MSI have bolted their brilliant Twin Frozr II cooler to the nVidia GTX465. Does it manage to keep this beast under control?
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OC3D Review MSI N465GTX Twin Frozr II
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alienware
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Heavens to megatroid ! What a card !!
In all honesty Tom I was just about to quote your reply and say -
No.
Amazing stuff by MSI there. This really is quite annoying though because Nvidia should be sorting the cooling out. I can not believe they recycled their 200 series coolers for Fermi. Who'd have thunk MSI could pull off something quite so miraculous with a cooler eh?
NVIDIA I HOPE YOU ARE WATCHING.
Edit. Again enormous thanks to VB for putting this one through the wringer.
Oh and -
This time around I totally agree. It's gorgeous.
In all honesty Tom I was just about to quote your reply and say -
No.
Amazing stuff by MSI there. This really is quite annoying though because Nvidia should be sorting the cooling out. I can not believe they recycled their 200 series coolers for Fermi. Who'd have thunk MSI could pull off something quite so miraculous with a cooler eh?
NVIDIA I HOPE YOU ARE WATCHING.
Edit. Again enormous thanks to VB for putting this one through the wringer.
Oh and -
This time around I totally agree. It's gorgeous.
silenthill
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What a great card the performance level is similar to a 470 and the temp 72 c really nice so another fantastic design from MSI.
Even I had to double check and ask Veebs if it was correct, gobsmacked it came out that good tbh.
killablade
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What an awesome card! Didn't see that one coming!
alienware
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127504&cm_re=msi_465-_-14-127-504-_-Product
Let's see how much we get fudged in the UK this time...
230 U.S. dollars = 148.148148 British pounds
Can you see those pigs flying over yonder? Weeeeeeeeeeeek !
Let's see how much we get fudged in the UK this time...
230 U.S. dollars = 148.148148 British pounds
Can you see those pigs flying over yonder? Weeeeeeeeeeeek !
A great review of this card. I love the Twin Frozr II cooler (from experience with my MSI 5770 Lightning), a great piece of innovation from MSI.
That's a pretty ridiculous overclock, and is that without any extra voltage? I'd love to see what you could achieve when you max out the voltage.
However I'd have liked to seen it's performance compared to an overclocked 1GB GTX 460 as it was widely assumed that the GTX 460 was a complete replacement of the GTX 465 & made it redundant so it'd be nice to see if this version can keep up with/outperform the GTX 460.
That's a pretty ridiculous overclock, and is that without any extra voltage? I'd love to see what you could achieve when you max out the voltage.
However I'd have liked to seen it's performance compared to an overclocked 1GB GTX 460 as it was widely assumed that the GTX 460 was a complete replacement of the GTX 465 & made it redundant so it'd be nice to see if this version can keep up with/outperform the GTX 460.
VonBlade
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We have tested a 460, which is actually the model beneath the 465. It's pretty woeful compared to any 465, much less the MSI one.
So actually this version utterly out-performs the 460 which is why we didn't bother comparing.
Sorry to keep trying to contradicting what you say (& mostly being wrong) but this isn't the impression that I've got from most reviews:
Bit-Tech
Hexus
The GTX 460 1GB versions seems to perform at least on par with the GTX 465, if not better.
This Tweaktown page is particularly interesting as it shows the performance of both a highly overclocked GTX 460 & the MSI GTX 465 overclocked to similar levels as yours & the GTX 460 is shown to perform better.
Fair enough if the GTX 465 outperformed the 460 in your tests, but I find it hard to believe that there'd be a massive margin and so, with the lower price of the GTX 460, I think it'd still be worthwhile to see a comparison between the two.
Rastalovich
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Prefered this cooler & bracket, personally, to the one Zotac used on their AMPS (which has been out for a fair while now, note to the comment: first to tame ..)
Zotac, for me, takes up too much space for the average user, but if you're planning on getting one, you can plan around it. Keeps the AMP editions well below what you see here, even massively oc'd.
The 465 will go higher on the clocks with a bit of massaging, but the Twin Frozr II does a more capable job for me, whilst also taking up less room internally.
Note the rear venting, which -ok- isn't directionally correct with the fans, but does atleast a partial job which is better than none at-all imo.
Stock cooler... enough has been said already about the craziness behind that design.
Keep an eye out for Bios upgrades too, for 460 & 465.
(still don't understand the 50% test, it's not practical with different fans on different cards)
Oh.. uk price.. $=£ I'm afraid. For this price range, I'd favor a modded 5850, but it won't look as sexeh as this MSI card.
Zotac, for me, takes up too much space for the average user, but if you're planning on getting one, you can plan around it. Keeps the AMP editions well below what you see here, even massively oc'd.
The 465 will go higher on the clocks with a bit of massaging, but the Twin Frozr II does a more capable job for me, whilst also taking up less room internally.
Note the rear venting, which -ok- isn't directionally correct with the fans, but does atleast a partial job which is better than none at-all imo.
Stock cooler... enough has been said already about the craziness behind that design.
Keep an eye out for Bios upgrades too, for 460 & 465.
(still don't understand the 50% test, it's not practical with different fans on different cards)
Oh.. uk price.. $=£ I'm afraid. For this price range, I'd favor a modded 5850, but it won't look as sexeh as this MSI card.
alienware
Banned
They don't usually get away with that crap any more tbh. I mean in this day and age it's just stupid easy to go and look and see. I doubt it will be £230 and if it is? well good luck to them trying to sell any.
