Introducing the new EVGA GTX 560 Ti 448 Core FTW

Test Configuration

Test Configuration – Intel Hardware

• Intel Core i7 920 reference 2.66 GHz, overclocked to 3.8 GHz; Turbo and HyperThreading are on.
• Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
• 6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 1800 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core FTW, 1.2 GB overclocked design (897/1950MHz and also at stock clocks, 832/1900MHz, and overclocked to 855/2000MHz), supplied by EVGA
• Galaxy GTX 560 Ti (384 core), 1 GB custom cooler and clocks, Galaxy clocks (835/2004 MHz), supplied by Galaxy.
• GeForce GTX 580, 1.5 GB reference design and clocks (772/2004 MHz), supplied by Nvidia
• GeForce GTX 570, 1.2 GB reference design and clocks (732/1900 MHz), supplied by Nvidia
• AMD Radeon HD 6970, 2 GB reference design and stock clocks, supplied by AMD
• AMD Radeon HD 6950, 2 GB reference design and stock clocks, supplied by AMD
• Onboard Realtek Audio
• 2 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives; one for AMD and one for Nvidia
  
• OCZ 850W power supply unit
• Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
• Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
• Philips DVD SATA writer
• HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD. Three ASUS 23-inch 1920×1080 120Hz LCDs supplied by ASUS/Nvidia.
• Asus 236 120Hz 1080p display and 3D Vision Glasses supplied by Nvidia/Asus.
  

Test Configuration – Software

• NVIDIA GeForce 285.88 beta drivers for GTX 560 Ti’s and GTX 570 and 285.62 WHQL drivers for the GTX 580; High Quality
• AMD 11.11 WHQL Catalyst drivers; High Quality – optimizations off; use application settings
• Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
• DirectX November 2010
• All games are patched to their latest versions.
• vsync is forced off in the control panel.
• AA enabled as noted in games; all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.
• All results show average, minimum and maximum frame rates except as noted.
• Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
• Windows 7 64, all DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths; DX11 titles under DX11 render paths.

The Benchmarks

• Vantage
• 3DMark 11
• Heaven 2.5
• Wolfenstein
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Left4Dead
• Serious Sam, Second Encounter HD (2010)
• Mafia II
• Crysis
• Far Cry 2
• Just Cause 2
• World-in-Conflict
• Resident Evil 5
• BattleForge
• Alien vs. Predator
• STALKER, Call of Pripyat
• Metro 2033
• F1 2010
• H.A.W.X. 2
• Lost Planet 2
• Civilization V
• Total War: Shogun II
• Dirt 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Before we get to the EVGA GTX 560 Ti 448 Core FTW’s performance in gaming, let’s look at overclocking and temperatures.