Looking for a next generation DirectX 11 card that has hard hitting graphics performance, but not hard hitting on your wallet? Look no further than the EVGA GeForce GTX 560. This card allows you to discover the incredibly detailed DirectX 11 worlds, with tessellation performance that destroys the competition. Get your PC ready to dominate this year’s blockbuster game titles like Duke Nukem Forever and Crysis 2! Performance is not the end of the story though; full DirectX 11 done right that blows away the competition, NVIDIA 3D Vision, NVIDIA Surround Gaming, NVIDIA PhysX and award winning EVGA support give you the edge on your opponents and peace of mind on your hardware. Get an immersive experience today with the EVGA GeForce GTX 560. Specifications include the GTX 560 (810 MHz core clock) chipset, 1024MB of GDDR5 memory with a 4008 MHz memory clock, 256 bit memory interface, 1620 MHz Shader Clock, 336 CUDA cores, 128 GB/sec Memory Bandwidth, 45.4 GT/s Texture Fill Rate and PCI Express 2.0 compatibility. Additional features include Microsoft DirectX 11 Support, NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technologies, NVIDIA 2-way SLI readiness, NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround readiness, NVIDIA CUDA technology with CUDA C/C++, DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL support, PCI-Express 2.0 support and OpenGL 4.1 support. Connections are 1 Mini-HDMI 1.4a connector and 2 Dual-Link DVI-I HDCP capable connectors. Package includes the EVGA Driver/software disc with EVGA Precision Tuning utility, 1 DVI to VGA adapter, 2 6-pin PCI-E power cables and a 3 Year warranty if registered within 30 days at evga.com.
$ 184.81
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Excellent card for the price,
Initially I was going for the Nvidia GTX 560 Ti, but after searching around for a better price, I landed on this card. Giving some Pros and Cons below.
BEWARE OF POWER REQUIREMENTS. Amazon doesn’t tell you this you but EVGA recommend you have least a 450W PSU and a MINIMUM of 24amps on the +12V rail!
Pros:
1. Performance and price, if you are looking for a GTX 560 Ti but you just don’t got the bucks for it, this is the one alternative for you. To start, for 185 dollars – 10 rebate, this card is beats pretty much just about everything that’s out there in terms of performance/dollar plus this thing is a great overclocker.I can’t comment on stock performance because I immediately overclocked it to 915MHz Core/2150MHz Memory after turning on the computer by using MSI Afterburner. After the overclocking, I played Battle Field 2: Bad Company 2 (w/4xAA) and Crysis 2 (w/ DX11 and improved graphic package) with 1920×1080 resolution on Ultra High setting. I neglected to record the actual FPS but they ran extremely smooth. I also Scored 8xx in Unigine, and 42xx with 3DMark 11 with the rig below.
2. Packaging and build quality, the packaging was extremely nice and simple, card was sitting in a tightly packed box so it eliminates sliding around during shipping/handling. And when you look at the card physically, it just has a nice aesthetic appeal to it and the card has a nice weight to it. On top of that, EVGA also gives you a couple of Molex>6 pin adapter in-case you have none and a DVI>VGA adapter for older monitors that still uses VGA.
3.This is NOT a big card. I have the NZXT M59 Classic Series ATX Mid Tower interior chassis M59-001BK (Black) with GIGABYTE AMD 990FX + SB950 AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard GA-990FXA-UD3 and this card fits in the case with room to spare. Other similar classed cards like Radeon 6850/6870 are couple inches longer than this card and could possibly have fitting issues. But there is one issue I have with this and I will mention it in “Cons” section.
Cons:
1.PCI-E power connector position. This card takes 2-6pin PCI-E connections, and the position for the connectors to go in are directly behind the card , which means if your case is a little short, and your 6 pin cables are little stiff, there could be a problem trying to jam those 6 pin guys in there. It would of been nice if EVGA put the 6 pin sockets on the side.
2.Fans could be a little noisy (depends on how you define “noisy”). When I ran Unigine or played aforementioned games, the fans on this thing was working @ max (75{b81fbfd19e1fca5890798868c0714c408bbd5ec471654b6f9630c0fffa6e7eb3}) and it does get somewhat noisy, but since my computer case is within arms reach, you could just be hearing a little humming (nothing like those low-freq hums though).
Final thoughts to sum it all up:
If you want a not too big, great performance/price, and easily overclockable card, this is definitely your biggest bang for the buck 😀
Rig:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE-C3 3.2GHz (OCed to 4.0GHz)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB GDDR5 (OCed to 915/2150)
Kingston HyperX 8 GB Kit (2×4 GB)1600 (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3
OCZ ModXStream 600W PSU
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD + Kingston V100+ 96G SSD
NZXT M59 Classic Series ATX Mid Tower
ASUS VH236H 23 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
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|Awesome Video Card with perfect pricing.,
I have to say that I did a review of a lot of video cards, and this one was just coming out to the market, and I couldn’t make my mind between this one and the TI version. I have a relative normal PC, and just with this card I can play all the games I installed at 1920 x 1080 at full graphics with no problem at all. Using FRAPS, the average fps (depending on the game) is between 40 and 80 fps.
It is very quiet. I was expecting a noisier video card, but the fan seems to do a great job cooling the card and being silent.
The seller was great. It shipped the very day I bought it using UPS, and the card got delivered before expected. No problems at all. I totally recommend it, and I am considering for future purchases.
Overall, I am extremely happy with the purchase and the service.
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|EVGA GTX560,
i went with the 560 over the 560ti due to other reviews and it does great i mostly got it to make skyrim look better and going from a 8800GT its a major difference. i put the card in with no trouble (had previously put in a bigger power supply)it also comes with the molex to pci 6 pin so if u dont have two that helps and it came with a dvi to vga adapter. packing was good and i got the product quickly. my computer downloaded the drivers for it on its own no problem and i play skyrim at ultra high settings and max resolution.not sure how it does on other games but i highly recomend this card
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