Thursday, March 31st 2011
NVIDIA Readies Non-Ti GeForce GTX 560 To Ward Off HD 6790 Threat
NVIDIA is readying a new SKU based on the GF114 GPU: the GeForce GTX 560, to help strengthen the company's competitiveness against AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6790, and probably higher SKUs in the HD 6800 series. Next week, AMD will unveil its Radeon HD 6790 SKU, which will compete with the GTX 550 Ti, and probably seat itself in the market somewhere between the GTX 550 Ti and GTX 560 Ti. It is this gap that NVIDIA is looking to fill.
The GeForce GTX 560 is said to have 336 CUDA cores enabled (same configuration as the GF104-based GTX 460 1 GB), 56 TMUs, 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface holding 1 GB of memory. The thing that sets this SKU apart from the GTX 460 is going to be clock speed and overclocking potential, which is known to be higher on GF11x GPUs in general. Unlike HD 6790, there's no set launch date for the "non-Ti" GeForce GTX 560. Tentatively mid-April or early May.
Source:
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The GeForce GTX 560 is said to have 336 CUDA cores enabled (same configuration as the GF104-based GTX 460 1 GB), 56 TMUs, 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface holding 1 GB of memory. The thing that sets this SKU apart from the GTX 460 is going to be clock speed and overclocking potential, which is known to be higher on GF11x GPUs in general. Unlike HD 6790, there's no set launch date for the "non-Ti" GeForce GTX 560. Tentatively mid-April or early May.
14 Comments on NVIDIA Readies Non-Ti GeForce GTX 560 To Ward Off HD 6790 Threat
:shadedshu
hmm, so AMD oust HD6790 for GTX550Ti.
Now nVidia oust GTX560 fo HD6790.
so AMD oust HD6795 for GTX560??
Nvidia and AMD are really going at it these recent generations, i can't wait to see what 28nm chips bring for us.
These will probably end up smoking 460's with higher stock clocks, and a whole heap more oc-ing potential on the core and memory
If you might have been curios, you would have found out JUST how much they are the same silicone. Changes are minute. With GF104, the changes was i think the power circuitry to help with higher clocks... thus GF114
i know they are (as specs go) identical, but it is still a different GPU and hence not a rebrand. from the sound of it a GTX560 would easily be preferable over a 460, losing some SPs should make it even more overclockable than the Ti at the same voltage.
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gotta admit for staying on the same fab process, it,s a decent refresh.
I'm not trying to troll Nvidia or anything just call things with their real names. Don't get me wrong the 560ti and the 580 are amazing cards albeit too pricey for my blood.
I digreess however a crapload more changed on AMDs side than Nvs, but my only original point is it is not a rebranded GTX460, its a different GPU.... technically ;)