Newegg has the PNY VCGGTX560TXPB-OC-S GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $170 - $40 rebate [Exp 11/30] = $130 with free shipping. Includes full version of Duke Nukem Forever and CPU Magazine subscription with purchase. Features 850MHz graphics clock, 1700MHz processor clock, 384 CUDA cores, and supports nVidia Physx, Direct X 11, and mini HDMI.
Yea, close in raw FPS performance... to a 7850 is that the point? Although what that doesn't account for is improvement in frame production and latency (meaning smooth and concise play), or efficiency/cost of operation. The other thing is titles being tested. A card achieves its' rating given there stature with games of "their time period". It's like even though the 9800 GX2 is two rung lower would your expect it to play at @1920x, heck even something old like Crysis, not even talking some DX11 like BF3, that's something the Hierarchy doesn't project. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-9800-gx2-review,1792-10.html
I liken it to, race cars on a 1/4 mile and someone says there almost as fast, but one car is slightly faster. True! What that doesn't project is one car is some old 60’s over-wrought big tire race car, that can't hook up the first 200 yards was squirrely almost hitting the wall, but caught up at the end... using a bunch more fuel doing it. The car next to in was modest stock tires while sipped fuel. It not when you get there it’s how you get there!
What do you guys think?
Should I wait till Black Friday or Cyber Monday? I am in no rush. Seems the 500 series they want to offload them quickly.
At least the Rebate isn't enormous, but Fermi is not a good place to invest anymore. Check the history on this PNY
Or this MSI...
http://bensbargains.net/deal/msi-n560gtx-geforce-gtx-560-ti-1gb-card-128-at-newegg-282118/
The free game brings this deal over the top.
Over the top? Do you mean to say they're not paying you to take a copy of DNF off their hands?
Here's a video card hierarchy chart that Casecutter could appreciate:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaminbaconraphics-card-review,3107-7.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaminbaconraphics-card-review,3107-7.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-9800-gx2-review,1792-10.html
I liken it to, race cars on a 1/4 mile and someone says there almost as fast, but one car is slightly faster. True!
What that doesn't project is one car is some old 60’s over-wrought big tire race car, that can't hook up the first 200 yards was squirrely almost hitting the wall, but caught up at the end... using a bunch more fuel doing it. The car next to in was modest stock tires while sipped fuel. It not when you get there it’s how you get there!