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Here a roundup of today's GeForce GTS 450 articles:

- Nvidia, Asus, Inno3D GTS 450 Review @ OCC
- NVidia GeForce GTS 450 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane
- MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GB Review @ KitGuru
- EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW Edition DirectX 11 Video Card Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 DirectX 11 Video Card Single and SLI Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- [Tech ARP] NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Technology Report
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Review @ Neoseeker
- REVIEW: Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB @ PureOverclock
- Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 SLI and Palit GTS 450 Sonic Platinum Review
- GeForce GTS 450 SLI Scaling Efficiency @ Benchmark Reviews
- REVIEW: ASUS GeForce GTS 450 TOP 1GB @ PureOverclock
- ZOTAC GeForce GTS 450 AMP! Edition 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 GF106 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
- Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Review - Fermi goes lower, again
- News: Nvidia's GeForce GTS 450 graphics processor
- Axle GeForce GTS 450 OC 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTS 450, Affordable DX11 Graphics
- Palit GeForce GTS 450 Sonic Platinum 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- MSI N450GTS Cyclone OC 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- GeForce GTS 450 Launch Review (Gainward, Gigabyte and Zotac Overclocked Cards) @ HardwareHeaven.com
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Single & SLI Review @ Hardware Canucks
- ASUS ENGTS450 TOP DirectCU 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- ASUS GeForce GTS 450 1GB DirectCU TOP Review @ Hardware Canucks
- EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB FTW Single & SLI Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB Review @ Hardware Canucks
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI @ techPowerUp
- GeForce GTS 450 review roundup with 10 cards
- NVIDIA’s GeForce GTS 450: Pushing Fermi In To The Mainstream
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI Video Card Review w/ ASUS, EVGA & MSI @ Legit Reviews
- MSI N450GTS Cyclone Video Card Review



Nvidia, Asus, Inno3D GTS 450 Review @ OCC
These reference cards with the reference cooling were able to clock up to 952/1904MHz on the CUDA cores and 1092MHz (4368MHz effective) with not much more than a bump of the voltage and fan speeds to get there. That's a 20+% improvement folks. This offered up a significant increase in firepower and showed in the results. Add in that second card and the performance skyrockets. When two GTS 450 cards are run in an SLI configuration, the performance almost doubles in most of the games I tested. In some instances the performance literally did double from the single to a multiple card configuration.
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NVidia GeForce GTS 450 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane
Ninjalane has posted their review of the new GTS 450 from nVidia. Its a good mid range card with mid range performance. In this review, we will be looking at a new gpu from nvidia which is targeted directly at the mainstream gamer. When we define "mainstream gamer," we are talking about the type of gamer who isn't sitting on a pile of money, the type of gamer who embraces overclocking to extend the life of their system, the type of gamer that might be you.
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MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GB Review @ KitGuru
With the launch of the GTS450, those with around £100 ($150) to spend on a new graphics card are in for a treat. Not only is the new nVidia product exciting on paper but we are also seeing some price movement from AMD that’s going to make the whole market segment very interesting indeed. With prices moving faster than quicksand, will the GTS450 also manage to steal market share from AMD’s golden 5770? Today we find out.
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EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW Edition DirectX 11 Video Card Review @ Hi Tech Legion
The EVGA GTS 450 FTW Edition is a top of the line factory overclocked GPU that delivers blazingly over-the-top DirectX 11 performance out-of-the-box . EVGA GTS 450 FTW cards have handpicked chips which are guaranteed to remain stable while gaming, despite clocking in at a significantly higher rate, compared to cards with stock settings. If you are a gamer that has been holding out for an upgrade since the last two GPU architectural changes, the EVGA GTS 450 FTW just might be the card you are looking for to make the leap into DirectX 11 gaming.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 DirectX 11 Video Card Single and SLI Review @ Hi Tech Legion
The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 based on the "Fermi" GF106 architecture is a Direct X 11 video card. The GTS 450 was designed for those who are serious about gaming but consider value their first priority. The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 targets those who game on monitors which are between 17 and 22" at resolutions between 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x 1050. The GF106 chipset is of the "Fermi" architecture but scaled down to make it more affordable. The GTS 450 GF106 chipset is of its own it is not a crippled higher end processor with cores and features shut down. Based on the same process as the GTX 460 the GTS 450 comes with 4 Streaming Multiprocessors, 192 CUDA cores, 32 texture units and 16 ROP units.
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Tech ARP: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Technology Report
Fermi has been out for ages, but NVIDIA continue to rely on their older GPUs to power their graphics cards. Take, for example, the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250. Despite being part of the GeForce 200 series of graphics cards, it's actually a rebranded GeForce 9800 GTX+.

So it was no great surprise when NVIDIA informed us that they would be launching the GeForce GTS 450 and that it would replace the GeForce GTS 250 and all x600 graphics cards (GeForce 9600, GeForce 8600, etc). Our initial thoughts were, "Finally!" and, "It's about time they put the G92 out to pasture". Then came the big surprise...
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Review @ Neoseeker
NVIDIA launches its new GeForce GTS 450 with the Sniper's aim of further bringing DirectX 11 gaming (and Fermi GPU architecture) to the masses. At $130 USD, it's certainly an enticing proposition for 1650x1050p gaming. It's also get ATI's Radeon HD 5750 in its sights, but can this Sniper shoot to kill ATI's mainstream offerings? We hope you and your readers will find out in our latest NVIDIA review!
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REVIEW: Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB @ PureOverclock
Hello, PureOverclock has published our latest review, it is of the Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB graphics card.
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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 SLI and Palit GTS 450 Sonic Platinum Review
Nvidia landed an astounding blow to AMD last July pulling the GeForce GTX 460 out of nowhere and quickly taking the lead as the best mid-range graphics card on the market. It's only been a few weeks since and the 768MB version of this card can now be had for as little as $170, crushing the Radeon HD 5830, and questioning if the slightly cheaper Radeon HD 5770 is worth the money.

However there is still a huge market for sub-$200 gaming graphics cards. AMD has had a range of products in this segment for some time now, and just recently they cut prices all around likely ahead of any launch from competitor Nvidia. The Radeon HD 5770 ($140), 5750 ($120) and 5670 ($80) are all current generation GPUs, while Nvidia has had nothing new to offer in these price brackets. Until now, of course, as we check out the newly released GeForce GTS 450, code-named GF106.
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GeForce GTS 450 SLI Scaling Efficiency @ Benchmark Reviews
Only a few years ago NVIDIA's SLI technology was a feature only the most elite gamers took advantage of, helping them to push the fastest graphics cards on the planet even faster. Often times a second GeForce video card could be combined into a SLI set and produce 33-50% more performance. Those days are gone, and Benchmark Reviews has learned that a set of GF106 GPUs can do a lot more than scale; they can multiply. Since a single $129 GeForce GTS 450 can outperform an AMD Radeon HD 5750 and match the 5770, what kind of performance do you get from two GTS 450's for $258? It seems like a pair of mainstream GTS 450's in SLI should compete nicely against AMD's $200 Radeon HD 5830, or maybe even their $270 Radeon HD 5850. As it turns out, two GTS 460's in SLI are good enough to threaten NVIDIA's top-end segment. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI performance scaling.
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REVIEW: ASUS GeForce GTS 450 TOP 1GB @ PureOverclock
Hello, PureOverclock has published our latest review, it is of the ASUS GeForce GTS 450 TOP 1GB graphics card.
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ZOTAC GeForce GTS 450 AMP! Edition 1 GB @ techPowerUp
ZOTAC has a long history of releasing overclocked cards that provide extra performance at low cost. Coming at clocks of 873 MHz core and 1000 MHz memory, the card manages to offer 10% extra performance over the NVIDIA reference design, without being noisy or running hot.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 GF106 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
NVIDIA recently earned its reputation back with the GF104 Fermi-based GeForce GTX 460; a video card that dominated the price point even before it dropped to $179 USD and completely ruled the middle market. Priced to launch at $129, the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 packs 192 CUDA cores into its 40nm GF106 Fermi GPU and adds 1GB of GDDR5 memory. Benchmark Reviews overclocked our GTS 450 to nearly 1GHz, and even paired them together in SLI. NVIDIA expects their new GTS 450 to compete against the Radeon HD 5730 at 1680x1050, but we learned from GTX 460 there's usually more performance reach than they suggest. Since the price to performance ratio is critical to this entry-level segment, Benchmark Reviews also tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB against the more-expensive Radeon HD 5770 using several of the most demanding DirectX-11 PC video games available.
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Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Review - Fermi goes lower, again
The new GeForce GTS 450 1GB graphics card is based on a completely new GF106 GPU that takes the Fermi architecture and pulls it back a bit more to make a lower cost, more efficient unit. Starting at $120 or so, the GTS 450 is the cheapest NVIDIA DX11 part available but how can it compare to the Radeon HD 5770?
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News: Nvidia's GeForce GTS 450 graphics processor
Nvidia continues to trickle its Fermi architecture into cheaper territory by today introducing the GeForce GTS 450, which packs an new GF106 GPU and a street price of just $130.
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Axle GeForce GTS 450 OC 1 GB @ techPowerUp
AXLE's GeForce GTS 450 OC is a rock-solid implementation of the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. It uses both a custom PCB and cooling solution to deliver the maximum for your hard earned cash. The cooler is running quiet and offers low temperatures which make an excellent foundation for additional overclocking.
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NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTS 450, Affordable DX11 Graphics
As its GTS moniker denotes, NVIDIA's new GeForce GTS 450 is targeted at the mainstream market. That card's reference specifications call for a 783MHz GPU clock, with 1566MHz CUDA cores, and 902MHz GDDR5 memory (3608MHz effective data rate). With those frequencies, stock GeFore GTS 450 cards offer 57.7GB/s of memory bandwidth with a 25.1GigaTexel/s textured fillrate. As is typically the case with mainstream NVIDIA GPU's, however, board partners will be releasing cards clocked somewhat higher than the reference specifications recommend.

Along with a $129 (give or take) price tag, the GeForce GTS 450 is certainly more affordable than any other DX11-class GPU out there right now. Whether or not it's worth the asking price remains to be seen, however. So let's dig in and find out what the new GeForce GTS 450 is made of and if it deserves a place in your next system.
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Palit GeForce GTS 450 Sonic Platinum 1 GB @ techPowerUp
Palit's GeForce GTS 450 Sonic Platinum comes with 1 GB of fast GDDR5 memory and offers the highest clock rates of the GTS 450 cards we tested today. Running at 932 MHz core and 1000 MHz memory it is able to deliver performance higher than the AMD Radeon HD 5770.
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MSI N450GTS Cyclone OC 1 GB @ techPowerUp
The MSI N450GTS Cyclone OC uses MSI's popular Cyclone cooler. The card is factory overclocked which provides a nice performance boost over the NVIDIA reference design. During testing we were impressed by how quiet MSI's cooler can work while also keeping temperatures low.
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GeForce GTS 450 Launch Review (Gainward, Gigabyte and Zotac Overclocked Cards) @ HardwareHeaven.com
Today we will be putting three GTS 450s through their paces in a selection of real world gaming tests which include PhysX and 3D Vision. In addition to that we also take a look at the GPU Computing potential and fire up a Blu-Ray 3D title to check out the acceleration performance offered by the GTS 450.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Single & SLI Review @ Hardware Canucks
Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB in both Single & SLI configs.
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ASUS ENGTS450 TOP DirectCU 1 GB @ techPowerUp
The ASUS ENGTS450 TOP DirectCU is a factory overclocked version of the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. It comes with a custom cooling solution called DirectCU which uses heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU core. In our testing we saw excellent overclocking up to 973 MHz.
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ASUS GeForce GTS 450 1GB DirectCU TOP Review @ Hardware Canucks
Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new ASUS GeForce GTS 450 1GB DirectCU TOP
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EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB FTW Single & SLI Review @ Hardware Canucks
Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB FTW in Single & SLI configs.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB Review @ Hardware Canucks
Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 1GB
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI @ techPowerUp
Today NVIDIA released their new GeForce GTS 450. We take two of these cards for a spin and check whether SLI is an option worth pursuing. In addition to testing at the reference design clocks we also test at 875/1000 which represents two factory overclocked cards in SLI.
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GeForce GTS 450 review roundup with 10 cards
GeForce GTS 450 review roundup with 10 cards. Today we test and review the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Not just one, in fact we'll put at least ten of these cards to the test. The GeForce GTS 450 is a lower segment mid-range graphics card armed with DirectX 11 compatibility and comes with one full gigabyte of graphics memory.

Our review will cover the following cards:

ASUS ENGTS450 DirectCu TOP
ECS GTX 450 Black
eVGA GTS 450 FTW
Gigabyte GTS 450 OC
Inno3D GTS 450 Freezer
KFA2 GTS 450 LTD OC
MSI N450GTS Cyclone
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 reference
Palit GTS 450 Sonic Platinum
Sparkle Calibre X450G

The GTS 450 is targeted at gamers with a set budget in mind. Decent performance at a reasonable price. NVIDIA themselves find this card ideal for gamers who play their games with a monitor up-to a resolution of roughly 1600x1200.
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NVIDIA’s GeForce GTS 450: Pushing Fermi In To The Mainstream
After the drawn out launch of GF100 and the GTX 400 series earlier this year, NVIDIA has been firing on all cylinders when it comes to the launch of the rest of the Fermi family. In July we saw the launch of the GF104 GPU and the GTX 460 it powers, providing a surprising tweak to the Fermi architecture on what should have been a simple waterfall part, and in the process trampling AMD’s Radeon HD 5830 at the $200 price point. For the first time in over a year we saw an NVIDIA product come out that was hyper-competitive on performance and pricing, the kind of competition we sorely miss.

Now 2 months after that launch we’re going to find out if lightning strikes twice. Today NVIDIA is launching the next desktop video card in the 400 series: GTS 450 Powering it is their new Fermi family GPU – GF106 – the next in the line of successively smaller Fermi GPUs for cheaper products. Targeted directly against AMD’s Radeon HD 5700 series, does it have what it takes to dethrone AMD's mainstream lineup?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI Video Card Review w/ ASUS, EVGA & MSI @ Legit Reviews
The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 video card is said to bring the GeForce 400 series features and performance to a very attractive $129 price point for gamers on a budget. We have a pair of NVIDIA GTS450 reference cards to run in SLI and also overclocked cards from ASUS, EVGA and MSI to try out. Read on to see how the GeForce GTS 450 does against the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and GeForce GTX 460 768MB video cards!

The ASUS ENGTS450 TOP, MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GD5 and the EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW were all excellent video card. The GeForce GTS 450 is a fun video card to overclock as all five of our samples made it from 783MHz to at least 950MHz on the core and that was without any voltage adjustments. By just using an overclocking utility like EVGA Precision we were able to bump up the clocks effortlessly. We like to see overclocks like this as it makes owning a budget card fun and gives you the ability to get a little extra performance out of it...
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MSI N450GTS Cyclone Video Card Review
NVIDIA is launching its latest mainstream graphics processor today: The GeForce GTS 450, we have a retail factory overclocked MSI N450GTS Cyclone that shows us what GeForce GTS 450 is capable of. Does it have the stuff to compete with AMD's 11-month-old Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750 now that prices have dropped?
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