Elliot B. Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Benchmark System Specifications Asus P7H55-M SI Intel Core i5-750 4 GB Corsair DDR3-1333 Microsoft Windows 7 (x64) Game 1 - Hard Reset Resolution: 1680x1050 (16:10) Triple Buffering: Off AA: Off AF: Off Textures: Ultra Shadows: High Post Processing: High Particles: Ultra Physics: Ultra Debris: Ultra GTX 260 - AVG: 51.5, MIN: 19.1, MAX: 107.3 GTX 560 - AVG: 55.7, MIN: 25.7, MAX: 98.5 Game 2 - Grand Theft Auto IV Test 1 (Shadows OFF) Resolution: 1680x1050 (16:10) Textures: High Reflections: Very High Water: Very High Shadows: Off Night Shadows: Off AA: 2X View Distance: 54 Detail Distance: 70 Vehicle Density: 70 Definition: On VSync: On GTX 260 - AVG: 60.19 GTX 560 - AVG: 63.01 Test 2 (Shadows ON) Resolution: 1680x1050 (16:10) Textures: High Reflections: Very High Water: Very High Shadows: |Hgh Night Shadows: High AA: 2X View Distance: 54 Detail Distance: 70 Vehicle Density: 70 Definition: On VSync: On GTX 260 - AVG: 52.16 GTX 560 - AVG: 62.39 Game 3 - Crysis Tested with the Crysis Benchmark Tool 1.0.0.5 (Crysis 1.2.1) Mode: 32-bit, DX10 Resolution: 1680x1050, 16:10, DX10 V-Sync: On AA: Off Time of Day: 5 Everything set to Very High Assault_Harbor GTX 260 - AVG: 21.95, MIN: 18.31, MAX: 29.23 GTX 560 - AVG: 28.54, MIN: 23.44, MAX: 29.38 benchmark_gpu GTX 260 - AVG: 22.61, MIN: 10.17, MAX: 29.07 GTX 560 - AVG: 28.31, MIN: 18.01, MAX: 29.61 benchmark_cpu GTX 260 - AVG: 21.38, MIN: 16.99, MAX: 29.33 GTX 560 - AVG: 27.11, MIN: 17.98, MAX: 29.08 Image of the two cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farchord Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I just bought a 560Ti from MSI, the twin fan, heavy one, OC'd, it's freaking amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muratoner Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 you should fix the title as i'm seeing gtx560 is clearly better than 260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Its mostly the Average and Minimum frames per seconds that the gamers are concerned about. So there, 560 > 260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 you should fix the title as i'm seeing gtx560 is clearly better than 260 Oops, I didn't mean it like that :p I'll get it changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Congrats on the upgrade. Getting ready for BF3, are we? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ien Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Good stuff. Just wondering, is your i5-750 overclocked at all? If not I think you would really benefit if you OCed it to 3.8 GHz or 4Ghz if it could take it. A Hyper 212 would be enough cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted September 28, 2011 Veteran Share Posted September 28, 2011 You should overclock your CPU for more performance. And once the GeForce 600 series is released, throw in another GTX 560. Two of them should handle Battlefield 3 nicely. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFineFrenzy Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I have an OC'ed 260. I'd get the 560 just for the space saving alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Congrats on the upgrade. Getting ready for BF3, are we? :rofl: Maybe :shifty: Good stuff. Just wondering, is your i5-750 overclocked at all? If not I think you would really benefit if you OCed it to 3.8 GHz or 4Ghz if it could take it. A Hyper 212 would be enough cooling. You should overclock your CPU for more performance. And once the GeForce 600 series is released, throw in another GTX 560. Two of them should handle Battlefield 3 nicely. (Y) I can't afford a new fan/heatsink for my processor, so I don't think I can overclock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Damn, interesting to see how much difference there is between your CPU/GPU and my CPU/GPU. Since the only game we have in common on that list is Crysis, I decided to fire it up. My average frame rates were in the 30's and 40's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Damn, interesting to see how much difference there is between your CPU/GPU and my CPU/GPU. Since the only game we have in common on that list is Crysis, I decided to fire it up. My average frame rates were in the 30's and 40's... You never mentioned your system specifications (I disable signatures on forums). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 You never mentioned your system specifications (I disable signatures on forums). Desktop: Intel Core i7 860 | gSkill Rip Jaws 8GB DDR3-1333 | Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti | Intel 80 GB X25-M | WD Black 500 GB & 1TB | 19" Viewsonic 1680x1050 | Windows 7 Pro. x64 All stock clocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Desktop: Intel Core i7 860 | gSkill Rip Jaws 8GB DDR3-1333 | Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti | Intel 80 GB X25-M | WD Black 500 GB & 1TB | 19" Viewsonic 1680x1050 | Windows 7 Pro. x64 All stock clocks. Then I wonder why you're getting higher frames per second :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 One thing I've noticed - this model (the Gainward version, at least) is a lot noisier than my previous GTX 260 Core 216. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Likely because blower type fan removed the heat outside all by itself. Now this fan, on the other hand, removes the heat from the GPU only and leaves it in the case. And the case probably doesn't have good enough airflow to vent that heat out so it accumulates, making the fan to work harder eventually. Otherwise - it's weird, because at least I'm seeing my 560 Ti average temperatures at least 10°C lower and that is with hardware acceleration now turned on in Firefox (it makes power states fluctuate often when actively browsing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbandonedTrolley Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Running 2 560ti Sonics but yet to try out Battlefield 3 yet. Will have to go buy it at some point. All my PC gets used for with gaming is World of Warcraft lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Running 2 560ti Sonics but yet to try out Battlefield 3 yet. Will have to go buy it at some point. All my PC gets used for with gaming is World of Warcraft lol That's unfortunate, what a waste of graphics power/time/money :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 4, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2011 i guess i dont know much about the 560, but i would have expected bigger gains from that upgrade. :/ OP - you can afford a new video card but not a new heatsink for overclocking? :s i highly suggest you overclock that i5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 i guess i dont know much about the 560, but i would have expected bigger gains from that upgrade. :/ OP - you can afford a new video card but not a new heatsink for overclocking? :s i highly suggest you overclock that i5. I can't overclock my processor. The SI part of my motherboard model means it's locked down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I can't overclock my processor. The SI part of my motherboard model means it's locked down. Why would you get a motherboard like that?! You should have gotten a regular motherboard regardless if you were going to OC it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimLXJ Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I went from the GTX 260 to the GTX 560 Ti and my god, I am so satisfied with the results, yet I'm planning on upgrading soon :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Why would you get a motherboard like that?! You should have gotten a regular motherboard regardless if you were going to OC it or not. I didn't know. It was on daily offer on Scan.co.uk and Google/companies website didn't explain the SI part at the time :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Pretty miminal differences between the two cards. Seems like a bit of a waste of money. Going with the TI version would have been a better purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimLXJ Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Pretty miminal differences between the two cards. Seems like a bit of a waste of money. Going with the TI version would have been a better purchase. I agree, the GTX 560 non Ti is a superclocked version of a GTX 460 and the GTX 560 Ti is only about $20 USD more (for me it was) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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