• ZOTAC GTS 450 Amp Edition

    ZOTAC GTS 450 Amp Edition

    Roydon Cerejo, Sep 20, 2010 1255 hrs IST

    An overclocked GTS 450 that performs well

    Fan is silent on load, factory overclocked, good set of connectors, compact size, good performance, CUDA, PhysX and HDMI 1.4 ready

    Does not completely outperform the HD5770, expensive compared to a stock HD5770, memory chips aren't cooled

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Design



The card looks pretty good with a translucent cover for the heatsink along with some branding. Unlike the reference cooler that has a full closed design, this one is more open.



There is no backplate for the card and you have a clear view of the Samsung memory chips. There's a total of 1GB, so the rest in on the other side of the core.



ZOTAC gives you all the ports you'll ever need; a DP, HDMI and DVI. For those still stuck on CRTs there is a bundled adapter in the box.

The card requires just a single 6-pin power connector. According to Nvidia, the maximum power the card draws on load is around 106W and you'll need a minimum 400W PSU from a good brand.

The cooler consists of just a small aluminum block over the core with no heatpipes or anything. I don't think that was really needed since it doesn't get very hot being a stripped down GF104. Sadly the memory chips aren't cooled but despite this ZOTAC has given a nice bump to the memory speeds. While this may seem a bit risky, at least you're covered for five years with the warranty.


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(4) Comments
Vinod
,Mumbai, on Oct 31, 2010 07:01 PM
bought Zotac GTS 450 amp edition for 8.8k!!!!
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Sutirtho
,Navi Mumbai, on Sep 20, 2010 01:33 PM
Thanks, Roydon... for now 5770 is the one :)
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Jack
,Bangkok, on Sep 23, 2010 07:30 PM
I own a rev 2 cooler of the xfx 5770 and was very satisfied (sold my old 9600 gt because of no horizontal span in Win vsita and above)...Ati catalyst and eyefinity is much better than nvidia stuffs. Nvidia technology is lagging behind ATI :) 5770 is for now in this price range agreed
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dude
,kochi, on Sep 20, 2010 02:01 PM
Funny thing about the GTS 450 is that when you buy one, you will always be thinking that you could have plonked down a few grand more and got the much better performing 460 instead. Personally, I think the 450's pricing is way too high. Only if it were around 8K or 7.5K would this deserve any consideration for purchase.
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