Installation
No problems with installation, however the plastic heatsink cover did make connecting the 6pin PCIE power cables a little difficult. The Zotac Geforce GTX 560 Ti is a standard length card and takes up 2 PCI slot space, which shouldn’t be a problem as the majority of chassis nowadays are spacious and SLI/CrossfireX ready. I recommend you use a power supply with minimum output of 600W and 2 x spare 6pin PCI-E power cables.
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i5 – 650 @ 3.2Ghz (LGA 1156) |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P55 USB3 Motherboard |
| Ram | Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2133 4Gb kits |
| Graphics Card | Zotac Geforce GTX 560 Ti (1Gb GDDR5) |
| Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 250Gb (8Mb Cache) 7,200rpm SATA-II |
| Optical Drive | LG x24 DVD-RW Re-writer SATA |
| CPU Cooler | Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CPU Cooler |
| Power Supply | Thermaltake ToughPower XT 875W |
| Chassis | Lian-Li Pitstop T60 Test Bench |
| Network | Netgear WG111v2 |
| Monitor | 23″ Samsung (1920×1080) – HD 1080p |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit |
To test the Zotace Geforce GTX 560 Ti, we used a test rig based on the above components. It’s the same system we use to test other graphic cards. As you can see, it’s a pretty decent system, enough for what we need. Here are some of the benchmark software which we’ll be using:
- GPU-Z
- AIDA64 and PCWizard
- 3D Mark Vantage
- 3D Mark 11 (DX11)
- Unigine Heaven (DX11)
- Aliens Vs Predator (DX11)
- Stone Giant (DX11)
Nvidia Drivers
PhysX Configuration
