NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core GPU Review

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core
Brand: NVIDIA

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 09:00 AM EDT

Performance Summary: NVIDIA is positioning the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition card between the original GeForce GTX 560 Ti and the GeForce GTX 570 in its product stack, and that’s exactly how it performs. The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition proved to be about 10% to 15% faster than the original GeForce GTX 560 Ti and a few percentage points slower than the GeForce GTX 570. In comparison to competing cards in the Radeon family, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition typically outran the Radeon HD 6950 and traded blows with the Radeon HD 6970.

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GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition cards will be available immediately from a number of NVIDIA’s key AIB partners, like Zotac, EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Gainward, Inno3D and Palit, in the US and Canada and across the pond in the UK, France, Germany, Russia, and Nordics, but it will not be a worldwide release. The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core will be a limited edition product that’s not intended for every market and will likely sell out within a couple of months according to NVIDIA.

With that said, the card is a solid choice for the midrange. With prices ranging from $289 on up depending on the overclock and bundle (the Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core Limited Edition will sell for $299 and include a copy of BF3), it competes directly against the Radeon HD 6950 and falls in right between the GTX 560 Ti and 570. Considering the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core was faster than the 6950 overall, that’s a good position to be in. If you’re looking for a graphics card in this price range, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition won’t disappoint.

Good Performance
Competitive Pricing
PhysX and CUDA Support
DX11 Support

GTX 570 and Radeon HD 6970 Priced Only Slightly Higher
Limited Edition Release

Tags: GeForce, Gaming, graphics, Zotac, GPU, dx11, GTX 560 Ti, 448 cores

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com