KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC graphics card review

Final thoughts and rating

We've often looked at Galaxy's custom range of NVIDIA graphics cards and quietly wished for UK availability.

The cards in general tend to offer something that's a little different, and we're happy to see them marketed to European consumers under a new-look KFA2 brand, complete with the promise of localised customer service.

One of the first products to emerge - the KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC - offers excellent out-the-box performance at a reasonable price.

Our only major criticism would be the noise generated by the otherwise-innovative detachable fan.

Astute shoppers may find that a stock-clocked 1GB GTX 460 can be manually tuned to similar speeds for around £30 less, but for those who prefer to have their overclocking needs dealt with direct from the factory, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 doesn't come much quicker than this.

The Good

Fastest GeForce GTX 460 graphics card we've ever tested
Offers excellent out-the-box performance and further overclocking headroom

The Bad

Noisy fan can become irritating

HEXUS Rating

KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC

HEXUS Awards

KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC

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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC graphics card can be purchased from SCAN.co.uk* at a cost of £208.62.

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Kick F***in Ass ²

:ban:

You could have at least replaced it with diddly ;)

(good review, thanks for the note about noise)

Yup, ban that user!

Does what is essentially just an expensive, pre-overclocked, noisy card deserve 4 HEXUS-es out of 5 HEXUS-es though?
Surely the target market for this card is more than capable of OCing themselves & would probably do it anyway, maybe I'm wrong though.

It's the fastest GeForce GTX 460 we've come across. There may be a faster one - TGT claims 820MHz core - but the KFA deserves credit for coming and validating these speeds.

The price isn't extortionately high for what is very much a customised design. Indeed, it gets pretty damn close to a GTX 470 most of the time. We expect to see it dip below £200 soon.

Lastly, we like to see something different once in a while. We were internally discussing if it should be awarded 3.5 or 4 stars, and we went with the latter because it offers the best out-of-the-box GTX 460 performance around.

Don't get me wrong I've no issue with the review, more the product & the (IMO) confused target market.

If I were making these cards I'd have made some must-have features considering the price & the fact your target users are probably OC-ers anyway so the speeds are the least of their priorities.

As you mentioned the ability for an aftermarket 80 (or even 120mm) fan would be fantastic, surely to make a bracket would have cost a very similar amount to the one they ended up with anyway so why skimp? especially as you're trying to break into a saturated market.
A couple of clips would have done it…

They could have offered a fully removable shroud (simple clips so no screwdriver needed) with extras available with say a 120mm for users who want low-noise, a high RPM for users who just want cooling, LED options/different colours/etc they could sell for ~ £10 ( = more income for them) and I'm sure many users would be tempted to replace the stock ‘noisy’ fan.

Anyway…I've gone off track!

this is one awesome card