Today is officially Nvidia’s grand unveiling of its mainstream GeForce GTX 465 graphics card lineup based on GF106 first-generation Fermi architecture. EVGA, the company’s largest AIB partner, has just released its lineup of three GTX 465 cards for the gamer and enthusiast world at large, all supporting DirectX 11, 3D Vision Surround and featuring mini-HDMI connectors.

First on the list is the standard EVGA GeForce GTX 465 (01G-P3-1465-AR). This GPU has 352 processing cores, a 256-bit memory interface, runs at a 607MHz core clock, 1215MHz shaders and 3206MHz GDDR5 memory with 103.6GB/sec of memory bandwidth. It is currently available from the company site for $279.99.

The second card on the lineup is identical in specifications to the stock card, but differs with the length of its warranty. EVGA has appropriately labeled this card EVGA GeForce GTX 465 (01G-P3-1465-TR), where “TR” signifies a 2 year limited warranty upon registration. It is marked as “Available for Distribution” and is currently available from the company site for $279.99.






The third card releasing today is the EVGA GeForce GTX 465 SuperClocked (01G-P3-1467-AR). The company has factory overclocked its SC version to a modest 625MHz core speed, 1250MHz shaders and 3240MHz memory with 103.6GB/sec of memory bandwidth. It is currently available from the company site for $299.99.






Aside from the typical release of new EVGA graphics cards, is important to note that this particular card has been through a lot in the manufacturing stage. The GeForce GTX 465 was originally named “GeForce GTX 460,” the amount of cores had ranged between 320 and 384, and the memory bus speed had not been finalized for quite some time. After finalizing the product, Nvidia was able to market the card as a GF100 chip with five SM blocks fused off, resulting in 352 cores clocked at 1215MHz and a 256-bit memory bus.

As Theo Valich pointed out a week and a half ago, the PCB on the GeForce GTX 465 is actually longer than the PCB on the GeForce GTX 470, yet shorter than the high-end GeForce GTX 480. This positions the card in an interesting scenario, as it features less computational power than the GTX 470 but consumes less power with a larger PCB design using only two 6-pin power connectors.