Saturday, September 11th 2010
Gigabyte Readies GeForce GTS 450 Duo
Gigabyte is readying not one, but two distinct GeForce GTS 450 graphics card designs, which will deck up the company's launch catalogue for this SKU: the first is a more cost-effective design, on which is based the GV-N450-1GI, while the second one is geared for OC variants (such as the GV-N450OC-1GI) and is designed for overclockers. The easiest way to identify this design on a sealed box is the mention of a "WindForce 2X" cooler that features a dust-reducing design.
Specifications wise, the GV-N450-1GI sticks to the essentials, and features a no-frills PCB and cooler. Its cooler makes use of a heatsink with forked, spirally-projecting aluminum fins, which draw heat away from a copper GPU base. This model sticks to NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 783/1566/900(3600) MHz core/shader/memory(memory effective). Along with every other base model, it is priced at $129.99. The second card, the GV-N450OC-1GI, features a longer PCB, with better components that support higher clock speeds, and is overclocker-friendly, in case you decide to go beyond its clock speeds of 830/1620/902(3608) MHz. This card features a robust-looking cooler that features a dense aluminum fin array, to which heat is conveyed by two 8 mm thick heat pipes, cooled by two fans. This card is priced just $10 over the base model. Both will launch early next week.
Specifications wise, the GV-N450-1GI sticks to the essentials, and features a no-frills PCB and cooler. Its cooler makes use of a heatsink with forked, spirally-projecting aluminum fins, which draw heat away from a copper GPU base. This model sticks to NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 783/1566/900(3600) MHz core/shader/memory(memory effective). Along with every other base model, it is priced at $129.99. The second card, the GV-N450OC-1GI, features a longer PCB, with better components that support higher clock speeds, and is overclocker-friendly, in case you decide to go beyond its clock speeds of 830/1620/902(3608) MHz. This card features a robust-looking cooler that features a dense aluminum fin array, to which heat is conveyed by two 8 mm thick heat pipes, cooled by two fans. This card is priced just $10 over the base model. Both will launch early next week.
12 Comments on Gigabyte Readies GeForce GTS 450 Duo
Nice design btw. I like that the hot air get out of the box.
I think its fantastic we are seeing non reference cards apon release now, as oppose to the market 1-3 years ago when all taht was avaialible on release were reference cards.
Nice coolers, though.
This?
Gigabyte Readies GeForce GTS 450 Duo
Or this?
Gigabyte readies GeForce GTS 450 duo
Second one makes more sense. One more reason why it's not good to make all words starting with capital letters...
did you look at the contents of the article before posting? :rolleyes:
Ah yes, it's only on the OC model, with that price difference no point of getting the stock card. The cooler is worth much more that 10$ :)
come to think of it a dual GTS450 card for around or a little over 200$ wouldn't be too bad at all, but would be better with GF104. given nvidia would be competing againt themselves at that price point.