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This card was received in a semi-operational state. This card had been handled too roughly and many of the solder joints were of questionable quality, and the resulting output had many extraneous screen issues. I have worked with enough hardware to know how to fix most of these issues, the card had to be cleaned, baked, and the heat sink reattached to return it to an operational state. After a complete disassembly, cleaning and baking, the card now works as expected. For the price this was an excellent deal, but for the non-technical person this would have been a nonoperational video card.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought an EVGA GTX 460 SC in early 2011 for a new computer I built for gaming. At the time it was around the $250 price point, which is where you will find most 60 series NVIDA cards. For the Price:Performance ratio, it was right on the money, and allowed me play all of the new games of that time on max settings. Fast forward to 2014. I am still running that same GTX 460 for games like, Tera Rising, Battlefield 4, and Titanfall. Frame rates are holding steady, but I am forced into low/medium setting for most games nowadays. I figured it would be a good time for some SLI action. So I bought another one, only to find out that my EVGA GTX 460 SC was not compatible with this used [new to me] card. Same company, same card, right down to the same sticker graphics. What's the problem then? It turns out, that NVIDA produced 2 versions of this generation card. The only way to tell which card you have is to plug it in, check your control panel device manager display adapters. If you have a version 1, it will say NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. If you have a version 2, it will say NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2. (The Nvidia control panel will also state if it's a v2 as well) The other way to tell which card is which, is the v2 is a 196 bit, while the v1 is a 256. They reduced the cores, and overclocked the v2, which means performance is exactly the same between the cards, but they are no longer SLI compatible with each other. Other than that, there are no markings on any of the packaging or card itself that will tell you which version you have acquired or are running. If you buy it new, you can usually get the specs and tell which is which. However, most used cards will give you the copy and paste from google... or wherever.. So looking at whether its a 196 bit or a 256 bit can be misleading. Still a great card that you can pick up used for about $50, just be careful about what you buy if you plan to SLI.Read full review
It's an excellent card for SLi systems. On its own, it is a minor upgrade over my old HD 4870, but two of them are in the same league as a GTX 580 for a much better price. My current recommendations for the high-end-budget system are: Intel Core i5 2500K Processor ($210), G.SKILL 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600MHz RAM ($75), 2x nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB Video Cards ($350), Corsair 750W Power Supply ($115), Your choice of SLi-Certified motherboard ($125-$175), Your choice of mid-tower case ($40-$75). And for under $1000 you have a system that can outright max-out every modern game on or coming to the market this year.
Purchased this video card for a Shuttle SX58J3 build. Because of the great EVGA design of the EE (external exhaust) cooling solution it was perfect for a small form factor computer case. Also the factory overclock on this card helps quite a bit in high resolution games. I know this card is last generation, but it still runs the latest games with no problems at 1920x1280 resolution. I see no need in an upgrade for the forseeable future.
$37 dollars. Does everything I need it to do. I play FIFA 19 at 60 fps. HQ. Glad I didn't go with the newest models. I don't need all that.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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