What is the difference between say this one EVGA 01G-P3-1377-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) FTW 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card and EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ?
There are 6-8 different EVGA GTX 460's but not quite sure what the difference is besides the memory or clock.
Other than core clock or memory, the difference is usually the heat sink/fan style. There are also many different MSI 460 cards. I have the 450 cyclone, and while loud at 100% fan, I never reach that speed using afterburner (Fan curve attached)
I'm thinking 2 EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card would work out well.
The difference between the other two, one which is the same price EVGA 01G-P3-1371-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) FPB EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card and the one which is a little more expensive EVGA 01G-P3-1378-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) FTW EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card is unknown to me.
And I don't know what the difference is with the 460's that look a bit different.
Well, the different look is different heat sink and cover designs, which can positively or negatively affect cooling.
A boxed in design does not take advantage of any system cooling fans, but exclusively cools itself. Some of the other designs mix their own fan with taking advantage of any air movement in the case as well to take heat off of the heat sinks.
A lot of the differences in similar looking products will be the release date.
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