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Nvidia Preps GF110-based GeForce GTX 560 Ti‎ Upgrade

by - source: VR-Zone

Nvidia is apparently planning to release an updated and upgraded version of its GTX 560 Ti graphics card reference model.

This new Ti will, if VR-Zone is right, be based on the GF110 chip, which makes it a close relative to the 570 and 580 models. It will also mean a drop of the current GF114.

The publication reports that the new 560 Ti will essentially be a 570 with 14 (and one disabled) streaming multiprocessor with a total of 448 cores, up from the current 384. It is more than likely that the clock speed will be below that of the 570. Expect to see the 320-bit memory interface with 56 TMUs and 40 ROPs.

The likely performance gain is pure speculation at this time, but I will make an educated guess that the card will be consuming more power than the 170 W of the current 560 Ti and move closer to the 219 W of the 570.

Current 560 Ti graphics cards sell for street prices in the $220 to $270 range. An upgrade could breath more life into the card, which should help Nvidia move more chips during the upcoming Christmas season.

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jl0329 10/27/2011 3:03 PM
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Damn, I just bought a 560ti. T_T

Katsushiro 10/27/2011 3:04 PM
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So they're going to call it what? A GTX 560 GTi? A GTX 565? Surely they won't leave the name the same (like the GTX 260's upgrade).

soo-nah-mee 10/27/2011 3:11 PM
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Interesting.
It was between the 560ti and the HD6950 for me.
Now I may have to wait.
Although unlocking the 6950 into a 6970 is still oh so appealing!

silverblue 10/27/2011 3:20 PM
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Wikipedia already has something similar down as the GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM. It has the same basic die as the 570 albeit with 11 SMs (352 shaders/44 TMUs) and 40 ROPs as well as the same clocks and memory interface as the 570, and a TDP of 210W. So, this particular product has less texturing power than the 560 Ti (in fact, so does the 570 and 580) but a much larger memory interface.

southernshark 10/27/2011 3:27 PM
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dormantreign 10/27/2011 3:28 PM
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Good, i've been waiting and trying to make a decision on a new graphics card. Now i know which one i will be getting :)

De5_roy 10/27/2011 3:30 PM
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a new gtx 560 ti upgrade vs amd's 28 nm radeon hd 7xxx cards... i choose radeon even if they're unreleased. :)

Anonymous 10/27/2011 3:30 PM
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And what happens if some poor sap who got a first-gen 560Ti wants to get a second for SLI purposes? Two distinct models aren't going to work together in an SLI configuration, are they?

Nidy 10/27/2011 3:32 PM
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Why not just lower the price of the 570. The new ti will approach the price of the 570 so whould buy a 570 after the new ti comes out?

jenesuispasbavard 10/27/2011 3:41 PM
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jl0329 :
Damn, I just bought a 560ti. T_T


I have one too, and, with the release of this new 560Ti, the old one's prices might drop, which means SLI for me, finally.

phishy714 10/27/2011 3:43 PM
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Nidy :
Why not just lower the price of the 570. The new ti will approach the price of the 570 so whould buy a 570 after the new ti comes out?



I think the question will be.. who will buy a 560ti OEM since its so damn close in price to the more powerful (if only by a small amount) gtx 570?

spentshells 10/27/2011 3:46 PM
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Nidy :
Why not just lower the price of the 570. The new ti will approach the price of the 570 so whould buy a 570 after the new ti comes out?



So they can completely stop the G114 fab process and build only GF 110 and more products on one fabrication process. Which makes it cheaper to produce.

peanut_316 10/27/2011 3:47 PM
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Same name it will be called 560 Ti 448core like the 260gtx 216core and this 560 can do 3way sli like the 570gtx

rohitbaran 10/27/2011 3:55 PM
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I think that this could be a move to counter the upcoming Radeon 7xxx series (at least the mainstream ones), since it is being rumored that nVidia's own 28nm GPUs will be delayed.

cyberkuberiah 10/27/2011 3:58 PM
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cool !

Lutfij 10/27/2011 4:29 PM
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hmmm - should be good but it aint getting any cooler per revision..

peanut_316 10/27/2011 4:29 PM
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i agree rohitbaran... 7xxx series will be out before christmas..nvidia has nothiing out so might as well push some thing out....nvidia should've dropped some prices... :)

maxwellwa 10/27/2011 4:33 PM
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southernshark :
Upgrading a tier 2 card is not impressive. Sure I use a 560 but I bought it a year and a half ago......



Yeah... no you didn't.

gmkos 10/27/2011 4:34 PM
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C'mon nVidia, enough retrofitting old chips, bring on the Kepler!

ohim 10/27/2011 4:34 PM
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Is this a new rebrading ? I don`t see the point of it.

De5_roy 10/27/2011 4:35 PM
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rumor has it tsmc(amd and nvidia's gpu manufacturer) is having trouble with nvidia's 28 nm 6xx series gpu's production. meanwhile tsmc reported that radeon hd 7xxx cards have gone into volume production.
nvidia's declaration of a new gtx 560 might be to compete with the new radeon cards. a new card is good news....still, price reductions across the lineup would have been much better imo.

pleeman 10/27/2011 5:01 PM
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im planning to get gtx 570 fermi OC tmr.. shall i wait then?

darkchazz 10/27/2011 5:14 PM
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stevelord 10/27/2011 5:18 PM
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soo-nah-mee :
Interesting.It was between the 560ti and the HD6950 for me.Now I may have to wait.Although unlocking the 6950 into a 6970 is still oh so appealing!



That was possible several months ago. Not so much anymore. Depends on which one you buy.

Tomfreak 10/27/2011 5:27 PM
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I honestly cannot see any reason that they should come out this chip, because the performance between a 560Ti vs 570 is pretty close enough. IN fact quite a number of pre-overclocked 560Ti could come almost as fast as 570.

The only explanation would be, after so many months of manufacturing large low yield GF110, they got enough broken GF110 chips that couldnt meet 570 Spec. So instead of wasting it completely they gonna milk it and sell it to consumer, Same case for GTX460 SE.

Looks like anyone who bought this chip is gonna get scam like GTX465. High power consumption, medicore performance :) Might as well buy a highly overclocked 560Ti.

holdingholder 10/27/2011 5:29 PM
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southernshark :
Upgrading a tier 2 card is not impressive. Sure I use a 560 but I bought it a year and a half ago......


Interesting, how can one buy a card a year and a half ago that hasn't even been out for a full year yet.

theuniquegamer 10/27/2011 5:42 PM
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It may be a good card but price and TDP is too close to the 570. I'll prefer more powerful 570 or amd 6970 over this 560ti.

jgutz2006 10/27/2011 5:42 PM
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soo-nah-mee :
Interesting.It was between the 560ti and the HD6950 for me.Now I may have to wait.Although unlocking the 6950 into a 6970 is still oh so appealing!



And then when its released, the next card expected to fall in that price range will be announced and you will decide to wait for that one. Then one day you wake up, your 10 years older and you finally realize that you will never win!

killerchickens 10/27/2011 5:44 PM
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holdingholder :
Interesting, how can one buy a card a year and a half ago that hasn't even been out for a full year yet.



I really early preorder?:)

dgingeri 10/27/2011 6:07 PM
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Quote :The publication reports that the new 560 Ti will essentially be a 570 with 14 (and one disabled) streaming multiprocessor with a total of 448 cores, up from the current 384. It is more than likely that the clock speed will be below that of the 570. Expect to see the 320-bit memory interface with 56 TMUs and 40 ROPs.


Isn't that just a GTX470 at lower power?

chumly 10/27/2011 6:30 PM
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The good thing about the current 560 ti's is that you can overclock them like crazy, tbh, my 560 ti is outperforming a 570 on air right now.


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