Grindspine

Grindspine

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After some overheating problems after holiday season 2010, I changed the cooler on my old 8800GT. I did get the temperatures lower, but, I've noticed more crashes lately.

That along with the fact that DX11 is the standard now, is making me think it's about time for a graphics card upgrade...

Since I'm aiming below the $200 mark, does anyone have much to say on the GTX 460?
 
It's a very respectable card. I have read about some issues with power (ie. might not receive all the power it needs and dies. You can get a better sense of this in the reviews on Newegg.) But other than that, it's one of the best mid-cards.

Basically, ATI is awesome bang-for-your-buck cards (and I would highly recommend the ATI HD6870, it outperforms the 460 in almost everything but tessellation), but Nvidia cards have better tessellation rendering with DX11. So in the end, once games really, truly start utilizing DX11, it will be handling those games better.

So it comes down with what you want. ATI for the best value, Nvidia for possible long term.
 
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Guh...

Damn thing keeps crashing any of my games. Apparently the GTX460 won't play nice with Windows XP. I have to upgrade to Windows 7 before I can actually use this card for gaming.
 
I threw my 8800GT back in until I can get a copy of Win 7. But, now that is crashing too.

I have a feeling that trying to switch an X-fi Titanium sound card for the X-fi xtremegamer has something to do with it.
 
I graduated with my bachelor's degree last year. So, no, I cannot get a student discount at the present and won't be entering a graduate program until at least 2012.
 
Apparently many of the problems I was having were caused by the Creative x-fi xtremgamer card that I installed in place of the X-fi Titanium.

The two sound cards use different driver sets that cause conflicts (even after apparently uninstalling the Titanium driver package).

The Xtremgamer is a) not a real x-fi card. It does not use the same hardware or drivers as the Titanium.
b) It is far lower audio quality than the X-fi Titanium.
c) It does not recognize front panel audio.

I'm a little ticked that I wasted money on a soundblaster card that is called an x-fi that is not really part of the x-fi line.

I will say that the X-fi Titanium has FAR better sound quality than the built-in Realtek audio device on my computer. However, the Xtremegamer's quality is actually LOWER than the Realtek.

I just really wish that high quality single-slot graphics cards were used so I could actually still use my good sound card. It's a pity that to use the GTX 460 I have to make a huge compromise in sound quality.
 
That apparently wasn't the only problem. Using the GTX460 and the mobo's Realtek audio, I'm still having random blue screen crashes in L4D2.

I had to completely uninstall Starcraft 2. I'm not sure if that was an error caused by Blizzard's latest update or from the graphics card and sound card change.

Either way it's cut, my computer is currently not fit for gaming.
 
I uninstalled several driver sets (any audio and/or video drivers I could find) and reinstalled drivers for all currently installed hareware.

Here's hoping that resolves the crashing issues...
 
Fail.

I couldn't even load Left 4 Dead 2 without my computer going all blue screen and crashing.

I have also noticed that the GTX460 dropped my normal refresh rate from 75 to 60 hertz and the display becomes fuzzy if I increase the refresh rate.

I am wondering at this point if I got a bad card or if the GTX 460 just sucks.
 
Are you able to check temps on the card and your system in general? Your case is awfully small and I am not sure how much airflow you're getting in there?
 
Grindspine said:
Fail.

I couldn't even load Left 4 Dead 2 without my computer going all blue screen and crashing.

I have also noticed that the GTX460 dropped my normal refresh rate from 75 to 60 hertz and the display becomes fuzzy if I increase the refresh rate.

I am wondering at this point if I got a bad card or if the GTX 460 just sucks.
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It's possible you might be suffering from those power issues I mentioned earlier. It's one of the reasons I stayed away, even though it's a bit rare.
 
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