ECS Elitegroup NBGTX460-1GPI-F Pro Reviews

The ECS GeForce GTX 460 1GB Black Video Card is a very capable card with a hefty factory overclock and additional room to clock with its Accelero Twin Turbo Pro keeping it chilled. At the $254.99 price tag it is hard to say 'no' to this great option if you are looking at a graphics card of the now very popular GTX 460 variation.

The ECS GTX 460 Black Series comes as a good competitor to Radeon HD 5850. In most games and simulations we ran, both achieve similar performance. The only exceptions were on Aliens vs. Predator, where the ECS GTX 460 Black Series was faster, and on Crysis Warhead at 1680x1050 and 3DMark Vantage (except at 1680x1050 with image quality settings disabled), where the Radeon HD 5850 was faster. Therefore we have to declare a technical tie between the two. This model from ECS comes with two main advantages, the cooler from Arctic Cooling, which we’ve reviewed separately and proved to be a very good product, and price. If you plan to run PhysX games you will of course be better off with this video cardfrom ECS, since PhysX is only supported by NVIDIA-based products. The only problem with the ECS GTX 460 Black Series is finding it. If you have USD 240 to spend on a video card and are able to buy this product, go for it.