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GTX 560 specs get an early reveal

by Navin Maini on 16 May 2011, 11:00

Tags: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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NVIDIA's upcoming GTX 560 has made some premature appearances, leading up to an official launch tomorrow.

 

 

NVIDIA-sanctioned reference clock speeds - as seen with Palit's offering that comes with a custom cooling solution - look to be 810MHz, 1,620MHz and 4,008MHz effective for the GTX 560 GPU, shaders and 1GB GDDR5, respectively.

In addition, the following unsubstantiated performance claims are already being attributed to Palit's outing:

Perfect Upgrade for 1080p Gaming

  • 15% better than GTX460 Sonic 1GB in DX10
  • 24% better than GTX460 1GB in DX10

 The Best Gaming Experience for the Price

  • 10% faster in DX10 than HD6870
  • 20% faster in DX11 than HD6870

 

 

There's also MSI's N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC which goes down the factory-fresh overclocking route, to go with its custom cooling solution. This will apparently see the GPU running at 870MHz.

Expect more tomorrow!

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Posted by Brewster0101 - Mon 16 May 2011 11:23
So looks like to take on the 6870 - but i wonder where it will fall on price.

And

I bet AMD will move the price of the 6950 down if the GTX 560 is too competative.
Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH - Mon 16 May 2011 12:40
Brewster0101
So looks like to take on the 6890 - but i wonder where it will fall on price.

And

I bet AMD will move the price of the 6950 down if the GTX 560 is too competative.

The Palit GTX460 1GB Sonic has the GPU running at 700MHZ and the GTX560 has the GPU running at 800MHZ. So a 15% improvement in DX10 performance seems to be down to a 15% increase in the GPU clockspeed.

The GTX560TI is around 5% to 10% faster than an HD6870 1GB in most cases and the HD6950 is around 10% faster than a GTX560TI. The pre-overclocked GTX560TI cards running at around 900MHZ are around the same speed as an HD6950. The GTX560 has lower clockspeeds and less shaders than the GTX560TI.

The GTX560 IMHO will be around the same speed as the higher end pre-overclocked GTX460 1GB cards which means it will be around HD6870 1GB performance.

Edit!!

Look at the performance of the GTX460 1GB FTW in this review:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/amds-radeon-6870-6850-renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/8

The GTX460 1GB FTW has the GPU running at 850MHZ and is one of the rarer GTX460 1GB cards. The GTX560 has the GPU running at 810MHZ.