SLI these cards.

[PewPewBangBang]

dooo itt

and overclock those babies. Voltage tweaking and you can get 900mhz core and then its a complete beast from there on.

I've seen MSI Hawks get around 940mhz core and they are faster than GTX 470's and almost as fast as 480's

 

[dbee]

SLI those guys and close the thread. I have put together a few rigs using 2x460's and even one itself does some real good work. Clock really high, run cool, cheap.

One thing however regarding MSI, after building a rig over the weekend for our friend Klawfoe and using the HAWK vs my GB GTX 460. Dont know if its just this one, put it cant overclock near my Gigabyte card. Not to mention the board is covered in a sticky substance and fingerprints ( looks like soda) . Shes going back today for either a SOC or one like mine. SOC is good for about 950 core, you can expect 875-900 out of most regular GB 460's.

 

[TminusLoL]

I'm not sure if I got an SLI chip with my original 460. Do I have to order one? I might have just lost it.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

I'm not sure if I got an SLI chip with my original 460. Do I have to order one? I might have just lost it.

It doesn't come with the cards which IMHO is stupid. It comes with the motherboard.
Does your motherboard support SLI in the first place? You may have to buy one off ebay. Get the flexible one, its $5 shipped.

 

[reflex99]

If your motherboard doesn't support SLI, there is a fairly easy hack to fix that.

Only boards that natively support SLI are:

nVidia nForce boards
and Intel P55/X58, and P67 (but some of these do not)

 

[Tsunade]

Most motherboards that support SLI will provide a SLI bridge either a flexible or a PCB one (my UD5 came with both)

 

[dbee]

If anybody is looking into the HAWK, be sure to look into the Talon Attack Revision . Should get you a few more mhz out of it. I have seen a wide range of responses from the original hawk , if ordering one online i would have to say maybe go with a GB SOC over the other. Just an opinion after my little bout with MSI.