Manufacturer: Inno3D Price: $ N/A US Author: Steve Date: 03/16/2011

[ Introduction ]

Today we have the Inno3D GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card on display featuring factory overclocked core and memory frequencies for even greater performance. Inno3D has also taken the liberty of enhancing the cooling setup by dumping the single fan Nvidia reference design for a dual-fan setup of their own... It has now been two months since Nvidia unleashed their mid-range contender the GeForce GTX 560 Ti at the MSRP of $249. This is an important price bracket for Nvidia as this segment was last serviced by the aging GTX 470. Thankfully the GTX 560 Ti delivered the goods, providing on average 9% more performance than the GTX 470 across more than a dozen games that we test with. In fact Nvidia delivered a very cost effective product with the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, when compared to the next step up, the GeForce GTX 570, it was exceptionally good value. On average the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was ~17% slower, while costing around 30% less. From a value perspective this is a very acceptable tradeoff, especially for those unwilling to spend $350 US on a graphics card. While the Radeon HD 6870 was meant to be the GeForce GTX 560 Ti match, AMD was forced to slash prices to diminish the impact the new GeForce card launch could have on competing products. When compared to the Radeon HD 6870, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was on average 9% faster. Therefore AMD quickly reduced pricing to $219 US. It's also worth mentioning that while the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was overall faster than the Radeon HD 6870, it was less efficient, consuming 24% more power. Today the Radeon HD 6870 can be hand for as little as $209 US, also making it exceptionally good value. However now that the GeForce GTX 560 Ti has been out and about for a few months, manufacturers have had time to come up with their own designs and many of them are heavily overclocked. The trump card for Nvidia was the impressive overclocking potential of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Without any voltage modifications we were able to push the GPU frequency of certain cards from 822MHz to as high as 1010MHz. That impressive 188MHz bump provided GeForce GTX 570-like performance, something that isn't possible to achieve with competing graphics cards such as the Radeon HD 6870. The Radeon HD 6870 is already being pushed hard with a default frequency of 900MHz and we are only able to increase that by 50MHz without touching the card's voltage. Therefore it is not uncommon to find cards clocked at 835MHz, 850MHz, 880MHz, 900MHz and even 950MHz straight from the factory. Inno3D has gone with a milder overclock, setting the core at 880MHz. Although this is considerably lower than some of the higher clocked cards getting around, the 7% boost should provide a little extra performance free of charge.

Table of Contents >>> Introduction <<< Inno3D GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC in Detail Test System Specs & 3Dmark 11 Benchmarks: Dirt 2, F1 2010 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops Benchmarks: Far Cry 2, Aliens vs. Predator Benchmarks: Crysis Warhead, World in Conflict Benchmarks: Just Cause 2, Mass Effect 2 Benchmarks: Metro 2033, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Benchmarks: Battlefield Bad Company 2, Splinter Cell Conviction Power Consumption & Temperatures Overclocking Performance Conclusion Next Page ->

Horribleron Posts: 13 Joined: 2010-03-26

Posted on: 03/17/2011 02:54 AM I've had my EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR 560Ti nearly a month now. It's factory clocked at 900 MHz and was expecting a somewhat noisy and hot card but the thing barely breaks a sweat and makes little noise and uses the stock NVidia cooler. I really don't think custom coolers are needed with these cards if you have a well cooled case and plan to stay under 950 MHz. My GTX560Ti is easily the nicest video card I've had in a long time. Great review Steve!