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The eVGA GTS450 arrives with classic box art … simple yet effective. No mutant frogs or semi naked chicks with weird faces, just the name of the product presented with nice font selection. If only everything in life was this simple.
The bundle contains manuals, literature and a power converter cable as well as an DVI-VGA adapter. It isn't the most exhaustive bundle we have seen, but considering the price point it is hard to complain.
The card is a typical eVGA design, again simple yet effective looking. eVGA get a good name as one of the leading nVidia partners thanks to their excellent warranty program. 2 years limited warranty which you can extend to 10 years limited warranty if you register the card. Most of you will already realise this is following the reference design, not a bad thing as the hot air gets pushed out the back of the case.
The card has two dual link DVI ports and a mini HDMI connector. The card takes a single 6 pin power connector and is equipped with a single SLI connector. No three way SLI orgies for the GTS450 (or GTX460), sadly.
The GTS450 cooler is easily removed and underneath we can get a better look at the cooler. It is a simple circular fin design crafted from aluminium and should deal with the moderate heat of the GTS450 core easily enough.
The GTS450 is a clean design with plenty of room around the core for cooling. eVGA cards are always high quality built products and this is no exception. eVGA also offer a 90 day step up program.
It is really good to see lower end cards reviewed here, the high end boards are great, but I doubt many people can afford them.
That XFX board is great. looks like a bargain to me.
This market is really so friggin sweet right now. anyone with a semi decent sized monitor, this is all they need. im not a gaming fanatic so maybe people wouldnt agree.
Nah its a good point Tom. if someone has a 1920×1200 screen, a 460GTX is all they need, unless they want crazy performance. 1080p, or 1680 then the cards on test today are great. the low end is so strong right now, it has to be killing high end cards sales.
I actually might pick one of these up for my kid brother for christmas. we are all putting a system together for him. cant believe how good the performance is for the price.
XFX and Sapphire, only cards to buy IMO
450GTS is good but I dont think its a dominating product like the 460 was. its killed 5830, and even hurt 5850’s. The 450 is a good board but the overclocked ATI cards are really going punch for punch.
I like that single slot design. the powercolor card is different but the shape looks weird.
Fantastic review, loads of detail and useful info.
wonder how long it will be for other sites to copy the return to idle concept 😉
GTS450 is a good card but I agree, it isnt dominating like the 460 is. the price is good and I like evga, this would be my choice out of the three, mainly cause I dont like catalyst.
@ Tri Color – Catalyst is great now, not a problem, I wouldnt let the drivers put you off the hardware.
@ Stefan – nah, they still suck. my buddy has a 5850 and the cat alyst 10.8 broke his HDMI scaling and every time he boots up he has to fix it. same with Cat 10.9. they are still a poor driver compared to nvidia forceware.