GAINWARD GeForce GTX 560 Ti Phantom - 2 GB GDDR5
 

Link to other thread discussion 1Gb version >> http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20524

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51I-NMMCUOL.jpg

Just tested this card on my spare test rig in the office with a cheap old mobo and old core duo.
Completely stock its my old clunker rig bullet proof with an Enermax EMG700AWT 700W PSU

Had a Nvidia 9800GTX+ was pulling 20-30 fps over water on low settings on Dx9 tweak.

GAINWARD GeForce GTX 560 Ti Phantom - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0

Its 2/3rd's the size of the old 9800 so it don't hit up against the hard drive caddies.

From Amazon £220.00 inc P&P. Has gone up to £295.00 since last night ??

Performance from this looks great although its early days testing.

Vsync on @60hz @ 50-60 fps over water on medium settings attacking bombers and smooth flying gunnery accuracy improved 60%, still to test land yet will do it tonight when I get time.
Busy doing customer builds at the moment

Later that day
( gave myself the afternoon off )

OK
I ran the training mission "Take off" looks like a loss of 10-15 fps on the ground,
the initial loading when spawning in takes a few seconds to settle,
but seeing all the grass waving around and the vehicles moving along gave some immersion,
especially the buildings and shadows...blah blah blah... basically the graphic upgrade was worth it on a low end PC.

Build info

Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition (Build 7600)
DirectX Version 10.0
GTX 560 Ti Phantom - 2 GB
E8400
4 Gigs Ram
Mainboard Model ASUS P5QL PRO
Samsung Syncmaster 2232BW
1280 x 1050 @ 60hz

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Codename Wolfdale
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x0)
CPUID 6.7.6
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping C0
Technology 45 nm
Core Speed 2996.8 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 9.0 x 333.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1331.9 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 6144 KBytes, 24-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
Max VID 1.225 V



Northbridge Intel P45/P43/G45/G43 rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 399.6 MHz (5:6)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 15
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 42
Command Rate (CR) 2T

Across 4 dimms

DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number OCZ2G10001G
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 3.0-4-4-10-15 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 4.0-5-5-13-18 @ 333 MHz
JEDEC #3 5.0-5-5-15-22 @ 400 MHz


Display adapter 0
Manuf. API index 0
Display name \\.\DISPLAY1
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Revision A1
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x10B0)
Model ID 0x1200 (0x801)
Performance Level Default
Core clock 50.5 MHz
Shader clock 101.0 MHz
Memory clock 135.0 MHz
Performance Level 2D Desktop
Core clock 405.0 MHz
Shader clock 810.0 MHz
Memory clock 324.0 MHz
Performance Level 3D Applications
Core clock 822.5 MHz
Shader clock 1645.0 MHz
Memory clock 2004.0 MHz

Interesting, thanks. How did you force vsync? I can't get it to work with my GTX285 and latest beta drivers.

And be careful,I think you just lost an activation!

Force Vsync in the Nvidia panel Driver 266.66


No activation loss here, my office is at my house :)

Just changing a graphic card can use up an activation!
Just saying...

Here's one for £246.69, inc VAT (for UK buyers) ... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/261122

Yup

Within 5 Working Days (FREE) £0.00

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Mine took 24 hours :)

Even my usual PC parts suppliers couldn't get it that fast either.

Nice card though compact too.

For UK buyers, check out Scan.co.uk.

I used them to get the components for my recent build. Good prices. Great service. Recommended.

Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB NVIDIA Graphics Card
£214.27 inc vat

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/72gb-...x-dvi-hdmi-vga

Gainward 2GB GeForce GTX 560 Ti Phantom NVIDIA Graphics Card
£226.27 inc vat

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-g...384-cores-hdmi

Any way to buy the gainward in the U.S.? How is the cooling on that card?

The cooling is awesome

Hey, KG26_Alpha,

Can you post some tests of VRAM usage and fps under different res (1680x1050 specially), everything high, over channel and over london, pre and post beta patch, for this card, please?

Thanks a lot for the info Alpha, I got myself a core2duo @3.2Ghz and 8800 GTS and was wondering if investing in a good videocard would be waste of money to a such old hardware as mine, but now I just might order a new card. Cheers!

I would do if ever I can get Steam to work again, no Steam no CoD :(

What type of noise? fan, squeal...?

Did you get the Gainward one or the Palit ?

But vsync doesn't work in CoD even if forced on. Are you positive it's working?

Unless it's your older nv drivers...

Hey guys, come on, any 2 GB videocard IL2 CoD VRAM usage tests, please?

Download NVIDIA System Tools, it allow to play with the graphics card fan speed and many other things, increase its rpm and to check if the noise rally come from the graphics card

Woops you are correct.

Upgraded Vid driver with new card and Vsync's not working.

How's this card with the new beta patch, please?

Bump..

any more test results? I am thinking of getting a 560 Ti and am definitely interested in this thread.

I bought a MSI Twin FrozR 560Ti last week, it's a 1GB version and runs CoD very nicely indeed, will post some benchies tomorrow hopefully.

I'm tossing up whether to get a 1 or 2gb 560ti card for CoD. Would like to go the 2gb version but they seem to be in very short supply where I live. Still haven't seem anything definitive that the 2gb cards offer better performance over the 1gb versions...

Depends on the resolution, at 1680x1050 and below 1GB is enough, above you need more ram.
If you play at something like 1280x720 buy the 1GB version, at 1680x1050 you are at the limit.

In reply to vram testing, Rivatuner don't recognize the latest Nvidia driver I'm using so I cant test, and don't know of another vram monitoring tool that I would trust.

Also

After the patches arrived things got amazingly good with "Medium" settings across the board grass, roads etc on, FPS Avg up in the 70-80's online with v1.00.14072

Not yet tested "High/Very high" yet though :)

EVGA Precision, is build around rivatuner and support the latest driver

Yes bit no Vram monitoring

Only overclocking crap :)

Maybe it's the PSU?
 

Check if the noise is coming from your Power Supply, as sometimes when a power hungry component such as a CPU or graphics card switches to a heavy load, such as when your flying, it can cause a noise to emanate from the PSU. If so it could be a transformer humming due to heavy load, or a fan that is increasing speed. This is more likely to occur if your computer is near the maximum wattage of your PSU, or if your PSU is slightly aged, as the capacitors and such age within it lowering the max wattage slowly over time.

Got one of these babies ordered along with aother 4GB of Ram , looking forward too it.

Alpha, IIRC with Precision you can hit the spanner icon and set it to monitor memory usage on the onscreen graph (you might have to clk graph with mouse and scroll down to see it, or you could untick everything else so only it shows), though dont think you can save a log but it should give you a good idea of where you stand.

EVGA Precision ... the fan controls .. seriously ! ;)

Ok get the 2 GB give up on 1 GB even at lower rez..

Open Precision's proprieties window, go to "Monitoring" tab and check "Memory usage"

guys, can we get a FRAM memory usage from this videocard, pretty please?

it is very important, videocard purchasing wise, what's the maximum amount of VRAM IL2 CoD is eating with everything on highest settings above London.

Cool

Up to my eye balls with everything at the moment............

First chance I get I will post some Vram tests across various settings .

Very interested in this thread KG, like many with Duel Cores and a similar spec to your PC , I want to replace my GFX card first (GTS250 512mb) and the CPU/mobo maybe next year when prices drop. Any feedback about the settings you can run comforatably, general improvements to visuals and smoothness (rather than just fps data) would be greatly appreciated.

This cards still knocking down everything I have to throw at it at work.......

Swapping it into my flying PC.

I never did get around to testing the vram usage
But will do it when I swap over . ;)