The Card
Here’s some photos of the beauty.
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2 Ghz |
| RAM | Kingston Value RAM 4GB 1333 |
| Motherboard | MSI P67A-GD65 |
| Cooler | Intel stock cooler |
| Monitor | 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD |
| Power Supply | Vantec Ion2 520w |
| Operating System | Windows 7 32bit |
| Driver Version | nVidia GeForce 275.33 |
Below is the GPU-Z for the card.
The Performance
Crysis
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 32.75 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 45.73 |
| ASUS HD 6950 | 39.72 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 24.22 |
Mafia II
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 38.2 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 41.1 |
| ASUS HD 6950 | 18 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 34 |
Lost Planet 2
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 40.8 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 55.6 |
Alien Vs Predator
Graphic Detail : Default setting @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 54.3 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 73 |
*The Radeon HD 6950 cards fail badly with Physx enabled. When Physx disabled, it goes to 58.4 fps.
Furmark
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 74 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 103 |
| ASUS HD 6950 | 54 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 64 |
Unigine Heaven 2.0
Graphic Detail : Full HD, 4xAA, 16xAF, Tesselation at NORMAL.
| Card | Average |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 40.5 |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 54.6 |
| ASUS HD 6950 | 46.3 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 31.8 |
Operating Temperature
Furmark was used for graphic card stressing.
| Card | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) | Stress (°C) |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti | 33 | 67 | 77 |
Readings were taken when ambient temperature was around 25°C.
– Load, Furmark was run for 1 minute at Full HD with 4xAA.
– Stress, Furmark was run under the Stress Test mode for 5 minutes.
Conclusion
Cards with the nVidia GTX 560 Ti GPU are really of great value, same could be said about this Asus product. The custom cooler kept the temperature below 70c. Remember that the 77c was on Furmark’s stress test but in actual gaming, I doubt the temperatures would even touch 67c constantly.
While the GTX 560 TI cards are generally about RM 150 – 200 more than the GTX 550 Ti cards, they’re actually of better value for money. The GTX 550 Ti doesn’t even overtake my GTX 460’s performance at 1680×1050 but here seen on Full HD tests, the GTX 560 Ti is clearly ahead of the GTX 460.
I would whole-heartedly recommend the GTX 460 if you want things cheap (assuming you still can locate one) however if you can just wait for a bit, save up for the GTX 560 Ti card. 🙂
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