The GTX 460 from NVIDIA was launched a few short months ago in July of 2010. Since then we have seen manufacturers deliver models with improved cooling and ever higher clock speeds. Some of these are reference-based designs while others are not. One design that is far from the reference fold is the card we will look at today, the N460GTX HAWK from MSI. This follows up on the success of the MSI HD R5770 HAWK we looked at back in February of this year. That card exceeded expectations and was an overclocking beast so the expectations are that MSI is going to follow suit with its NVIDIA rendition, the N460GTX HAWK. This card comes out of the gate with all the right stuff. Military class components, a 7+1 phase power circuit, active phase switching and MSI's now familiar Twin Frozer cooling solution that has become a proven commodity. Add in the flexibility of being the first card to enable triple voltage controls for the GPU core, memory and PLL circuits (with voltage monitoring points that are more than just a spot on the PCB) plus a three year warranty and you have what looks to be a pretty solid combination. Let's dive right in and see if all the promises become a reality.