As you know, not all GF100 GPUs are produced without defects. The nondefective ones are used in GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards; those that only have a few billion bad transistors or so have corresponding GPU parts disabled and are used in making GeForce GTX 470 products. But there are also GPUs that only have about two thirds of the core working. That’s how GeForce GTX 465 has come to life. It has a GPU with 352 stream processors, 48 TMUs and 36 ROPs, a 256-bit bus instead of a 320-bit one, 1024MB of memory instead of 1280MB, and features a GeForce GTX 470 PCB. Obviously, the MSRP is also reduced — down to $279.

Today we shall review NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 graphics card as well as a couple of original GeForce GTX 470 cards from Gainward and InnoVision.

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• READ MORE (Source): iXBT Labs – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465, GTX 470 Graphics Cards – Page 1: Introduction, design