Test: MSI GTX 560Ti - 448

Konklusion

Innovation/Teknologi - 3
Chippen er muligvis ny, men den bygger som sagt bare på den chip der findes i 570, og den er efterhånden lidt gammel. En ny generation grafikkort er på vej fra både AMD og Nvidia, så jeg vil ikke give mere end 3 point.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 3
Med kortet følger der alle de adaptorer stik og nødvendig software, man kunne få brug for under installation, dog ingen spil. Med den fornuftige og gennemsnitlige bundle lander vi på et 3-tal.

Design/Layout - 5
Lad mig endnu engang opsummere køleren er effektiv og kan fint køle chippen, som aldrig når over 70 grader selv ved massivt overclock. Hele kortet oser af kvalitet og jeg syntes stadig at designet er vildt flot. 5 point, intet mindre.

Software - 5
MSI's Afterburner software er logisk nok perfekt til at overclocke kortet, og giver mulighed for at kontrollere volt. En trænet abe kunne lave et godt overclock på dette kort, og det er kun køleren, der holder det tilbage. Driverne er stabile som vi kender dem fra nVidia. 

Ydelse - 4
Den nye chip yder som forventet og ligger sig lige mellem 560-Ti og 570. Det er ved overclock den virkelig skinner igennem og med næsten 200 MHz ekstra på coren, overhaler kortet et GTX-580 i 3DMark. Dette overclock krævede dog en del ekstra volt på coren, noget MSI glædeligt tillader i Afterburner, men som måske ikke kan lade sig gøre på andre kort. 

UK summary

MSI has done a good job on this card, the cooler is all about quality and the design is just perfect. The only improvement is that they could have made a back plate to cover the circuit board, and such a detail would have put the icing on the cake. The cooler itself has no trouble cooling the chip, not even by an overclock of nearly 200 MHz. The cooler is very quiet even under load, but it can be heard under the right circumstances, and I think that it would have been better with some larger blades of the fan. The extra power in the 448-core chip places the card straight between 560-Ti and 570, so you would think that it was the the way to go, but that is determined by the price.

Innovation/Technology - 3
The chip may be new, but it is based on the chip found in 570, and is now a little old. A new generation graphics cards are coming from both AMDI and Nvidia, so I will not give more than 3 points.

Bundle/Accessories - 3
Along with the card comes all the connectors, adapters and required software, you might need during installation, but no games. With the sensible and average bundle we land on a 3-figure.

Design/Layout - 5
Let me once again summarize the cooler is effective and can easily cool the chip, which never reaches above 70 degrees even at a massive overclock. The entire card oozes of quality and I still think that the design is insanely beautiful. 5 points, no less.

Software - 5
MSI's Afterburner software is perfect to overclock the card and allows you to check volts. A trained monkey could do a good overclock on this card, and it's just the cooler that is holding it back. The drivers are stable as we know them from nVidia.

Performance - 4
The new chip performs as expected, and places itself equally between the 560-Ti and 570. It is by overclocking it really shines through and with almost 200 MHz extra on the core, it even performs better than a GTX-580 in 3DMark. This overclock required, however some extra volts on the core, something MSI happily allows Afterburner to do, but that might not be possible on other cards.

Price - 3
The price of the card is DKK 2070, - so it's cheap compared to other 448-core graphics cards but this price puts it only within DKR 200, - range of a cheap GTX 570. You get, however, a super cooler and plenty of room to overclock so we land a 3 points.

Test: MSI GTX 560Ti - 448

Innovation / Teknologi	3
Bundle - Tilbehør	3
Design - Layout	5
Software - BIOS	5
Ydelse	4
Pris	3
Samlet	76%