GTX 560 Ti Leaked Benchmarks/Info Thread

[happy medium]

A 6950 1gb can't be $279, thats what 6950 2gb are selling for now.

If a 69701gb is released in 3 weeks for $279, this is what the AMD line up would/should look like.

In order of price performance,

6970 2gb $310
6970 1gb $280
6950 2gb $240
6950 1gb $210
Factory overclocked 6870 1gb @ 950 core 250$ ? Like the article stated.
6870 1gb $170
6850 1gb $130

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[badb0y]

If a 69701gb is released in 3 weeks for $279, this is what the AMD line up would/should look like.

In order of price performance,

6970 2gb $310
6970 1gb $280
6950 2gb $240
6950 1gb $210
Factory overclocked 6870 1gb @ 950 core 250$ ?

I'll believe it when I see it.

Grab some salt:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-...al-Available-in-February-for-279-178789.shtml

Rumor has it that a 6970 1GB will be 279$

 

[AtenRa]

If the $279 for HD6970 1G is true (assuming it will have same clocks and shaders as the 2G model), my prediction could be

HD6870 = $199
HD6870 OC = $229
GTX560 Ti = $229
GTX560 OC = $249
HD6950 1G = $249
HD6970 1G = $279
HD6950 2G = $299
GTX570 = $349
HD6970 2G = $379
GTX580 = $499

 

[Castiel]

If only Nvidia would drop the 570 to 299.99 and the 580 to 399.99

 

[happy medium]

If the $279 for HD6970 1G is true (assuming it will have same clocks and shaders as the 2G model), my prediction could be

HD6870 = $199
HD6870 OC = $229
GTX560 Ti = $229
GTX560 OC = $249
HD6950 1G = $249
HD6970 1G = $279
HD6950 2G = $299
GTX570 = $349
HD6970 2G = $379
GTX580 = $499

So you are saying the 6950 2gb will be faster then the 6970 1gb?
A 30$ difference from the 6950 1g to the 6970 1gb?
A 100$ diference from the 6970 2gb to the 6970 1gb?

 

[tviceman]

So you are saying the 6950 2gb will be faster then the 6970 1gb?
A 30$ difference from the 6950 1g to the 6970 1gb?

Happy Apoppin confirmed it for me, the 6970 1 gig is the $270. Either there is going to be some big price changes among the high end cards, or -as you are asking about- the 6970 1 gig is in fact SLOWER than a 6950 2 gig.

 

[Skurge]

Happy Apoppin confirmed it for me, the 6970 1 gig is the $270. Either there is going to be some big price changes among the high end cards, or -as you are asking about- the 6970 1 gig is in fact SLOWER than a 6950 2 gig.

NICE.

Well it doesn't have to be faster to cost more. The 6950 2gb will be of worth it for people who would want to run eyefinity/crossfire.

 

[happy medium]

some big price changes among the high end cards,

There must be, gotta be.
All this because of the gtx560 and AMD's 1gb high end? wow!

 

[Skurge]

There must be, gotta be.
All this because of the gtx560 and AMD's 1gb high end? wow!

I think the cost of 2gb GDDR5 as something to do with it. I can't imagine high density 6gbps GDDR5 being cheap.

 

[AtenRa]

So you are saying the 6950 2gb will be faster then the 6970 1gb?
A 30$ difference from the 6950 1g to the 6970 1gb?
A 100$ diference from the 6970 2gb to the 6970 1gb?

well, in High resolutions, eyefinity and in CF the HD6850 2G could be faster at some games but the price premium is for the 2G memory and not for the performance.

The HD6850 1G could be less than $249 but not bellow $229

$100 difference was the HD5870 1G vs HD5870 2G if i remember correctly.

 

[AtenRa]

There will be a bit of confusing for a lot of people to have a cheaper HD6970 1G than a HD6950 2G in regards to performance and price.


I believe that even with only 1G the 6950 at stock clocks will be faster than GTX560 (820MHz) in most games, not by far but it will be in front. So I believe HD6900 1G series will be a bit more expensive than GTX560.

 

[tviceman]

well, in High resolutions, eyefinity and in CF the HD6850 2G could be faster at some games but the price premium is for the 2G memory and not for the performance.

The HD6850 1G could be less than $249 but not bellow $229

$100 difference was the HD5870 1G vs HD5870 2G if i remember correctly.

There is no room in AMD's lineup for a $229-249 1 gig 6950 because that is what the 6870's are selling for right now.

I think the extra 1 gig of ram is making more of a difference than people realize, and I think lopping off 1 gig of ram will make the hd6950 only marginally faster than the hd6870, and probably slower than overclocked 6870's.

 

[badb0y]

I don't think that the 6970 is going to get crippled, most sites say it's the same thing as a 6970 except with 1 GB less memory. I guess AMD may price drop the 6950 a little and the 6970 a little.

There is no room in AMD's lineup for a $229-249 1 gig 6950 because that is what the 6870's are selling for right now.

I think the extra 1 gig of ram is making more of a difference than people realize, and I think lopping off 1 gig of ram will make the hd6950 only marginally faster than the hd6870, and probably slower than overclocked 6870's.

What? happy_medium spent 1 week saying that 2 GB vs 1 gb makes no difference until you hit the higher resolutions. The only way this card will not out perform the 6950 is if it gets lower clocks or gets cut down.

 

[evolucion8]

I think that AMD's move is a preventive counter attack against the GTX 560. Seems that AMD doesn't know how it will perform, hence will release the HD 6870 OC edition in the best case scenario or the HD 6970 1GB in the worst case scenario, either way they offer a lot of power for such low price, specially the HD 6970. Definitively if nVidia isn't up to the expectations with the GTX 560, it will have to drop in price. I predict that the GTX 560 will stand between a standard HD 6870 and the HD 5870 which is no slouch, and the overclocked version will match or outperform slightly the OC HD 6870, if nVidia price it competitively, it may have a win, but I doubt that even the OC version will ever be able to touch the HD 6970 1GB.

 

[busydude]

Seems that AMD doesn't know how it will perform,

I am not going to buy that, ever.

 

[happy medium]

Do we really have to wait another week, the suspense is killing me.

 

[AtenRa]

There is no room in AMD's lineup for a $229-249 1 gig 6950 because that is what the 6870's are selling for right now.

I think the extra 1 gig of ram is making more of a difference than people realize, and I think lopping off 1 gig of ram will make the hd6950 only marginally faster than the hd6870, and probably slower than overclocked 6870's.

HD6870 will get a price cut if GTX560 is faster and released at $229, so HD6950 1G could be priced at $249.

You forgetting that 6900 series has a dual Tessellation unit and in DX-11 games there's no way 6870 could be close to a HD6950 1G. And except the High res and Eyefinity and the CF configurations the extra 1G will not give more than 2-3% unless the game can benefit from it.

 

[Viper GTS]

So all this talk of the 560 being faster than the 470 is at lower resolutions right? I just ordered a pair of reference 470's from Amazon. I knew the 560 was incoming, but at $220 apiece after rebate for the 470's I decided there was no better value for 2560x1600 performance.

I'm still thinking I did OK, but questioning myself a little.

Viper GTS

 

[Castiel]

Link please Viper

 

[Viper GTS]

http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-...dp/B003DTLXII/

Frys is actually where I first saw them, they are under $200 after rebate. Unfortunately the only Fry's in the state had none in stock (and presumably no plans to get more). You could do online order I suppose, but I'd much rather order from Amazon.

The rebate will cover two if ordered at the same time.

Viper GTS

 

[edplayer]

If true, that is a bigger drop than I was expecting but good. We need a price war. Prices have been creeping up for a long time now. Mid-range used to be considered videocards at $200 or less. Now they are up to $239. Some people were speculating the new 560 would be in the $250~300 range. That's silly.

Also, if true, it should compress all of AMD's videocard prices.

I think that AMD's move is a preventive counter attack against the GTX 560. Seems that AMD doesn't know how it will perform, hence will release the HD 6870 OC edition in the best case scenario or the HD 6970 1GB in the worst case scenario, either way they offer a lot of power for such low price, specially the HD 6970.

Outside of Nvidia and anyone that was given a sample by them, AMD should have a better idea of what kind of performance it will have. Better than anyone on this forum, better than Anand and Kyle. They design videocards, duh! They may not know how it will perform in every game down to the tenth of a frame, but they have a VERY good idea.

 

[happy medium]

So all this talk of the 560 being faster than the 470 is at lower resolutions right? I just ordered a pair of reference 470's from Amazon. I knew the 560 was incoming, but at $220 apiece after rebate for the 470's I decided there was no better value for 2560x1600 performance.

I'm still thinking I did OK, but questioning myself a little.

Viper GTS

I think you did OK, If the gtx560 2gb comes out for $250, that would suck though.The 560 series should have better sli scaling also then the 470.

If the gtx560 is quiet, low powered, runs cool,scales better in sli, and overclocks like a champ like I think it will,that would suck.

But what are the chances of that happening? :whiste::thumbsup:

 

[Castiel]

I think you did OK, If the gtx560 2gb comes out for $250, that would suck though.The 560 series should have better sli scaling also then the 470.

If the gtx560 is quiet, low powered, runs cool,scales better in sli, and overclocks like a champ like I think it will,that would suck.

But what are the chances of that happening? :whiste::thumbsup:

I thought the 470 already had great scaling :biggrin:

Hate this bullshit that we can only SLI 560's and 6870's. I want 3 way god damnit

 

[happy medium]

I thought the 470 already had great scaling :biggrin:

Hate this bullshit that we can only SLI 560's and 6870's. I want 3 way god damnit

Last round,the gtx 460 had the best scaling, then the gtx470/480, then the 5000 series was last.

I suspect the gtx560 will have 90%+ scaling like the gtx460.

I guess 3 way sli would kill gtx595 sales.

 

[Castiel]

Last round,the gtx 460 had the best scaling, then the gtx470/480, then the 5000 series was last.

I suspect the gtx560 will have 90%+ scaling like the gtx460.

I guess 3 way sli would kill gtx595 sales.

They need to actually release a 595 for it's sales to be killed