Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core Review: GF110 On A Diet
Ready for a limited edition graphics card? The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core just landed. Learn how it differs from the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, why its life will be be short, if it's a decent performer, and what we can do with this thing overclocked.
Test Setup And Benchmarks
We're comparing the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core to the similarly-priced competition, including AMD's Radeon HD 6950 1 GB, 6950 2 GB, and 6970, as well as Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GTX 570.
Again, Nvidia didn't sample a reference board design for testing, so we dropped the clocks on Zotac's model to match the specs Nvidia provided to us.
Test Hardware | |
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Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge)Overclocked to 4 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache, power-saving settings enabled, Turbo Boost disabled. |
Motherboard | MSI P67A-GD65, Intel P67 Chipset |
Memory | OCZ DDR3-2000, 2 x 2 GB, at 1338 MT/s, CL 9-9-9-20-1T |
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB, 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, SATA 3Gb/sSamsung 470 Series SSD 256 GB, SATA 3Gb/s |
Graphics Cards | GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1 GB GDDR5GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core 1280 MB GDDR5GeForce GTX 570 1280 MB GDDR5Radeon HD 6950 1 GB GDDR5Radeon HD 6950 2 GB GDDR5Radeon HD 6970 2 GB GDDR5 |
Power Supply | Seasonic X760 SS-760KM: ATX12V v2.3, EPS12V, 80 PLUS Gold |
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper TX 2 |
System Software And Drivers | |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Renderer | OpenGL |
Graphics Driver | GeForce: 285.88 Beta |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | AMD Catalyst 11.11 |
Games | |
Battlefield 3 | Version 1.0.0.0, Operation Swordbreaker, Fraps Run |
Batman: Arkham City | Version 1.0.0.0, Built-In Benchmark |
Metro 2033 | Version 1.0.0.1, Built-In Benchmark |
DiRT 3 | Version 1.2.0.0, Built-In Benchmark |
Aliens Vs. Predator | Version 1.0.0.0, DirectX 11 Benchmark |
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Ernst56 I just recently replaced an aging 8800 GTS with the 2GB Twin Frozr 560TI card. I have a large case with 7 fans and with a fan profile running the Twin Frozr at 70%, I can overclock to well past 570 performance.Reply
Since I got the card, with a game, for $249, I'm very happy. An hour of MW3 or SC2 at max settings shows a max temp of 53C. -
nhat11 In the battlefield 3 tests, why aren't the testers testing the settings on Ultra? I don't care about settings on high.Reply -
borden5 thanks for great article, does anyone notice the 6950 1gb vs 2gb give same performance even tho at higher resolution ??Reply -
cleeve nhat11In the battlefield 3 tests, why aren't the testers testing the settings on Ultra? I don't care about settings on high.Reply
Because none of these cards are fast enough to run on Ultra unless you're going to drop resolution, and nobody buys this class of card to run below 1080p.
We try to make our benchmark settings realistic, not theoretical. -
jimmy-bee Wow, I hate to see the death of 1920 x 1200 resolution monitor to be replaced by 1080P. But liked this benchmark since I have a 560Ti. Always used Tom's benchmarks to help me decide on video cards.Reply -
I'm with nhat11.Reply
I play my BF3 on Ultra settings and 1080p with the 6950 2GB. Ans this is not "theoretical". So if the framerate its 10fps everybody should know.
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wolfram23 I always find it almost shocking that the 6950 1gb and 2gb models have basically identical framerates even at 2560x1600 in all of these super demanding games. Do we really need more than 1gb VRAM? I always think about going triple monitors, and always think my 1gb is going to be a drawback...Reply