GTX 560 Coming soon!

[kaktus1907]

PCB looks very similar to GTX460s but there are few changes.. if it's really a new chip even gtx 570's can reach 950mhz on air, this little bastard should go higher..

[cegras]

The PCB looks surprisingly anemic compared to the GTX460 .. cheap mosfets.

[Barys]

Unigine Heaven 2.1
1920x1200 8xAA/16XAF Tessellation extreme
23fps
579
3DMark Vantage
p21187
x9525
3DMark 11
P4130
X1403

First GTX560 numbers? Unknown system specs.

[trinibwoy]

GTX 470 scores P4229 and X1334 according to HardwareCanucks.

[Olivon]

Scores are a bit low, I expect better ...

[Darakian]

I wonder what TDP we'll see.

[Olivon]

I wonder what TDP we'll see.

From kaktus link,

[highoctane]

Hmmm, they got the gtx 570 specs a little off but I'm guessing its a typo.

From kaktus link,

[Zloyd]

Lets hope they price it at 6870. Not more.

[kaktus1907]

As the west is recovering from the Christmas feast and getting ready for New Year's celebrations and all-night partying, Far Eastern sources are more than busy to prepare for the two week Chinese New Year celebrations starting on Feb. 3rd. One of such preparations is also hard work on the chip known under the codename GF114, more known as "unlocked GF104" or GeForce GTX 560, nVidia's answer to AMD's Radeon HD 6800 Series.

Multiple sources informed us of GF114 reaching clocks as high as 930-940MHz for the GPU on air, meaning aggressive overclocking manufacturers such as EVGA or Point of View might even offer an overclocked GeForce GTX 560 with all 384 cores ticking at 1.8GHz. Just like majority of 40nm silicon made by TSMC, you should be able to reach 1GHz or come very close to it once you deploy more efficient cooling, such as waterblocks.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...n-1q-2011.aspx

[Pantsu]

Most GTX 460 overclocked to around 850-900, so if 560 can reach 900-950 it's a decent update considering it should be the same chip, just more shaders enabled. I wonder what tweaks they've done considering it is renamed to GF114. If it's completely new taped-out version I wonder if they'll use the low bins to make a GT 550 and replace the GTX 460?

[Darakian]

Many thanks. I must have missed that

From kaktus link,

[Bigchrome]

I got an gtx 570 that performs like i'm expecting the 560 will (gets 13k ppd folding, most get 15k+). If i didn't know any better i'd say it was one... Maybe i should run every bench i can find and see how close the scores are when it comes out!

[[XC] hipno650]

Lets hope they price it at 6870. Not more.

that would be awesome because with these specs this card will stomp all over a 6870, considering an OCed GTX 460 with clock speeds the same as the 560 will match the 6870, the enhanced shadders on the 560 and the extra units will be a major bonus now how about a little wishful thinking here hoping they price under 250

[DarthShader]

the enhanced shadders on the 560

You have some info on that? Please share.

[[XC] hipno650]

You have some info on that? Please share.

it's commonly assumed that NV has applied many of the same updates to the core that the GF110 saw considering it seems to be a new Core name (GF114 over a GF104) and it would also just plain make sense. even without the changes however it would still stomp a 6870

[Andrew LB]

The killer feature for me on this card will be full bitstreaming of HD audio streams over HDMI. Because it is based on GF104, it is logical to assume it will include this feature.

I would have bought a GTX570 already, but they have not added this feature into GF110 for whatever reason and that is a huge dissapointment. This upcoming GTX560 will be the first card to offer upper mid-range performance AND include the audio bitstreaming.

I know I am in the minority as one who runs everything thru a A/V reciever, but this is a make or break feature for me. The 6950/6970 are also appealing because they include this, but I will wait to see how the GTX560 stacks up before deciding.

Agreed.

The only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger on a new graphics card like the GTX 580/570 is the lack of bitstreamed DTS HD and Dolby True HD Audio formats.

Btw... are there any sound cards available that offer DTS HD Master or Dolby True HD encoding? I love how my X-Fi Titanium HD takes 6 channel audio from games, encodes it into Dolby or DTS... and sends it off to my Harman Kardon AVR354 receiver for decoding and amplification.

[OCX600RR]

If they cost around $250 at launch I might grab one. Should get about 14,500 PPD folding@Home at 925+MHz Core. I just wished it would offer 2GB right from the start!

[LexDiamonds]

Btw... are there any sound cards available that offer DTS HD Master or Dolby True HD encoding? I love how my X-Fi Titanium HD takes 6 channel audio from games, encodes it into Dolby or DTS... and sends it off to my Harman Kardon AVR354 receiver for decoding and amplification.

I'm not really sure why you would want/need a audio card to encode to the new HD standards. My understanding of this is that HD Master and True HD are just uncompressed audio from Blu-Ray sources only (already encoded). Having a video card (gtx 560, 6970, etc) that can transmit this over HDMI allows me to fully utilize my reciever (to decode and amplify the stream) while only having one cable from my PC to the reciever. This is all good and fine but is really only useful for using a blu-ray drive in my PC for movie playback. I've held off buying a standalone blu-ray drive because it makes sense to utilize my PC since it is my main TV source anyways.

Even my Audigy 2 which I have been using for ages has the ability to encode audio to Dolby DTS. I dont currently use this but have always wondered how well it would work in games. Since surround sound gaming is a big necessity to me, I currently use 5.1 analog from my PC to reciever when playing games.

I guess the big question that I have that I have never really seen answered, is how good the "sound card" portion of these modern video cards really is. Will they do EAX variations? Even with the HD bitstreaming capabilities, it would seem dumb to still switch between sound devices depending on the source of the audio (gaming or blu-ray playback).

I want a video card that can bitstream HD feeds natively and also encode 5.1 surround from games then spit the whole thing out via HDMI. From what I understand about the redesigned Vista/Win7 audio stack, there should be a way to do this without spending $100+ on a seperate audio card. Maybe I am chasing a ghost?

[Bigchrome]

If they cost around $250 at launch I might grab one. Should get about 14,500 PPD folding@Home at 925+MHz Core. I just wished it would offer 2GB right from the start!

I'd "guess" they'll do that at 830-850 core, but I'd have my doubts about getting 925 core folding stable.

[cold2010]

fake





http://diy.pconline.com.cn/graphics/...8/2193002.html

[Panther_Seraphi]

Wow it needs 2x6pins? Whats the tdp gonna be?

[cegras]

Silly me, I forgot it was from OBR.

It was kind of strange that a GTX560, which is > GTX460, had such a weak power delivery section.

[Olivon]

fake

http://diy.pconline.com.cn/graphics/...8/2193002.html

Nice find cold2010

Happy new year Bro'

[Ket]

Heres something worth thinking about; we all remember the GTX460 has 336 CUDA cores and has one of its PolyMorph engines "disabled", or as is more likely the case simply turned off by masking it in BIOS code. The important thing to note here is how the GTX460 (AFAIK) physically has 8 PolyMorph engines, but only 7 are in use. Now, my point is this; for 8 PolyMorph engines to be in use that would give you... wait for it... 384 CUDA cores. So this GTX560, could, in fact, be the GTX460 rebadged with a different BIOS enabling that unused PolyMorph engine.