Performance tests

Testbed:

• Intel Core i7-975 3340 MHz CPU
• ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard on the Intel X58 chipset
• 6GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM from Corsair
• WD Caviar SE WD1600JD 160GB SATA HDD
• Tagan TG900-BZ 900W PSU
• Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, DirectX 11
• 30" Dell 3007WFP monitor
• VSync disabled
• NVIDIA Drivers 275.27, AMD Catalyst 11.5

Benchmarks:

• Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) — DirectX 10.0, Shaders 4.0 (HDR), built-in benchmarking utility (the Middle level), maximum settings.
• Crysis Warhead (Crytek/EA) — Cargo, DirectX 10.0, Shaders 4.0, Very High settings, batch file, timedemo available by e-mail request.
• Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (Codemasters) — DirectX 11, Ultra High settings, run as follows: "dirt2.exe -benchmark example_benchmark.xml".
• Metro 2033 (4A Games/THQ) — DirectX 11, Super High settings, PhysX disabled, run from in game.
• Just Cause 2 (Avalanche Studios/Eidos Interactive) — DirectX 10.0, Super High settings, run from in game.
• Aliens vs. Predator (Rebellion/SEGA) — DirectX 11, Shaders 5.0, Very High settings, run from in game.
• F1 2010 (Codemasters) — DirectX 11, Ultra High settings, run as follows: "formulaone.exe -benchmark example_benchmark.xml". Game provided by NVIDIA.
• Tropics Benchmark 1.3 (Unigine) — DirectX 10.0, High settings.
• Heaven Benchmark 2.5 Pro (Unigine) — DirectX 11, High settings.
• 3DMark 11 (FutureMark) — DirectX 11, Performance settings.

We'd like to thank Unigine for helping us set up their benchmarks.

Palit GeForce GTX 560 Sonic Platinum performs just like Gainward GeForce GTX 560 1024MB "Phantom" we have already tested, while Manli's results are the same as those of a reference card.

Final thoughts

Like we've said before, GeForce GTX 560 is a rival to Radeon HD 6870, and these two cards have same ratings in our i3DSpeed, because they win over and lose to each other the same number of times. However, HD 6870 is also cheaper, other things being equal.

Manli GTX560 1GB DDR5 is a copy of the reference card, with its advantages and drawbacks.

Palit GeForce GTX 560 Sonic Platinum is an excellent GeForce GTX 560, with much higher clock rates and performance. It's very close to the faster GeForce GTX 560 Ti and outperforms Radeon HD 6870. As usual, make decisions based on actual prices.

We express gratitude to Palit for the provided graphics card. The PSU is provided by TAGAN, the monitor is provided by NVIDIA.

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