NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Versus AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB

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Manufacturer:	NVIDIA
Product:	GeForce GTX 560 Ti & AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
Date:	Tue, Jan 25, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By:	Nathan Kirsch -
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A Closer Look At The GeForce GTX560 Ti

The PCB on the reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti video card measures 9.0 inches in length and the card stands at 4.376 inches tall. The card is a dual-slot cooling design for maximum cooling performance.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card Back

Flipping the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti video card video card over we don't find too many interesting things. Notice that along the top edge of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti that one SLI connector is placed on the card. This means that SLI and 3D Vision Surround configurations are supported, but it will not be able to run triple-SLI ever.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card Power Connector

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti video card requires a 500 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 Amps on the +12 volt rail. It also requires that the power supply has two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors for proper connection. It should be noted that the NVIDIA minimum system power requirement based is based on a PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2GHz CPU. If you want to run SLI we are not sure the exact specifications, but an educated guess would say that a 550 Watt or greater power supply would be needed.

In this picture you can see the center mounted 75mm fan that NVIDIA is using to keep the GTX560 Ti cool. Notice that the cooling fan used on the GeForce GTX 560 Ti extends past the plastic housing. We were told it was designed this way to help pull in cooler air from outside the fan shroud. This is a very interesting design and not one that we have seen on any reference card in the past decade. Under the 75mm cooling fan, NVIDIA is using a radial curved bifurcated fin heatsink design with three heat-pipes to keep the card nice and cool.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti GDDR5 graphics card has a pair of dual-link DVI-I outputs along with a mini-HDMI output header. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti features enhanced audio support over HDMI; this includes bitstreaming support for both Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI.

Here is a closer look at GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Top) compared to a GeForce GTX 460 1GB (Bottom). If you recall at the start of this page we told you the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 9" in PCB length. The GeForce GTX 460 was just 8.25" long. We were told by NVIDIA that they increased the length of the PCB to have a cleaner PCB layout and in order to fit a better GPU cooler on the card as the TDP is higher on this new card.

Next Page - A Closer Look At The Radeon HD 6950 1GB

Review Index

Page 1 - NVIDIA Brings Titanium Back!
Page 2 - A Closer Look At The GeForce GTX560 Ti
Page 3 - A Closer Look At The Radeon HD 6950 1GB
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 6 - Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY
Page 7 - Just Cause 2
Page 8 - Metro 2033
Page 9 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 11 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 12 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 13 - 3DMark 11
Page 14 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 15 - FurMark 1.8.2
Page 16 - Temperature Testing
Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 18 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU Overclocking
Page 19 - AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB GPU Overclocking
Page 20 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions

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