Review-Galaxy GTX 560 Ti GC: Cooler, Faster and (maybe) Better than Reference

We used the following hardware combination in our tests. Scores from other graphics cards are also included in the final charts for comparison purposes.

Test Platform

• Processor : Intel Core i7 930 @4 GHz (200×20)
• Motherboard : Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
• Graphics Card : NVIDIA GTX 500 & GTX 400 Series; AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
• Memory : 3×2GB Kingston HyperX blu. (@1600 MHz; 1.64 V)
• Storage : Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64 GB & SSDNow V Series 30 GB (no-RAID Configuration)
• Power Supply : Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 800 Watt
• Heatsink : Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
• Monitor : Philips 221E
• Input : Genius (Keyboard and Mouse)
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• Driver : Forceware 266.58, 266.66(NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti); Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix

Test Results

First-person Shooter Games

Alien VS Predator

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Texture Quality-Very High; Shadow Quality-High; SSAO-On; AF x16; No-MSAA

Crysis Warhead

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 10; Enthusiast Mode; No-AA

LEFT4DEAD 2

Setting : No-AA; AF-Trilinear; Maximum Quality

Metro 2033

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Very High; Advance DOF; No-Advance PhysX; AF x16; MSAA x4