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Thinking of buying a new graphics card? It might be wise to hold off until you have checked out the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti which aims to deliver even more value to the mainstream performance market segment. This new mid-range graphics card can be transformed to deliver high-end performance with a few quick and simple tweaks, making it the ultimate value solution...
Already it has been six weeks since we checked out the GeForce GTX 570 and only recently has AMD countered with their Radeon HD 6900 series. In our opinion the Radeon HD 6970 provided the perfect counter to the GeForce GTX 570 and although it was slightly more expensive, its improved connectivity features easily justified the premium.
The Radeon HD 6950 found a home of its own at $300 US as there are presently no current generation Nvidia graphics cards servicing this price range. In fact, with the GeForce GTX 570 priced at $350 US and the GTX 580 at $500 US, Nvidia was relying on the older generation GTX 400 series cards to fill the sub $300 US markets. However the problem being that the GeForce GTX 460, which comes in 768MB ($160) and 1GB ($200) variants, was well opposed by the Radeon HD 6850. Then there was the aging GeForce GTX 470 which is available at $250 US, though based on our findings the slightly cheaper Radeon HD 6870 is on average 11% faster. Given that Nvidia’s latest generation graphics cards all cost over $300, this is a problem. This is due to the simple fact that most gamers prefer to spend less than this amount. Whereas AMD has been offering the Radeon HD 6870 ($240) and HD 6850 ($180) graphics cards for some time now, Nvidia has been relying on fast less efficient technology. Therefore it is clear that Nvidia needs a new GeForce GTX 500 series mainstream performance graphics card to carry them in 2011 and today we have that graphics card. Known as the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, this new graphics card is said to have an MSRP of $250, which will place it in direct competition with the Radeon HD 6870. Today we have a GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card on hand to show you, but even more exciting is the fact that this is a production version that you will actually be able to purchase and it is heavily overclocked from factory. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti SOC features a re-worked PCB design, upgraded cooling and a heavily overclocked GPU to cap it all off. Before we jump to the benchmarks, let's check out this exciting new Gigabyte graphics card in more detail... |
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ProX |
Posted on: 01/25/2011 11:07 PM
Wow what a bargain! Nice review as always  |
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Whippit |
Posted on: 01/26/2011 03:23 AM
Holly sh*t batman that thing really is super overclocked. Highest I had seen before this was 900MHz so nice going Gigabyte. How I just have to find two for sale somewhere  |
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Gmaster |
Posted on: 01/26/2011 08:47 AM
Gigabyte make great products and this review just proves that. Imagine two of these on a new Gigabyte P67 motherboard, awesome! |
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Random Dude |
Posted on: 01/28/2011 02:02 PM
Whats the length of this beauty? |
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Steven Walton Posts: 104 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 01/29/2011 11:10 PM
Ahh if only I had a dollar for every time I was asked that question Its 24cm long. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 01/29/2011 11:37 PM
ROLF!!! The standard cards are 23cm if you were wondering. |
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matt |
Posted on: 01/31/2011 05:36 AM
WHERE DO I BUY ONE?!?! |
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Robin |
Posted on: 02/24/2011 01:06 PM
Great review! But I have a question, when overclocking the card's memory to 5000MHz did you apply any voltage tweaks? It's amazing how well this card overclocks, seeing how the SOC version already has a memory clock of 4000MHz. |