Final Thoughts

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti fills an important price bracket for Nvidia at $250 as this segment was last serviced past the aging GTX 470. Compared to the board it is replacing, gamers can expect a ix% functioning boost on average with the GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Needless to be said, GeForce GTX 470 owners won't be rushing to purchase a new GTX 560 Ti in hopes of gaining a little performance. However, let'south not forget the GTX 470 debuted less than a year ago for $350, so users that are more a generation behind will receive a nice overall heave when picking a new mainstream graphics card.

The GTX 560 Ti's price and performance makes sense when compared to the next step up, the GeForce GTX 570. On average, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was ~17% slower while we expect it to cost 30% less. From a value perspective this is a very acceptable tradeoff, especially for those unwilling to spend $350 on a graphics card.

While the Radeon HD 6870 was meant to be the GeForce GTX 560 Ti lucifer, AMD has washed the inevitable and adapted pricing to diminish the touch the new GeForce menu launch could have on competing products. With that, the Radeon Hard disk 6950 1GB can be had for a mere $10 actress. Earlier the alter the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was ~17% cheaper and just half-dozen% slower. Now the price divergence is negligible and the operation difference remains small-scale for the near part.

When compared to the Radeon HD 6870, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was on boilerplate 9% faster, but AMD has reduced their card's pricing to $219. It's also worth mentioning that while the GeForce GTX 560 Ti was overall faster than the Radeon Hd 6870, it was less efficient, consuming 24% more power.

The trump card for Nvidia is the impressive overclocking potential of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Without any voltage modifications we were able to push the GPU frequency from 822MHz to 1010MHz. That impressive 188MHz bump provided GeForce GTX 570-like functioning, something that isn't possible to reach with competing graphics cards such as the Radeon HD 6870. The Radeon Hard disk 6870 is already being pushed hard with a default frequency of 900MHz and nosotros are only able to increase that by 50MHz without touching the card'due south voltage.

With the Radeon HD 6870 at present selling for $219 and if the GeForce GTX 560 Ti does enter the market at $250, nosotros feel that AMD could be gaming the brackets successfully, putting themselves in a good position beneath and to a higher place Nvidia'southward new mainstream offering.

The race betwixt the 3-month-old Radeon HD 6870 and the new GeForce GTX 560 Ti is going to be close, particularly if both companies proceed slashing prices (to our benefit). The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the faster graphics menu, but it'south not as efficient. If overclocking is a no-brainer, Nvidia's new mainstream offer is capable of offering GeForce GTX 570-like operation for a fraction of the cost.