Review: ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Marc Büchel on 29.11.11
Today the information embargo regarding the NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti 448 has ended. Like the name already suggests it features 448 shader cores and therefore offers performance quite close to the GTX 570. For this review we got a model from ASUS that features their powerful DirectCUII cooler. This means that we have the perfect basis to show what this chip can and what it can't. 
On the following pages we will show you the
strenghts and weaknesses of the ASUS ENGTX560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5.
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Technical data / specifications
With this card NVIDIA fills the gap between GTX 570 and GTX 560 Ti. The GTX 560 Ti 448 doesn't have the GF114 chip as a basis, NVIDIA equips its latest garphics card with a high-end GF110. The only difference to the GTX 570 is the number of shader cores which are activated. This new model comes with 448 shader cores activated. In comparison the GTX 570 can rely on 480 shader cores. Memory interface as well as memory clock speed are the same as with the GTX 570 - 320 Bit and 3'800 MHz.A special feature of any DirectCU graphics card from ASUS is the cooler. It measures about twice the size of the card and comes with plenty of cooling capacity to keep the card cool and quiet under any circumstance. Because the cards cooler doesn't move air out of the case we recommend to install it in a case that that is well ventilated. Otherwise there might be hot spots. In idle conditions the card does not get warmer than 35°C and under heavy Furmark load we didn't see more than 75°C.
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 | GTX 560 TI | GTX 570 | GTX 580 | |
| Chip | GF110 | GF114 | GF110 | GF110 |
| Process | 40 nm | 40 nm | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 3.0 billion | 1.95 billion | 3.0 billion | 3.0billion |
| GPU clock | 732 MHz | 822 MHz | 732 MHz | 772 MHz |
| Shader clock | 1'464 MHz | 1'645 MHz | 1'464 MHz | 1'544 MHz |
| Memory | 1'280 MB GDDR5 | 1'024 MB GDDR5 | 1'280 MB GDDR5 | 1'536 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3'800 MHz | 4'008 MHz | 3'800 MHz | 4'008 MHz |
| Memory interface | 320 Bit | 256 Bit | 320 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 152'000 MB/s | 128'256 MB/s | 152'000 MB/s | 192'400 MB/s |
| TMUs | 60 | 56 | 60 | 64 |
| Shader Cores | 448 | 384 | 480 | 512 |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 | 40 | 48 |
| TDP | 210 Watt | 170 Watt | 219 Watt | 244 Watt |
| Shader model | SM 5 | SM 5 | SM 5 | SM 5 |
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Preview / Delivery
The ENGTX560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 comes in quite a big box. The delivery includes a manual, an installation CD, one power adaptor as well as a DVI-to-VGA-adaptor and an SLI bridge.
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Overclocking
For our overclocking test we were using GPU TweakIt which allows you to increase voltages and clock frequencies. Feeding the GPU with the maximum voltage of 1.10 Volt resulted in a maximum clock speed of 940 MHz on the GPU. Regarding the memory we were able to squeeze 4'050 MHz out of these chips.
Futuremark Overclocking
| 3DMark 11 Total | Score | Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) | 9'201 | 170.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'625 | 160.22 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) | 8'572 | 159.24 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) | 8'564 | 159.09 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'123 | 150.90 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'043 | 149.41 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning (GPU 970 MHz / Mem 4'500 MHz) | 7'103 | 131.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum (GPU 956 MHz / Mem 4'128 MHz) | 7'046 | 130.89 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem 4'568 MHz) | 6'512 | 120.97 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 6'356 | 118.08 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966 MHz / Mem 2'332 MHz) | 6'212 | 115.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) | 6'199 | 115.16 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 6'048 | 160.08 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 (GPU 940 MHz / Mem 4'050 MHz) | 6'040 | 112.21 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'988 | 111.24 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz / Mem 5'872 MHz) | 5'656 | 105.07 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 5'383 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008 MHz) | 5'365 | 99.67 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'273 | 97.96 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 5'212 | 96.82 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009 MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) | 5'003 | 92.94 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) | 4'733 | 87.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 | 4'606 | 85.57 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'551 | 84.54 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951 MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) | 4'125 | 76.63 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'754 | 69.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) | 3'067 | 56.98 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 (950 MHz / 5000 MHz) | 2'999 | 55.71 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'717 | 50.47 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 2'713 | 50.40 % |
| ASUSEAH5550 (868 MHz / 1'134 MHz) | 1'519 | 28.22 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz / 980 MHz) | 1'492 | 27.72 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) | 1'352 | 25.12 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'327 | 24.65 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 1'075 | 19.97 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 1'017 | 18.89 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark 11 GPU | Score | Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) | 11'047 | 193.91 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'977 | 175.13 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) | 9'786 | 171.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) | 9'724 | 170.69 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'914 | 156.47 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'854 | 155.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum (GPU 956 MHz / Mem 4'128 MHz) | 7'260 | 127.44 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning (GPU 970 MHz / Mem 4'500 MHz) | 7'346 | 128.95 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966 MHz / Mem 2'332 MHz) | 6'679 | 117.24 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem 4'568 MHz) | 6'731 | 118.15 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) | 6'151 | 107.97 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 6'314 | 110.83 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 5'952 | 104.48 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 (GPU 940 / Mem 4'050 MHz) | 5'919 | 103.90 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'872 | 103.53 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 5'697 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz / Mem 5'872 MHz) | 5'510 | 96.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008 MHz) | 5'191 | 91.12 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'082 | 89.20 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 5'007 | 87.89 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009 MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) | 4'837 | 84.90 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) | 4'641 | 81.46 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'341 | 76.20 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 | 4'108 | 72.11 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951 MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) | 4'022 | 70.60 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'562 | 62.52 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) | 2'777 | 48.74 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 (950 MHz / 5000 MHz) | 2'747 | 48.22 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 2'460 | 43.18 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'440 | 42.83 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 (868 MHz/ 1'134 MHz) | 1'340 | 23.52 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz/ 980 MHz) | 1'309 | 22.98 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) | 1'185 | 20.80 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'160 | 20.36 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 937 | 16.45 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 882 | 15.48 % |
| more is better | ||
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Test conditions
Hardware
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Software
Futuremark
- 3DMark 11
- Performance
- 3DMark Vantage
- Performance
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
| High | |
| API | DX11 |
| Stereo 3D | Disabled |
| Shaders | High |
| Tessellation | Extreme |
| Anisotropy | 16 |
| Anti-aliasing | 8x |
| Full Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 |
Stone Giant
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Aspect | Auto |
| Tessellation | High |
| Window Mode | No |
World in Conflict
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Graphic Detail | very high |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic Texture Filtering | 16x |
Resident Evil 5 DX10
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Display Mode | Full Screen |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| V-Sync | No |
| [de]Bildwiederholrate[/de]Frame Rate | Full Screen |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic Texture Filtering | 16x |
| Motion Blur | Yes |
| Shadow Detail | High |
| Texture Detail | High |
| Overall Quality | High |
Call of Juarez
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Display Mode | yes |
| Quality | High |
| Shadowmap size | 2048x2048 |
| Shadows quality | High |
| Antialiasing | 4x SSAA |
| Audio | disabled |
Far Cry 2 DX10
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Direct3D | 10 |
| Fire | very high |
| Physics | very high |
| Real Trees | very high |
| Overall Quality | custom |
| Vegetation | very high |
| Shading | ultra high |
| Terrain | ultra high |
| Geometry | ultra high |
| Post FX | high |
| Texture | ultra high |
| Ambient | high |
| HDR | yes |
| Shadow | ultra high |
| Bloom | yes |
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3DMark 11
3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.
| 3DMark 11 Total | Score | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 8'772 | 245.23 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'625 | 241.12 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'370 | 233.99 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'123 | 227.09 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'043 | 224.85 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 6'356 | 177.69 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 6'048 | 160.08 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'841 | 163.29 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'988 | 167.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 5'803 | 162.23 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 5'335 | 149.15 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'273 | 147.14 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 5'212 | 145.71 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 5'175 | 144.67 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'046 | 141.07 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 4'922 | 137.60 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 4'606 | 128.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'551 | 127.23 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'754 | 104.95 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 3'577 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 3'404 | 95.16 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'717 | 75.96 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 2'713 | 75.85 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'327 | 37.10 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 1'075 | 30.05 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 1'017 | 28.43 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark 11 GPU | Score | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 10'189 | 305.52 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'977 | 299.16 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'571 | 286.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'914 | 267.29 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'854 | 265.49 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 6'314 | 189.32 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 5'952 | 178.47 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'872 | 176.07 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 5'812 | 174.27 % |
| Palit ENGTX 580 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'697 | 170.82 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 5'132 | 153.88 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'082 | 152.38 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 5'007 | 150.13 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 4'949 | 148.40 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 4'870 | 146.03 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 4'802 | 143.99 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'341 | 130.16 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 4'108 | 123.18 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'562 | 106.81 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 3'335 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 3'148 | 94.39 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 2'460 | 73.76 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'440 | 73.16 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'160 | 34.78 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 937 | 28.10 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 882 | 26.45 % |
| more is better | ||
3DMark Vantage
3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze nearly everything out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.
| 3DMark Vantage | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 36'482 | 262.50 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 25'076 | 180.43 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 24'638 | 177.28 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 24'520 | 176.43 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 24'353 | 175.22 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 24'309 | 174.91 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 23'995 | 172.65 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 23'588 | 169.72 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 22'725 | 163.51 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 22'496 | 161.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 22'382 | 161.04 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 21'341 | 153.55 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 21'171 | 152.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 19'614 | 141.13 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 19'441 | 139.88 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 19'165 | 137.90 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 19'098 | 137.41 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 19'019 | 136.85 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 19'016 | 136.82 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 18'895 | 135.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 18'273 | 131.48 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 18'244 | 131.27 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 17'859 | 128.50 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 17'732 | 127.58 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 17'598 | 126.62 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 17'485 | 125.81 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 16'730 | 120.37 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 16'056 | 115.52 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 16'024 | 115.30 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 15'301 | 110.09 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 14'606 | 105.09 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 13'898 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 13'047 | 93.87 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 12'323 | 88.09 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 11'793 | 84.85 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 10'806 | 77.75 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 9'508 | 68.41 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 8'481 | 61.02 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 6'427 | 46.24 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 5'827 | 41.93 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 4'803 | 34.56 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 4'609 | 33.16 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 3'614 | 26.00 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark Vantage GPU | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 33'378 | 254.08 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 29'775 | 226.65 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 29'283 | 222.90 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 29'128 | 221.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 28'525 | 217.13 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 28'397 | 216.16 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 25'544 | 194.44 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 25'091 | 190.99 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 24'515 | 186.61 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 23'628 | 179.85 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 23'588 | 179.55 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 23'353 | 177.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 23'440 | 178.43 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 20'914 | 159.20 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 20'715 | 157.68 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 20'203 | 153.79 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 20'039 | 152.54 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 19'960 | 151.93 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 19'835 | 150.99 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 19'789 | 150.63 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 18'944 | 144.20 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 18'745 | 142.68 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 18'345 | 139.64 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 18'095 | 137.74 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 17'857 | 135.93 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 17'679 | 134.57 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 15'755 | 119.93 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 15'858 | 120.71 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 14'866 | 113.16 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 14'002 | 106.58 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 13'753 | 104.68 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 13'137 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 12'156 | 92.53 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 11'337 | 86.29 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 10'717 | 81.58 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 9'641 | 73.39 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 8'292 | 63.12 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 6'722 | 51.17 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 5'328 | 40.55 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 4'782 | 36.40 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 3'878 | 29.52 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 3'709 | 28.23 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 2'863 | 21.79 % |
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Unigine Heaven
| Unigine Heaven | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 1'484 | 420.40 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 1'247 | 353.26 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 1'223 | 346.46 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 1'217 | 344.76 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 1'183 | 335.13 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 1'276 | 361.47 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 1'122 | 317.85 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 883 | 250.14 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 878 | 248.73 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 835 | 236.54 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 812 | 230.03 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 777 | 220.11 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 692 | 196.03 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 690 | 195.47 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 677 | 191.78 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 637 | 180.45 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 635 | 179.89 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 593 | 167.99 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 583 | 165.16 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 520 | 147.31 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 447 | 126.63 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 353 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 334 | 94.62 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 263 | 74.50 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 163 | 46.18 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 126 | 35.69 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 86 | 24.36 % |
| more is better | ||
| Unigine Heaven | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 58.9 fps | 420.71 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 49.5 fps | 353.57 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 48.6 fps | 347.14 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 48.3 fps | 345.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 47.0 fps | 335.71 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 50.7 fps | 362.14 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 44.5 fps | 317.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 35.3 fps | 252.14 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 34.9 fps | 249.29 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 33.1 fps | 236.43 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 32.2 fps | 230.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 30.9 fps | 220.71 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 27.5 fps | 196.43 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 27.4 fps | 195.71 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 26.9 fps | 192.14 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 25.3 fps | 180.71 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 25.2 fps | 180.00 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 23.5 fps | 167.86 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 23.1 fps | 165.00 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 20.6 fps | 147.14 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 17.7 fps | 126.43 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 14.0 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 13.3 fps | 95.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 10.4 fps | 74.29 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 6.5 fps | 46.43 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 5.0 fps | 35.71 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 3.4 fps | 24.29 % |
| more is better | ||
Stone Giant
| Stone Giant | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 159 fps | 512.90 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 123 fps | 396.77 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 122 fps | 393.55 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 119 fps | 383.87 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 107 fps | 345.16 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 96 fps | 309.68 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 92 fps | 296.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 89 fps | 287.10 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 86 fps | 277.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 85 fps | 274.19 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 83 fps | 267.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 75 fps | 241.94 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 75 fps | 241.94 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 70 fps | 225.81 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 66 fps | 212.90 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 53 fps | 170.97 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 51 fps | 164.52 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 51 fps | 164.52 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 50 fps | 161.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 44 fps | 141.94 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 48 fps | 154.84 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 37 fps | 119.35 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 31 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 23 fps | 71.19 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 17 fps | 54.84 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 14 fps | 45.16 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 10 fps | 32.26 % |
| more is better | ||
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World in Conflict
| World in Conflict, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA 16xAF | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 110 fps | 164.18 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 106 fps | 179.66 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 84 fps | 142.37 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 83 fps | 140.68 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 82 fps | 138.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 82 fps | 138.98 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 82 fps | 138.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 81 fps | 137.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 81 fps | 137.29 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 80 fps | 135.59 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 77 fps | 130.50 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 77 fps | 130.50 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 75 fps | 127.12 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 75 fps | 127.12 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 74 fps | 125.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 73 fps | 123.72 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 72 fps | 122.03 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 72 fps | 122.03 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 69 fps | 116.94 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 69 fps | 116.94 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 68 fps | 115.25 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 68 fps | 115.25 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 67 fps | 113.56 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 67 fps | 113.56 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 61 fps | 103.39 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 57 fps | 96.61 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 57 fps | 96.61 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 56 fps | 94.91 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 55 fps | 93.22 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 53 fps | 89.83 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 50 fps | 84.74 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 41 fps | 69.49 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 39 fps | 66.10 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 30 fps | 50.85 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 26 fps | 44.06 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 25 fps | 42.37 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 21 fps | 35.59 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 18 fps | 30.51 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 18 fps | 30.51 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 13 fps | 22.03 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 10 fps | 16.95 % |
| more is better | ||
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 as well as the DirectX10 benchmark we can again show you CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.
| Resident Evil 5, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA 16xAF | Average | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 162.50 fps | 169.62 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 140.10 fps | 146.24 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 123.20 fps | 128.60 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 119.50 fps | 124.73 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 113.60 fps | 139.46 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 113.00 fps | 117.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 110.20 fps | 115.03 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 109.30 fps | 114.09 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 108.60 fps | 113.36 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 108.30 fps | 113.05 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 107.40 fps | 112.11 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 107.30 fps | 112.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 108.70 fps | 113.47 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 107.20 fps | 111.90 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 105.70 fps | 110.33 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 105.00 fps | 109.60 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 104.30 fps | 108.87 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 103.20 fps | 107.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 102.90 fps | 107.41 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 101.80 fps | 106.26 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 100.50 fps | 104.90 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 101.70 fps | 106.16 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 100.20 fps | 104.59 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 99.50 fps | 103.86 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 97.20 fps | 101.46 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 96.50 fps | 100.73 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 95.80 fps | 100.00 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 95.30 fps | 99.48 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 93.30 fps | 97.39 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 92.20 fps | 78.50 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 90.30 fps | 94.25 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 88.10 fps | 91.96 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 78.60 fps | 82.04 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 75.00 fps | 78.28 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 69.20 fps | 71.19 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 62.50 fps | 65.24 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 62.40 fps | 65.13 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 51.60 fps | 53.86 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 44.40 fps | 46.35 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 34.6 fps | 36.10 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 30.8 fps | 32.15 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 29.7 fps | 31.00 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 24.4 fps | 25.47 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 23.9 fps | 24.95 % |
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Call of Juarez
| Call of Juarez, 1920 x 1080, high details, 4xSSAA | Average | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 91.00 fps | 228.64 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 88.80 fps | 223.16 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 88.70 fps | 222.86 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 88.60 fps | 222.61 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 78.90 fps | 198.24 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 76.00 fps | 190.95 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 73.10 fps | 183.67 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 72.80 fps | 182.91 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 56.10 fps | 140.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 54.40 fps | 136.68 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 53.60 fps | 134.67 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 52.40 fps | 131.65 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 52.00 fps | 130.65 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 51.90 fps | 130.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 49.20 fps | 123.62 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 49.00 fps | 123.12 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 48.70 fps | 122.36 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 47.60 fps | 119.59 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 46.30 fps | 116.33 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 46.20 fps | 116.08 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 43.20 fps | 108.54 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 42.90 fps | 107.79 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 42.50 fps | 106.78 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 41.90 fps | 105.27 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 39.80 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 39.50 fps | 99.25 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 38.80 fps | 97.48 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 37.20 fps | 93.47 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 38.00 fps | 95.47 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 34.60 fps | 86.93 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 34.20 fps | 85.92 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 33.20 fps | 83.42 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 32.10 fps | 80.65 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 32.10 fps | 80.65 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 30.70 fps | 77.14 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 28.50 fps | 71.60 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 24.50 fps | 61.56 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 21.90 fps | 55.03 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 21.10 fps | 53.02 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 18.20 fps | 45.73 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 16.60 fps | 41.71 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 15.20 fps | 38.19 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 13.90 fps | 34.92 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 12.30 fps | 30.90 % |
| more is better | ||
Far Cry 2
| Far Cry 2, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 132.41 fps | 250.21 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 122.40 fps | 231.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 120.76 fps | 228.19 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 118.04 fps | 223.05 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 113.17 fps | 213.85 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 111.46 fps | 210.62 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 SLI | 107.77 fps | 203.65 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | 104.74 fps | 197.92 % |
| MSI GTX 580 Lightning | 103.82 fps | 196.18 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 98.50 fps | 186.13 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 98.36 fps | 185.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 95.27 fps | 180.03 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 91.87 fps | 173.60 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 88.83 fps | 167.86 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 86.87 fps | 164.15 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 | 86.41 fps | 163.28 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 84.49 fps | 159.65 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 84.00 fps | 158.73 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 80.35 fps | 153.48 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 79.51 fps | 150.24 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 79.21 fps | 149.68 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 77.54 fps | 146.52 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 74.37 fps | 140.53 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 71.40 fps | 134.92 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 68.87 fps | 118.80 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 66.72 fps | 126.08 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 64.51 fps | 121.90 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 60.66 fps | 114.63 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 59.21 fps | 111.88 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 55.66 fps | 105.17 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 54.99 fps | 103.91 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 54.14 fps | 102.30 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 52.92 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 52.92 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 49.69 fps | 93.89 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 42.31 fps | 79.95 % |
| ASUS EAH6770 DC SL/2DI/1GD5 | 36.51 fps | 68.99 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 22.08 fps | 41.72 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 17.95 fps | 33.92 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 17.07 fps | 32.26 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 16.49 fps | 31.16 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 15.73 fps | 29.72 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 13.33 fps | 25.19 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 10.21 fps | 19.30 % |
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Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The ASUS GTX 560 Ti 448 is a yet powerful but still silent graphics card. Thanks to the huge DirectCUII cooler it stays cool and silent even under heavy load. But the good cooling capacity comes at a price. The DirectCUII cooler needs three slot and therefore block two additional slots. |
- Performance - Noise level |
- Triple Slot cooler | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| The performanc is what we expected. It's between the GTX 570 and GTX 560 Ti but very close to the GTX 570. Therefore it is possible to play games at high resolutions with activated anti aliasing as well as anisotropic filtering. There really isn't a lot to say. | - Gaming with high resolution and max detaillevel possible | ||
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| Overclocking this card really is fun but unfortunately it stops quite quickly. Using ASUS TweakIt one can simply pull the regulator for GPU and memory clock to the maximum. In this case this results in 940 MHz GPU clock speed and 4'050 MHz on the memory. It is possible to run 3DMark 11 under these conditions but with Furmark it takes about two to three minutes and the system will freeze. |
- 942 MHz GPU - 4'050 MHz Memory |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you should be looking for a graphics card that offers plenty of performance, a very good cooler and comes as a limited edition, this is an interesting card. Regarding the price it will cost about EUR 260.- (est. CHF 312.-) which is really close to the GTX 570. What makes this card most attractive is the fact that it is a limited edition. Otherwise it is quite an unspectacular product. |
- Gaming-PC - Enthusiast-PC |
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| Rating | |||
| The ASUS ENGTX560 TI 448 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 gets good four out of five stars. | |||
Author: Marc Büchel, m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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