Specifications and Testing Configuration
As I noted before, all of our testing was done with the MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Power Edition, which is seen in our GPU-Z screenshot here:
Version 0.5.6 correctly recognizes the card as having 448 cores and the clock speed of 750 MHz and memory speed of 975 MHz are verified as well. Huh…it also knows the release date…fishy.
Based on the information I have from both MSI and EVGA, here is how their pricing is going to stack up.
- MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 – $289
- MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Power Edition – $299
- EVGA GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores FTW – $289
- EVGA GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Classified – $299
With such a small gap between the "base" designs and the higher end ones, it would seem to make sense to grab either the Power Edition or Classified models. How do these prices compare to other cards on the market today?
- GeForce GTX 570 1.25GB – $339
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448c 1.25GB – $289
- Radeon HD 6950 2GB – $269
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB – $239
UPDATE: These are now showing up online at Newegg though currently only the EVGA models are being sold at the MSRP prices!
These prices are all based on the current conditions at online stores like Newegg and Amazon.com.
NVIDIA needed the new GTX 560 Ti 448 to close that gap between the current GTX 560 Ti and the GTX 570. In that $100 window the Radeon HD 6950 was winning the war and NVIDIA only had two options: lower the price of the GTX 570 (and likely the GTX 580) or creating something new to fill in the hole in the GPU lineup. While I think you’ll find the GTX 560 Ti 448c will do that every nicely, if it is as limited as NVIDIA says it is, this will be short lived and may put NVIDIA back in the same problem before 28-nm GTX 600 and Radeon HD 7000 cards are on the streets.
Our benchmarking and testing setup remains unchanged:
- Testing Configuration
- ASUS P6X58D Premium Motherboard
- Intel Core i7-965 @ 3.33 GHz Processor
- 3 x 2GB Corsair DDR3-1333 MHz Memory
- Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB HDD
- Corsair Professional Series 1200w PSU
- Benchmarks used: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark11, Metro 2033, Lost Planet 2, Civilization V, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, DiRT3, Skyrim, Unigine Heaven
- NVIDIA Driver: 285.88
- AMD Driver: 11.11b
So what comparisons are we going to focus on? Well, basically, all of them. The GTX 560 Ti 448c needs to be faster than the GTX 560 Ti to even have a shot. The GTX 570 performance levels could also be in jeopardy as the GTX 560 Ti 448c doesn’t lose much in terms of hardware features and with a lower price, it could be the better option while it’s available. As for the Radeon HD 6950 2GB card, can it actually keep up with the new NVIDIA offerings from MSI and EVGA or will it need a price drop to keep up?
Hmm nothing at Newegg yet,
Hmm nothing at Newegg yet, and one at Amazon thats over MSRP. I’m hoping the limited availability of these won’t drive the prices up.
Yes, that is a fear…we’ll
Yes, that is a fear…we’ll see if NVIDIA and it’s partners can keep the consumer’s at the front of their minds in the next few weeks.
Yea one can hope. I wouldn’t
Yea one can hope. I wouldn’t mind this driving down the regular 560 ti prices too.
i wonder if you can unlock
i wonder if you can unlock these vis a vis the gtx 465 to 470 conversion method.
In the past, NVIDIA has done
In the past, NVIDIA has done a much better job locking their GPUs down than AMD has. There has never been a way to unlock the GTX 570 to a 580, for example.
By limited edition nvidia
By limited edition nvidia plan to run these limited quantities? As the specs are pretty similar to GTX570 and I reckon they might hurt the GTX570 in sales badly.
A. These are defective parts
A. These are defective parts not good enough to be a 570 or 580.
B. These are crippled parts.
I REALLY think the marketing team goofed by calling this a 560 TI 448. It should be called a 565, no questions asked.
I dont’ wanna use the word deceptive to describe any of this cause its just a damn GPU SKU but gesh….
I think calling them
I think calling them “defective” or “crippled” is a bit of an overstatement. Is a 570 a “defective” 580? I wouldn’t say that. Just different bins and different SKUs based on the ways the silicon world works.
Now I wish I had waited a
Now I wish I had waited a week to order my new computer build, I bought the 560 TI for rendering. Is it possable to use this and a 560 TI in the same system?
No, a 448 cant be used to SLI
No, a 448 cant be used to SLI with a regular 560TI, treat them as if they are two totally different cards, because well…. they are. GF114 vs a GF110 chip.
I read this review to get
I read this review to get info and details on the Evga Classified card. You didn’t provide hardly any. What about the non-reference pcb, or the 6 phase vrm?… why did you even write a review on it if you didn’t want to go in-debth on the details?
“due to some complications
“due to some complications with the EVGA card (that were all solved on the software side of things on my testing machine) our benchmarks use the MSI version initially.”
… and he doesn’t get to keep the cards forever. It is too bad there wasn’t more time to test the card that you were more interested in but you can see the performance difference on the last page … as in not much.
The Evga card should have
The Evga card should have been left out of the equation completely then, instead of saying “here’s a review of this card” and then telling your readers “actually we couldnt get it to work” …. so dumb.
How did we treat the EVGA and
How did we treat the EVGA and MSI cards any differently?
Oh yeah, and did you read
Oh yeah, and did you read this page?
https://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560-Ti-448-Core-Special-Edition-Graphics-Card-Review/evga
Amazon has the EVGA single
Amazon has the EVGA single fan version for $279.99. Thinking of getting three of them. One to update my E8500 system that will soon be donated to the kids and the other for a new build in SLI mode.
Is the Classified version worth the $30 premium(price/taxes/shipping) over the FTW version?
I understand the other companies jacking up prices for what the market will bear, but good on EVGA.
Sorry, price is $289.99.(the
Sorry, price is $289.99.(the 279.99 was for the base 560Ti).
So the premium would only be around $20.
Just ordered the EVGA
Just ordered the EVGA Classified version of this card from dabs.com (uk retailer) and after looking at some of the benchmark results I’m really glad I did as I very nearly brought a 570 instead.
Im just pinching myself now as I said I was going to wait for the 600 series to be released before upgrading but then my GT230 is really starting to show its age now.
Can’t wait for this to be delivered.
Hello I am just trying to
Hello I am just trying to understand is the NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores faster then the GTX 560 Ti Superclocked 384 CUDA Cores and by how much thanks
Where can I get the 285.88
Where can I get the 285.88 drivers?
I have an MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Power Edition. It came with the 285.66 drivers on the installation CD. I can find no other drivers at the Nvidia website (or anywhere else) that will work with it.
When I was a girl, I tried to
When I was a girl, I tried to do the same thing and nearly ruined myself.
Hello where does the graphic
Hello where does the graphic card go into? Did I stick it in?
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