GTX560 review | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:28:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png GTX560 review | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Sparkle GTX560 2GB OC Edition Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sparkle-gtx560-2gb-oc-edition-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sparkle-gtx560-2gb-oc-edition-review/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:23:47 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=70622 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 …

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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?

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Zotac GTX 580 AMP! Edition review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/zotac-gtx-580-amp-edition-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/zotac-gtx-580-amp-edition-review/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:02:02 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=40053 After the somewhat disappointing release of the GTX590, I decided to turn my attention again to one of the best video cards on the market, Nvidia's GTX580. This card has been leading the single GPU charts since it was released and Zotac sent us their fully pimped out AMP! Edition. Is this one of the …

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After the somewhat disappointing release of the GTX590, I decided to turn my attention again to one of the best video cards on the market, Nvidia's GTX580. This card has been leading the single GPU charts since it was released and Zotac sent us their fully pimped out AMP! Edition. Is this one of the best ways to blow £450?


Upon first appearance, the Zotac GTX580 AMP! Edition looks slightly uninspiring, after all there isn't a sexy cooler included like the Asus GTX580 Direct CU II we reviewed last month, but with a core clock set at 810mhz this looks to be one of the fastest ‘out of the box' versions available.

Product nVidia GTX 580 Zotac GTX580 AMP! Edition
Shader Units 512 512
GPU GF110 GF110
ROPs 48 48
Transistors 3000M 3000M
Memory Count 1536MB 1536MB
Memory Bus Width 384 bit 384 bit
Core Clock 772mhz 810 mhz
Memory Clock 1002 mhz 1025 mhz
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