EVGA GTX560Ti 448 Classified

[jpk]

Just bought this card. Any opinions? Replaces my dual GTX260 216 superclocked in sli. Seems to be more responsive and the fans noise is less than the sli setup. Went with it because of the almost 580 performance in a lot of stats and the price was pretty good from Newegg.

 

[Hauk]

It's an interesting card, especially the reference 470 pcb that was used. That along with the custom cooler allow for nice oc's. It's a solid design and good choice. OC it to at least 850 core and as you said, enjoy near 580 performance for less coin.

 

[superccs]

Looking at your sig OP... isn't it time for a SSD?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Looking at your sig OP... isn't it time for a SSD?

haha.

 

[Whirlwind]

I am pretty happy with my new GTX 570 and your new card is very close to mine.

I also replaced a GTX 260 216 sli set-up

I also love having the DX 11 features.

I kept one GTX 260 for a Physx card.

 

[jpk]

Whirlwind, you've kept a 260 for for a physx card?

I haven't given a SSD much thought because of the expense and capacity. But I suppose I could use one just for OS and games leaving the disc drives for storage. I'll think about it.

 

[Whirlwind]

Whirlwind, you've kept a 260 for for a physx card?

I haven't given a SSD much thought because of the expense and capacity. But I suppose I could use one just for OS and games leaving the disc drives for storage. I'll think about it.

Yes, GTX 570 is my primary card and a GTX 260 is my Physx card.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I haven't given a SSD much thought because of the expense and capacity.

You're fine if you've never experienced an SSD.

The problem is when you finally get one, everything else is going to suck. If you work on other peoples computers, yours dies, anything at all which requires you to go back to a HDD based OS it's going to be awful.

When I first got an SSD for my OS I was happy about it but I felt stupid for spending $90 for 60GB of storage, now that I've managed to somehow kill mine and have it in RMA currently I question how I ever managed to enjoy the windows experience prior to having one.

 

[jpk]

Yes, GTX 570 is my primary card and a GTX 260 is my Physx card.

I'm interested. How do you set that up? Do you just install the 260 and go into Nvidia control panel and assign Physx to the 260?

 

[jpk]

You're fine if you've never experienced an SSD.

The problem is when you finally get one, everything else is going to suck. If you work on other peoples computers, yours dies, anything at all which requires you to go back to a HDD based OS it's going to be awful.

When I first got an SSD for my OS I was happy about it but I felt stupid for spending $90 for 60GB of storage, now that I've managed to somehow kill mine and have it in RMA currently I question how I ever managed to enjoy the windows experience prior to having one.

I'm going to check it out. Went briefly to the storage forum last night to look at the stickies. I'll revisit today. Nice post there for what to watch out for and what drives are best.

 

[Keysplayr]

I'm interested. How do you set that up? Do you just install the 260 and go into Nvidia control panel and assign Physx to the 260?

Physcially install the 260 (or PhysX capable card), reinstall the latest Nvidia driver for your OS and choose Custom and Clean install options.
Reboot in required. Assign PhysX operations to the "260" in the Nvidia Control Panel.

 

[Whirlwind]

I'm interested. How do you set that up? Do you just install the 260 and go into Nvidia control panel and assign Physx to the 260?

Yes, just put the 260 in your other pci-e x8 or x16 slot, no sli bridge needed.

Then in Nvidia control panel you can designate the 260 to be the dedicated Physx card....done.

Pretty simple.

 

[jpk]

Yes, just put the 260 in your other pci-e x8 or x16 slot, no sli bridge needed.

Then in Nvidia control panel you can designate the 260 to be the dedicated Physx card....done.

Pretty simple.

I assume this means the GPU on the 260 relieves that duty, the Physx calculations, from the 560. Does that mean the 560 will run games that use Physx a little faster since it doesn't have to process those calculations?

 

[jpk]

Also, I was looking at SSD drives at Newegg and on Compusa's websites. The Corsair Force GT 120gb is only $149.00 at Compusa w/free shipping. That means I can pick it up at the B&M store for that price plus tax of course. That beats Newegg's price by $25.00 or so. Is the Corsair drive a good one?

I should probably move this discussion over to the storage forum.

 

[Whirlwind]

I assume this means the GPU on the 260 relieves that duty, the Physx calculations, from the 560. Does that mean the 560 will run games that use Physx a little faster since it doesn't have to process those calculations?

Yep

 

[RaistlinZ]

Anyone run an SLI setup with a 3rd card dedicated for PhysX?

 

[kylebisme]

You're fine if you've never experienced an SSD.

Just last week a friend left me his computer to overclock and put his SSDs in raid, and while it was notably faster, going back to my rig with a fairly standard 7200rpm Seagate doesn't feel slow. Granted, when I can get around 250gb for about $100 I surely will, but wouldn't want to have to gimp by with a primary drive smaller than that, and I don't feel the benefits of SSD are worth much more than that.

 

[Rvenger]

Also, I was looking at SSD drives at Newegg and on Compusa's websites. The Corsair Force GT 120gb is only $149.00 at Compusa w/free shipping. That means I can pick it up at the B&M store for that price plus tax of course. That beats Newegg's price by $25.00 or so. Is the Corsair drive a good one?

I should probably move this discussion over to the storage forum.

Thats not a bad deal at a B&M store, not a bad drive either.

 

[jpk]

Thats not a bad deal at a B&M store, not a bad drive either.

That drive is available only online. Crap. Went ahead and got a OCZ 120gb Vertex 3 at B&M for $179. w/$30. mail in rebate. I've read the Vertex 3 is a pretty good drive.

 

[nitromullet]

back on the 560Ti 448 Classy topic...

Here's a Heaven run from my slightly over clocked GTX 580 I ran for this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2209593

Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.71GHz
OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 @ 1420MHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 @ 825/1650/2025

Powered by Unigine Engine
Heaven Benchmark v2.5 Basic
FPS:
54.4
Scores:
1370
Min FPS:
30.3
Max FPS:
132.6
Hardware
Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 1 2011
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:
3540MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 8.17.12.9036 1536Mb
Settings
Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
4x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation:
normal
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2011

Here's a run at the same settings on my GTX 560Ti 448 Classified at 860/1720/2025:

Powered by Unigine Engine
Heaven Benchmark v2.5 Basic
FPS:
49.5
Scores:
1248
Min FPS:
28.2
Max FPS:
122.4
Hardware
Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 1 2011
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:
3540MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 8.17.12.9053 1280Mb
Settings
Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
4x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation:
normal
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2011

...pretty close, and not bad for a card that's $200 less.

My card artifacts at 880 on the gpu even at maximum voltage in Afterburner. It will complete a Heaven run at 870 with 1075mV, but I'm running it at 860 with 1075mV for day-to-day operation. Fan speeds are at stock/auto.

 

[jpk]

That is pretty close....close enough for me and with a spare $200 still in my pocket.

 

[nitromullet]

That is pretty close....close enough for me and with a spare $200 still in my pocket.

For sure. It's a solid card for the money, especially if your monitor is 1920x1200 or lower native res. I did hit a wall with the 1.25GB video RAM when I ran Heaven at 2560x1440 (my native res) with everything maxed and 8xAA/16xAF. Dropping it down to 4xAA dropped down video RAM usage down to ~900MB.

Granted, this is far from normal usage because at 2560x1440 there isn't really enough gpu headroom left to even be considering this level of AA with Heaven. I only run Heaven at these settings to test OC stability, which is really the only time I run Heaven anyway.

:thumbsup: I like this card! I'm actually planning on paying EVGA the extra $15 for the extended warranty and the option to Step-Up in the event NVIDIA launches a beast of a new card within the next 90 days.

edit: Did you OC yours? If so, what clocks did you hit?