Which GTX 560 Ti should I buy?

[have_it]

Hi,

After an earlier post, I've decided to buy a GTX 560 Ti. Now, I've got to decide on which one.

Should I go with EVGA/MSI/Asus?

What about buying a factory overclocked card? I have seen 2 MSI cards, one is oc'd to 880, the other to 950. These sound promising. Thoughts? Also, can they be overclocked even higher?

Any help on the above mentioned questions would be a big help. Alternatively, recommending another card will help me as well.

Thanks in advance!

i5 2500K
AS Rock Extreme 3 Gen 3
Corsair Vengeance 8GB
Corsair Enthusiast 650W

 

[gooseta]

Factory overclocked cards are very good and quite cheap nowadays. Factory Oc'd cards can be oc'd even higher, yes. Here are some good 560Tis on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363 $235
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130738 $290 (excellent)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500231 $300

 

[refillable]

Normal 560 ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127594 $247.56
448 Core 560 ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127615 $299.99

Twin frozer cards from MSI are very good http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127615

 

[jyjjy]

A factory OC doesn't really matter as long as you are willing to OC on your own. If you are it is a card with good cooling that you should be looking for. These cards have some of the best cooling around;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127594
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121424
The cooling isn't anything special but I would probably just get this myself as it is a great deal;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125401

 

[gooseta]

This is a really good 1024 MB 560Ti:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130634 $250

 

[gooseta]

Sorry for double post, this i has excellent cooling
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125406

 

[have_it]

Gooseta/JYJJY/Refillable(again!) - Thanks for your replies!

I've read a lot about the 448 core 560 ti's - heard they are v good. But I'm a Canadian living in South Korea - and where I'm buying the cards I can't seem to find them. In fact, I think they have everything BUT the 448 cores.

While you were posting, I was busy making some comparisons on newegg.

I will check out your recommendations.

Perhaps you guys can pick a winner out of my comparisons?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%2050001314%20600030348&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=48%7C14-127-565%5E14-127-565-TS%2C14-127-578%5E14-127-578-TS%2C14-121-425%5E14-121-425-TS%2C14-125-363%5E14-125-363-TS

 

[gooseta]

The ASUS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121425) is the best value, But I would buy the MSI Hawk (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127578), since it's only $245.

 

[refillable]

Still In my opinion the MSI Twin Frozer is best. And also good luck on buying GPU stores there . You must to know that 448 cores edition are only in Canada an in America and are only sold in 2011's holiday, so it's going to decline in few weeks... But 560 ti should be enough mate, don't worry. Also you can take a look at EVGA, they are good also, but I'm not sure if it has about the same price on south Korea. Why I say this is because In my country EVGA cards are really expensive.

 

[have_it]

FYI - After making the currency conversions, in Seoul the prices are (tax included)

The MSI Twin Frozr is $241 USD.

The MSI Hawk $276 USD

I'll decide between these two. Perhaps I'll flip a coin? lol.

 

[refillable]

That far? I think it's worth more to get the twin frozer.

 

[have_it]

Forgetting their price - which is the better card?

The Hawk has higher shaders - isn't that a good thing? (I'm somewhat uninformed...)

 

[jyjjy]

They are very similar cards physically. I believe the Hawk has voltage control on things besides the core which can help you get a higher OC and has perhaps a higher binned chip. The Twin Frozr should OC very well as is but if you want to push the card as high as possible then go for the Hawk.