MSI N560GTX-Ti 448 Twin Frozer III PE/OC – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (448 Cores) PCI-E 16X Graphics Card
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- Chipset: GeForce GTX560 Ti
- Engine Clock: 750 MHz
- Video Memory: 1280MB DDR5
- Memory Clock: 3900 MHz
- Memory Interface: 320-bit
- Bus: PCI-Express 2.0 x16
- RAMDAC: 400 MHz
MSI nVidia GeForce GTX560 Ti 448 Twin Frozr III PE/OC 1280MB DDR5 2DVI/Mini HDMI PCI-Express Video Card
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MSI N560GTX-Ti 448 Twin Frozer III PE/OC – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (448 Cores) PCI-E 16X Graphics Card
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Fantastic card.,
I originally purchased the card due to micro-stuttering that occurred in my original setup which was two GTX 260 Maxcore 55’s in SlI. Microstuttering is a known problem with all SLI and Crossfire setups but tend to be less noticeable in faster/newer cards. Generally, if your multi-GPU setup gets less than 30 fps, the effects of micro-stutter become very noticeable. In my case, I used a single faster GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). I’m still thinking of using a second GPU in SLI, but my system is a few years old and would probably bottleneck it anyway.
The card was easily overclockable and stayed relatively cool. As per several reviews, I overclocked the MSI M560-ti 448 from 750MHz to 850MHz without increasing the voltage. Due to crashing while gaming, I had to increase the voltage a bit (25mV) to resolve the crashing problem. The reviews say that way more overclocking is possible, but I’m happy at this speed. Also, the temps stay well below 70 degrees under normal use, i.e. not stress testing.
It more than matched the speed of my dual GTX 260 setup and is easily overclocked. Reviews noted that the card could be overclocked to speeds equal to that of a GTX 570 or possibly even a 580. All this while being able to stay relatively cool. A fantastic card and a great buy.
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|Amazing card, nice upgrade from my GTX 470,
This card is just amazing, upgraded from a GTX 470 that I had overclocked to 800 core and 2000 memory (making it run about the same as a GTX 480/GTX 570) but generating 90 degree heat during load in a very well cooled case. Anyway, I got a great deal on this card during a 1 day rebate offer (strange, I know) and after selling my 470 the upgrade cost me about $90. Well worth it!
This card runs at 30 degrees while idle in my system, under load around 50 degrees, full overvolted and stress tested around 60 degrees, what a difference from my old GTX 470! This MSI card also has a lot better cooler solution than my reference GTX 470 had.
Performance wise, using the Heaven benchmark as the easiest way to show the differences:
2560X1440 4X AA with Tesselation on
-My overclocked GTX 470, was giving me 27.4 FPS and a score of 691
-The GTX 560 448 at clock speeds gave me 27.2 FPS and a score of 685 (which is what I expected, so my overclock was about equal to this stock settings)
-The GTX 560 448 overclocked with no voltage changes (850 core, 2100 memory, amazing) gave me 30.1 FPS and 759 score
-The GTX 560 448 overclocked with max core voltage and +30 memory voltage (950 core, 2200 memory speeds) gave me 32.7 FPS and score of 824
-The GTX 560 448 overclocked with all voltages set to max (really just added Aux voltage increase), I was able to run stable at 1000 core speed (insane) and 2200 memory (just couldn’t get over that limit without artifacts and even if there were no artifacts it made a very marginal difference in FPS), this gave me 33.6 FPS and score of 847.
This card is the best performer for the money out there, and when super overclocked can compete with a GTX 580, and with a no over voltage tweak can easily outgun a stock GTX 570. For anyone like me with an older GTX 470 that hated the crazy heat and didn’t want to spend a lot on an upgrade yet, this is a great option. SLI would be great but I will trade up again next year to the GTX 670 instead. I run my monitor at 2560X1440 and this card has no problem running all the games I play smoothly, skyrim which I just started playing gets 40-60 FPS, minimums I see is 40 fps.
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|Fast,
Fastest card I have ever had.
This is the Sweet spot for current GTX500 series cards. Will not upgrade till a hot deal on Kepler arrives.
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