WEBVTT 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:07.839 GTS 450. NVIDIA is coming fast and hard 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:13.360 filling out their DirectX11 lineup. So, they now have a mainstream part that's 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:16.560 going to be around $149.99 Street. This 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:19.279 is a 1 gig card featuring a Cyclone 00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:27.039 cooler. So, obviously with the Cyclone cooler, you might imagine it's made by D 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:30.160 MSI. So, the GTS 450 is meant to slot in 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:32.000 under the GTX 460, as you might imagine, 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:37.040 and really take the place in the price bracket that the GTS 250 used to occupy. 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:44.480 So, why don't we go around to the back of the card? Let's find out what is special about the Cyclone version of 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.000 this card. It has a 9 cm PWM fan for 40% 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:50.520 more air flow. It has multiple heat pipes, meaning two for better heat 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:56.640 dissipation, and it has a dust preer fan lifespan. Okay, as I mentioned 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:01.039 before, this is a DirectX11 card, finally at a truly mainstream price 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:07.119 point from NVIDIA, and it features all of their latest technologies, including 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:09.119 CUDA, Physex, SLI, 3D Vision, and the 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:12.479 rest of these are not really NVIDIA technologies, but they are also 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:18.560 supported by the card. It is a PCI Express 2.0 card. It requires a six pin 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:20.479 power connector and a minimum 400 watt 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:27.200 power supply. So, why don't we go ahead and open up the box? Uh, I'm actually 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:29.280 filming this um a while ago. I can't 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:34.720 upload it until the embargo. So, by the time you see this, you will be able to 00:01:31.759 --> 00:01:39.799 buy this card. Let's have a look at the accessories that are included. It comes 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:42.400 with a mini HDMI to HDMI normalsized 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:47.520 adapter. Put that back in there. There we go. It comes with a two Molex to one 00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:51.040 PCIe six pin connector. Mind you, seriously guys, if you're not using a 00:01:49.119 --> 00:01:55.520 power supply with a PCI Express power adapter on it or connector on it, like 00:01:53.759 --> 00:02:00.079 really just get one because they're not expensive. Okay, we got a DVI to VGA 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.479 adapter just in case you're still using an ancient monitor. Now, speaking of 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:08.080 ancient monitor, this video card is perfect if you're using an ancient 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:15.040 monitor because really this price bracket of video cards is designed for 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:16.720 around the 1280x 1024 to 1680x 1050 00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:22.560 resolution range. If you're running a 24-in monitor, do yourself a favor, buy 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:24.800 a GTX 460. But if you're running a lower 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:28.800 res monitor, you want DirectX11, you want the latest feature set from NVIDIA, 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:35.920 then this is a perfect choice. We also have a user's guide, a copy of MSI After 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:35.920 Burner, and we 00:02:35.959 --> 00:02:43.120 have oh, a little guide on how to use their live update online feature. Now, 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:46.920 let's look at the card itself. I have a feeling the cooler itself isn't going 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:51.680 itself. See, I'm saying itself too much. The cooler is not going to 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:57.599 surprise us too much because we have seen the Cyclone cooler before. MSI's 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:01.760 Cyclone cooler is one of those uh value designs that performs really well. So, 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:08.159 everybody loves it. Um, I can tell you from my experience working at NCIX that 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:14.440 a lot of people have picked up the GTX 460 Cyclone because it really does make 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:18.000 the GPU run cooler. It's quiet 00:03:14.440 --> 00:03:20.319 and it's cheap. I mean, what else can 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:23.519 you ask for? MSI includes these little covers on all the connectors. So, I'm 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:27.200 just removing all of those so that I can actually show you the card in great 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:31.280 detail. Now, I believe this car does use a reference PCB. And the reason I'm 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:36.879 going to go ahead and assume that is cuz you can see right on the back there are actually uh blank spots where there are 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:42.319 are no RAM chips installed. So, it looks like what we probably have on here is 1 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:44.720 2 3 4 5 6 7 eight RAM chips for a total 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:50.879 of 1 gig. And I am correct. You can see on the other side we've got an 00:03:48.040 --> 00:03:54.640 additional Yeah, an additional four. And those two spots are also blank on the 00:03:52.799 --> 00:04:00.000 other side. So, I guess it could support up to 1.5 gigs of RAM. So, I wouldn't be 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:04.560 too surprised to see a card, a GTS 450 with more RAM in the future. Although, I 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:08.879 have to say there's probably not much benefit to loading up RAM on a card like 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:13.280 this because it is a mainstream card. Here on the back, we've got two DVI 00:04:10.799 --> 00:04:18.160 ports as well as a mini HDMI. We've got the typical MSI branding built into the 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:21.919 PCI back plate. Now, it's not even terribly important that they have all 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:27.840 this ventilation here because this is primarily an interior uh exhaust design. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:32.000 It means you're not exhausting a ton of heat outside the case. But the benefit 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:36.160 is that you do get to keep the GPU cooler. You get all of this incidental 00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:41.360 air flow going down over your RAM as well as onto your power circuitry here. 00:04:39.280 --> 00:04:45.040 And you do still get to exhaust a little bit of heat outside the case through the 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:49.600 vents, but it's not going to be a ton. Power delivery is all right here at the 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:53.520 back of the card. As I said before, I suspect this is a reference PCB, so 00:04:52.320 --> 00:04:57.960 you're not going to find anything exceptional in terms of power delivery. Although, for a mainstream card like 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:02.240 this, you don't really need anything exceptional. Here at the back of the 00:04:59.840 --> 00:05:07.520 card, you find a six pin PCI Express power connector. And then you can see 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:10.800 the fan is controlled via PWM. You know, I don't think I've ever talked about 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:15.840 this before. No, no, stay talk. Look at the card. There we go. Uh PWM means that 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:19.440 there is a fourth pin. It's pulse width modulation. So what it means is it's 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:23.280 only actually sending voltage to the fan every so often instead of actually 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:28.240 decreasing the voltage to run slower and then increasing it to run faster. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:32.080 Instead, it just runs 12vt all the time, but it does it in bursts. So the fan, if 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:36.880 you're running 12 volt all the time, it'll spin fast. And if it does 12vt 50% 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.160 of the time and then 50% of the time nothing, it'll spin slow. There you go. 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:43.919 You learned something today if you didn't know how PWM fans work. At the 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:51.600 back of the card, we don't find anything particularly exceptional. We've got our 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:51.600 PCI Express 16x interface. 00:05:52.280 --> 00:05:57.479 And I'm a little confused. Look at this. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:04.720 I don't think I've ever seen this before. There's a great number of 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:07.680 missing pins on the PCI Express 16X 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:13.440 interface. And I don't know why. Uh you know what? If we have any astute viewers 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:15.680 out there, please let me know why it is 00:06:13.440 --> 00:06:19.600 missing the contacts here. because uh I have not seen that in the past. I'm sure 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:23.039 there's a very good reason for it, but uh there you go. There's something I've 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:27.120 never seen before. We do have an SLI connector up here at the top of the 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:33.120 card. Remember, one SLI connector, that means two-way SLI only. No support for 00:06:30.479 --> 00:06:38.800 3-way SLI. 3-way SLI is only supported on the GTX 465 and up, not the 460. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:43.199 Nothing below there except the older generation stuff, you know, 275, etc., 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:47.360 etc. And remember, four-way SLI is supported only on the 480. So, that 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:51.280 pretty much covers everything I wanted to say about the GTS 450 Cyclone. I'm 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:57.520 also going to try and get some performance numbers going at some point today. Thank you for checking out this 00:06:54.960 --> 00:07:01.199 unboxing video and uh thank you for subscribing to Linus Tech Tips. If you 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:05.039 haven't subscribed to Linus Tech Tips, hit the subscribe button now. It's not 00:07:02.960 --> 00:07:08.000 that hard. Cameraman, no smart ale comments from you.