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Today we are looking at a new GTX 560 from Sparkle, which features 2 GB of GDDR5 and is supplied in an overclocked state. At £170 inc vat is this the ideal graphics card upgrade for a new Christmas system build?
The GTX560 has proven to be a popular card for Nvidia building upon the incredible success of the GTX460. The reference card has 7 SMs, 32 ROPS, 512kb of L2 cache, 336 SPs and 1GB of GDDR5 memory connected via a 256 bit memory bus. This Sparkle GTX560 card is equipped with double the memory (2GB GDDR5) with a higher core clock speed (822mhz). This is sure to enhance performance at higher resolutions when image quality is cranked.
Features
- Over clock edition
- Microsoft DirectX 11 support
- GDDR5 product
- 40nm Processor Technology
- Native MiniHDMI & HDMI 1.4a support
- integrated Audio for HDMI
- All solid capacitors insure reliable and stable operation
- Large capacity 2048MB
Specification
- GPU – GeForce GTX 560
- Core Name – GF114
- Processor Technology – 40nm
- CUDA Cores – 336 cores
- Processor Clock – 1644MHz
- Graphics Clock – 822MHz
- Memory Clock – 4008MHz
- Memory Amount – GDDR5
- Memory Interface – 256bit
- Bus Type – PCI-e 2.0
- HDCP – Yes
- SLI Ready – Yes
Can this Sparkle solution compete in the mid range sector against AMD's HD6870?
nice card, but why not go for a ti instread? seems a better deal to me.
I already have this card and the review is fair, it is a bit loud due to the single, small fan, but performance is great. THey should have made a dual fan version
Sparkle? didnt even know they were still going. they have a weak presense in UK. not the first company I would think of for a purchase.
looks like a decent card, but the cooler is quite poor considering the competition. You were too nice in the review
I think this card is pointless with new AMD cards launching soon and all that.
good review ! thanks kitguru !