Summary and Conclusion:
Overall I must say I am very impressed by Zotac’s GTX 560Ti while it might not have been overclocked much from the stock reference design it is unlocked enough that you can easily squeeze out some good power without causing issues. The over clocking tool does bring me to my only pain point, the heat that the GTX 560 idles at (default 40% fan) is pretty hot (54oC) while the specs from nvidia state that the maximum temperature is 99oC I still feel uncomfortable letting anything in my PC stay that hot. I do like how quiet the card is under normal circumstances comming in at a whisper that in most cases would be drowned out by normal case fans. For a mid range card the GTX 560 handles itself very well in the gaming and professional environments it should easily be able to handle everything the new crysis will be able to dish out. When crysis 2 is released I will add another benchmark to this.
In closing I would recommend Zotac’s GTX 560 to anyone who wants good gaming capability without breaking the bank. I award it the Awesome Hardware award for being a great card with the ability to squeeze even more performance with included utilities and for being at a great price point ( around $250 at the time of this review.
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DO NOT get one of these unless your PC has more cooling than a freezer!
It’s the hottest running card I’ve ever used and on any AAA game title it hits 100c (I really wonder if it could boil water?), the fan only goes up to 75% speed (hard lock) and it crashes most games due to heat issues after a while of playing, and that is with it’s own fan & four (4) cases fans blowing around it.
I’d hate to see the heat from it if you over clocked it!!!
Was a great price, and it’s nice & powerful, but the heat kills it everytime! 🙁
Good card, great price. Nice combo!