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ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | ASUS |
| Product: | ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP ENGTX560 DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5 |
| Date: | Thu, Aug 25, 2011 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Bill Hentschell - |
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The Test System
The test system we used for the ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top card has seen a few upgrades since the last hardware that tried to prove itself. We are still running an Intel i5-2500k 'Sandy Bridge' quad core processor running at stock 3.3 GHz, 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 1600 MHz memory, 700 Watt OCZ PSU, and a Seagate 7200 RPM 500 GB hard disk. The first upgrade to the test bench was the addition of an OCZ 100GB Vertex Limited Edition SATA II SSD drive to run Window 7 Professional 64-Bit SP1 with all the updates.
The second and more significant upgrade was the addition of a Dell U3011 30" flat panel display to really see what this ASUS card can do at 2560 x 1600 resolution.
We also used a NVIDIA reference GeForce GTX 560 as a comparison in all the benchmarks so you could see what the extra 15% overclock provided.
The ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top also had the bios flashed to the new 560 5.26.2011 update that ASUS said improved both the performance of the card and adds a better fan profile to provide a better balance between cooling and noise.
ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top ENGTX560 details:
| Intel Test Platform | |||||
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i5 2500k |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P8P67 B3 |
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Memory |
Corsair Dominator 4GB 1600 MHz |
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Video Card |
Asus ENGTX560 TI DCII TOP |
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OS Hard Drive |
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition100GB SATA II |
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Storage Hard Drive |
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB |
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Cooling |
Intel Stock Cooler |
N/A |
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Power Supply |
OCZ Technology ModXStream Pro 700W |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit |
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Display |
Dell U3011 30" LCD 2560 x 1600 |
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - The ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP
Page 2 - A Closer Look At The ENGTX560 Page 3 - Retail Box and Bundle Page 4 - The Test System Page 5 - Aliens vs. Predator Page 6 - Just Cause 2 Page 7 - Metro 2033 Page 8 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Page 9 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark Page 10 - 3DMark Vantage Page 11 - 3DMark 11 Page 12 - FurMark 1.8.5 & 1.9.1 Page 13 - Temperature Testing Page 14 - Power Consumption Page 15 - Overclocking theASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Page 16 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions |
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