ASUS GeForce GTX560 Ti 448CORE Directcuii 732MHZ 1280MB 3.2GHZ GDDR5 HDMI DVIX2 DP PCI-E Video Card

Comment:
Bought this on boxing day (299$) for my new rig without doing enough research before... Nice packaging and stuff, biggest video card I've ever seen. Installation was tricky as I struggled to get it in. It's so long that the right end of the card or resting against my HDD bay and I thought my case would be big enough (Coolermaster Haf 912). Card is so heavy that it sags, so I had to tie it up. Not sure if that's supposed to be like that, but I sure dont like the sight of a $300 piece of hardware all twisted up. Runs pretty quiet as far as I know. Seems like cooling on that video card is not an issue. I haven't overclocked it yet but I'd feel pretty confident that the dual fans & airflow setup could handle quite a bit. Graphics are quite amazing. Running BF3 at max settings in 1080p and WOW. I've noticed some glitches (weird polygons appearing once in a while) but could be due to the game itself? FPS is excellent for what I've paid (at least I think), but I think I need a little bit more.Conclusion: I should have waited and bought a better model (570 or 580) and a double slot one more SLi friendly. This card is so big that I'm not even sure if I could physically fit a second one for a SLi two way setup. Also for that price range, I think it may be worth spending a little bit more for a 2-3GB video card, even though most games aren't using much more that 1GB right now, it's always good to keep the future in mind. I do recommend this card, but if you have the extra cash, go for the GTX570 (or GTX580 when the prices come down a bit).