MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II OC leaked

It looks like more information has leaked regarding another manufacturer release a GTX 560 card.  MSI will being releasing a model called the MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II OC.  This model of the GTX 560 will be overclocked by the factory and have its own custom cooler installed.  This model may be up for pre-order as early as January 21st, 2011 with a price tag just below $300 US dollars.  Here are the rest of the specs currently known about this card.

• Uses the Twin Frozr II cooler
• 384 CUDA cores
• 880 MHz GPU
• 1760 MHz shader frequency
• 256-bit memory interface
• 1 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 4200 MHz
• 2-way SLI
• dual-DVI and mini-HDMI outputs

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti leaked

Gigabyte looks like its one of the first manufacturers to release a GTX 560 model.  Gigabytes GTX model will be using a windforce 2x dual fan, and has a higher stock GPU and shader clocks.  The information about the Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti comes from China, which has the price listed as $288 in US dollars.  This may end up cheaper when released in the United States.  Heres the rest of the skinny regarding Gigabytes card.

• 384 CUDA cores
• 900 MHz GPU
• 1800 MHz shaders
• 256-bit memory interface
• 1 GB of GDDR5 VRAM timed at 4000MHz
• dual-DVI and mini HDMI outputs
• support for DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, 2-wat SLI, 3D Vision. CUDA, and PhysX

GeForce GTX 560 Known Specifications

Here are the most recent known specifications for the GTX 560

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Series: GeForce GTX 500
GPU Model: GTX 500 (GF110)
Release Date: Q4 2010
Interface: PCI-E 2.1 x16
Core Clock: 820 MHz
Memory Clock: 1000 MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 128.2 GB/sec
Shader Operations: unknown
Pixel Fill Rate: 23.2 GPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 46.4 GTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: unknown
Max Power Draw: 185 W
Noise Level: Quiet
Memory Size: 1024 MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Bus Type: 64×4 (256 bit)
DirectX: 11.0
OpenGL: 4.1
PS/VS Version: 5.0/5.0
Process: 40 nm
Fragment Pipelines: 384
Vertex Pipelines: 384
Texture Units: 64
Raster: 32

The GeForce GTX 560 is almost here!

Nvidia will soon be releasing the next graphics card in their lineup of video cards, the
GeForce GTX 560.  Nvidia has already released 2 other cards in the GTX 500 series of card, the GTX 570 and GTX 580, which have had excellent sales and reviews.  The GTX 560 is Nvidia’s more mainstream entry into the market, targeted at the $200 to $300 price range.  This card is Nvidia’s challenger to the AMD Radeon HD 6870 and is currently expected to hit stores on January 25th of 2011.

You may be wondering what is so great about this card.  Well, the GTX 560 is going to have the best performance for the right price.  The GTX 560 is the successor for the GTX 460 card. The GTX 560 will be using the GF114 core, with all eight clusters full enabled.  All recent news points to the card being faster then the GTX 470 from Nvidia’s 400 line.  This will be one beast of a graphics card if that is true.  As further news about the card comes out, I will keep you updated on all the latest manufacturer brands and reviews coming out about the Geforce GTX 560.