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EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win Video Card Review

Manufacturer: eVGA
Product: 02G-P3-1569-KR
Date: Thu, Jan 05, 2012 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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A Closer Look at the 560 Ti 2Win


EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win SLI

The EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win has a single SLI bridge on the card that allows for Quad-SLI setups if one wants to buy two of these cards. This card out of the box is already in an dual-card SLI setup, although when you first install it you have to go into the NVIDIA control panel and enable multi-gpu performance mode. EVGA accomplishes single card SLI by using a two GF114 GPU's that are connected with the NVIDIA NF200 bridge chip. The NF200 has been around for some time, so it's reliable and is capable of providing each GPU with a full PCIe x16 connection to each other and then a single PCIe x16 connection to the rest of the system.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win Video Connectors

Since the EVGA GeForce 560 Ti 2Win has two GPUs on it there are four display outputs available on the graphics card.  You have three dual-link DVI-I outputs and a mini-HDMI 1.4 output. EVGA does include the adapter to go from mini-HDMI-to-HDMI and another to go from DVI-to-VGA in the bundle included with the card. The nice thing about this video card is that you can run four monitors off it at the same time and you can run NVIDIA 3D Surround on three monitors with just this single card.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win 2GB Video Card Power Connectors

The EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win has two 8-pin PCIe connectors along the top edge of the card and both need to be used. EVGA recommends a 700 Watt power supply with a minimum of 50 Amps on the +12V rail for proper operation of a single card. This is a rather significant recommendation for a power supply, so make sure your power supply meets these requirements if you plan on ordering one of these cards.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win 2GB Video Card Power Connectors

With the plastic fan shroud removed we can see that each NVIDIA GF114 GPU is cooled individually by an aluminum heatsink, with each one having a pair of heatpipes that connect to a set of thinner cooling fins in the middle of the card.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win 2GB Video Card Power Connectors

Here is a better look at the one of the GPU coolers that gives you a better look at the heatpipes and two different fin configurations.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win 2GB Video Card Power Connectors

EVGA uses three 75mm cooling fans across the front of the card. When you look at the card it looks like they just stuck as many fans on the card as they could, but we noticed that EVGA is using two totally different fans for this configuration. The two outer fans are 11-blade hydraulic bearing fans made by AVC and are model DASA0815R2U. The middle fan is an 11-blade slide bearing brushless fan made by Power Logic and is model number PLD08010S12HH.

Next Page - Retail Box and Bundle


Review Index
Page 1 - EVGA Creates a Dual GPU Monster
Page 2 - A Closer Look at the 560 Ti 2Win
Page 3 - Retail Box and Bundle
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 6 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Page 7 - DiRT 3
Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2
Page 9 - Just Cause 2
Page 10 - Metro 2033
Page 11 - 3DMark 11
Page 12 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 14 - Overclocking The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions