Nvidia gtx 560-non ti reviewed

[topgear]

GTX 560 consumes more power than HD6870 without any doubt but power consumption of a HD6870 can't be only 83W under load !! - It has 2x power connectors for heaven's sake !

That's why I trust guru3d's power consumption more and here what we got :

MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : ~ 173 Watts ( 880/4200 )
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : ~ 162 Watts ( 870/4080 )
MSI HD6870 HAWK : ~ 134W ( 930/4200 )

Now Temps :

MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 55
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 69
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 62

DX11 Titles Benchmark at 1920*1200 :

Metro 2033 :
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 25
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 22
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 23

DiRT 2 :
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 71
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 66
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 70

BFBC2 :
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 51
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 44
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 48

3DMark 11 :
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 4594
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 4138
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 4564

Now in BFBC2 when Oced at 1920*1200 :

MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : 55 ( 974/4800 )
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 51 ( 1005/5000 )
MSI HD6870 HAWK : 53 ( 1044/4800 )

newegg pricing :

MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II : $255 ( ( $235 after mail-in rebate )
MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : $217
MSI HD6870 HAWK : $220 ( $200 after mail-in rebate )

Now assuming all the GTX 560 / 560 Ti and HD6870 can be oced to the same level of the cards mentioned in example and here's the lowest price of those gpus :

GTX 560 : $194.99
GTX 560 Ti : $249.99 ( if you consider mail in rebate then look at GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr )
HD6870 : $188.99 ( with mail in rebate it's $168.99 )

So a gtx 560 costs $194.99, a GTX 560 Ti $235* and HD6870 only $168.99* !!!

So what's your pick - mine is HD6870

 

[vickybat]

@batman
from where did you got those dragon age II etc fps? please mention here.

Sure buddy. Check HERE. I picked crysis 2 from tomshardware review.

@ topgear

If 560 is priced right i.e around 11-12k mark, then it will be my pick over the 6870. Power consumption of the msi and asus cards are nowhere alarming and are just relatively higher. Besides its unfair to compare a 6870 hawk with 560 TF II. I reckon msi 560 hawk will be the true match of 6870 hawk.

You can compare 6870 hawk with asus gtx 560 direct -cu II top. They are evenly matched. The msi gtx 560 tf II gives similar performance with lets say the sapphire 6870. Since both gpu's are giving similar performance, in the end its upto the respective fanboys to decide which card to buy.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

TP nice analysis.
my choice same as yours.

 

[Cilus]

Sure buddy. Check HERE. I picked crysis 2 from tomshardware review.

@ topgear

If 560 is priced right i.e around 11-12k mark, then it will be my pick over the 6870. Power consumption of the msi and asus cards are nowhere alarming and are just relatively higher. Besides its unfair to compare a 6870 hawk with 560 TF II. I reckon msi 560 hawk will be the true match of 6870 hawk.

You can compare 6870 hawk with asus gtx 560 direct -cu II top. They are evenly matched. The msi gtx 560 tf II gives similar performance with lets say the sapphire 6870. Since both gpu's are giving similar performance, in the end its upto the respective fanboys to decide which card to buy.

Buddy, why you are asking to version to version death match isntead of price point? Topgear compared two products which are on the same league in terms of price. The Direct CU top model is far costlier than the HD 6870 Hawk

 

[topgear]

Sure buddy. Check HERE. I picked crysis 2 from tomshardware review.

@ topgear

If 560 is priced right i.e around 11-12k mark, then it will be my pick over the 6870. Power consumption of the msi and asus cards are nowhere alarming and are just relatively higher. Besides its unfair to compare a 6870 hawk with 560 TF II. I reckon msi 560 hawk will be the true match of 6870 hawk.

You can compare 6870 hawk with asus gtx 560 direct -cu II top. They are evenly matched. The msi gtx 560 tf II gives similar performance with lets say the sapphire 6870. Since both gpu's are giving similar performance, in the end its upto the respective fanboys to decide which card to buy.

I've compared HD6870 HAWK and GTX 560 Twin Frozr II as the price diff is only $3 - so for the time being HD6870 has more advantage than a GTX 560 Twin Frozr II.

Now ASUS ENGTX560 DCII TOP will outperform a HD6870 HAWk though not by a huge margin for sure but GTX 560 DC2 TOP is more costly and if you consider the OC level of GTX 560 DC2 TOP and HD6870 HAWK :

GTX 560 DC2 TOP ( 975/4400 ) - what will be BFBC2 FPS ?
GTX 560 Twin Frozr II : 51 ( 1005/5000 )
HD6870 HAWK : 53 ( 1044/4800 )

So HD6870 HAWK gives more performance when OCed with low power consumption.

If we consider the mail in rebate and power consumption then HD6870 HAWK is the best deal compared to both GTX 560 TF II and DC2 TOP/Normal.

GTX 560 TF II is $217, Asus GTX 560 DC II costs $ 199 and the TOP model you're talking about is $219 and HD6870 HAWK $200. - so which one makes the best deal ?

I'm not a fanboy - I've made the comparison to show which card offers more bang for buck