Product ReviewsMSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) N560GTX-Ti Hawk Video Card
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 Rating: Review Date: 12/07/12  |
Cons: According to MSI Afterburner, runs rather hot (especially the memory). To get the temps down, have to increase the fan speed. Beyond 50%, fans become more audible. 60%+ becomes almost annoying.
Pros: Nice factory OC. Performs well. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/22/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: Not noisy. Good performance. Comment:
Got it on sale. Can handle most games of this time. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/26/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: Nicely manufactured, solid performance Comment:
At $169.99, this is a very affordable decent graphic card. Good card for budget gaming build. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/11/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: Fast CheapNice Quality Comment:
I like msi over the others because its better quality and it looks way nicer, its metal casing and not cheap plastic. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/06/12 |
Cons: No stickers XD
Pros: Performance surpassed my expectations, Fan noise didnt exists, and installation was easy. Comment:
Excellent card. Keeps up with the latest games , even on high resolutions with a little afterburner boost :)The sound of the fan isn't noisy at all, idle is around 26 degrees and hits 40 when running a game. Sometimes 50-60 depending on the complexity.Install was a breeze and i would recommend it to anyone. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/04/12 |
Cons: The Mail in rebate is especially impossible to do with this one....
Pros: Exactly what i needed for the occasional gaming Comment:
The card works great and handles everything ive thrown at it!Note that the mail in rebate is even more impossible to do! :S |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/09/12 |
Cons: Assez énergivore pour une carte de cette gamme.Ventilateur relativement bruyant lorsque la carte est sollicitée.
Pros: Très bon prix lorsqu'en solde à 179.99$ - 20$ de rebate.Performante pour le prix payé.Bon manufacturier et bonne construction.Bon système de refroidissement. Comment:
J'ai acheté cette carte pour mon deuxième système pour jouer sur un écran 22" avec une résolution de 1680x1050. Cette carte est encore assez performante pour passer tous les jeux du marché avec de bons réglages. Pour le prix payé c'est toujours une bonne affaire à comparer aux cartes concurrentes AMD. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/27/12 |
Cons: gets toasty and loud
Pros: Extremely fast and will out perform a 570 on its own and when in sli will destroy a 580 Comment:
amazing looks, performance and price point, very satisfied, thanks for making a great card msi |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/29/12 |
Cons: damn red LEDs
Pros: FAST and can OC it further! rocking BF3 right now! Comment:
I wont need to get a new GPU for a LONG time with this card! plan on oc it to 1000 and winning! |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/14/12 |
Cons: -it gets loud at high temperatures-you need a good, ventilated case for optimal performance
Pros: -looks awesome-very high ability to tweak-handled all games I've thrown at it beautifully Comment:
Easily overclocked past even stock settings, great mid ranged card, especially if its on sale.The noise is slightly distracting, but barely audible with in-game sound basting through headphones. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/22/12 |
Cons: N/A
Pros: works great, fast and silent, great gaming performance. Comment:
bought this card at advertised price in store, so far it works perfect, scores 7.9 for WEI.Would suggest buying it if the price can go down a little bit. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/10/12 |
Cons: HotNoisy
Pros: FastRun great in SLI Comment:
Got a pair of these, ended up buying a new case for better airflow and spacing. Even still these things run hot, and loud. Not gtx 470/480 loud bit still loud.I've replaced the thermal paste, and even lowered the voltage by 12mV. I have seen ppl with these cards that run much cooler, i could have got a hotter running pair, it happens.Despite all that these things are beastly, running everything i throw at them. I just hope i don't have to buy a pair of Icy Visions to tame the temps and noise. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/04/12 |
Cons: none so far.
Pros: works great on sli and so far can run any game i throw at them on ultra settings. Comment:
I bought two of these 4 months ago and have them setup as SLI and never had any problem with any games (bf3, skyrim, total war shogun 2) all on ultra settings. Just make sure to modify fan speed-temp settings with a good airflow case to get the most out of them. good thing i went with my instincts and bought the last pair back then! highly recommended! |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/09/12 |
Cons: none so far
Pros: Fast - Runs all of my games at ultra settings Comment:
Ive owned this card for a little over a month and so far its knocked down every game I've thrown at it with the exception of Battlefield 3. This card will run BF3 at Ultra settings in 1080P with smooth fps (60 or higher). When I enable Anti aliasing Deferred the fps drops by a noticeable amount (Not sure on the exact % or number) The game is still playable, just not nearly as smooth with the setting off. That being said I would like to say that there is very little difference between the setting on and off in terms of visuals.Got the card for $200 which makes this an absolute steal. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/02/12 |
Cons: -Had serious driver issues for more than a month (solved)
Pros: -Crazy fast performance (w/ either one or two cards in SLI)-Solid construction-Good looks-runs cool Comment:
Bought two of these and put them in SLI. Ran great for a while but be careful when installing or getting new drivers because they can easily become corrupted. This is what happened to my setup and for about a month the graphic cards would just crash every 15 minutes. Uninstalled my cards, re-installed them, used a 3rd party driver cleaner and downloaded the 285.62 drivers. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/29/11 |
Cons: none at all
Pros: extremely powerfulrock solid Comment:
I consider MSI's graphics card to be the best. Their cooling is amazing. It's basically a twin frozr 3 card on with a twin frozr 2 price and the performance is the same. The last thing i have to say is this card is AMAZING |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/13/11 |
Cons: Ok it does collect dust, but it's a lot easier to clean than the old 260's. So this con really turns out to be a pro.
Pros: Quiet compared to 2 BFG GTX260OCE cards.A lot cooler as well.More than twice the performance of both of the 260's.My passmark performance is unmatched till the 580 comes in, which is double the price. Mine scored over 3,600 with the intel i7 2600K. Comment:
Outperforms a 570 and a lot cheaper.Runs cool at idle and under load. Mine rarely passes 65°c.Runs any game on the market today at above normal settings without breaking a sweat.Software gives lots of control over fan speeds and overclocking.Looks great doing nothing ;).I waived my free games for a great pricematch.Quiet compared to older single fan high performance cards.I am so pleased with my setup that I am going to upgrade my son's rig to match mine instead of giving him my hand-me-downs.This card topped it off where quality, price and performance meet. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/04/11 |
Cons: None
Pros: Quiet Highly controlabledependableastheticsprice Comment:
I have owned this card for 6 months now and have not had a single problem with it. Stays fairly cool under load and idle. Plays any game in high to ultra high settings that includes Call of duty black ops, Call of Duty 4, Just Cause 2 and any other new game. The only problem I have now is the bottle neck from my CPU and Memory so I am in the process of upgrading board and chip. The current chip and board is Asus Maximus Formula and Intel Q6600 with 8 gigs of DDR 2 1066 Memory. all in all I consider the MSI cards rock solid and high performance, run these in SLI and you would have a rockin gaming rig. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/26/11 |
Cons: THE FANS ARE LOUD!!!! D: (but I knew that in advance)
Pros: Price/performance ratio. Build quality. Excellent cooling. She's a looker. Comment:
No regrets with this card what-so-ever. Like everyone else says, runs everything I throw at it full tilt.Next time I upgrade it's extremely likely to be another MSI Hawk.What I play right now with full settings: Splinter Cell Conviction, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Medal of Honor, Hard Reset, Serious Sam HD, Gatling Gears & Renegade Ops. Fan doesn't even kick in for these games, Battlefield, however, is another story. ;) |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/07/11 |
Cons: non
Pros: Great price,Fastgreat cooling Comment:
plays all the latest games at high settings. Great looking card |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/30/11 |
Cons: need a lable for the fan speed switch, and no sli bridge :P
Pros: Great build Quality, excellent proformance, great price Comment:
Great Card upgraded from a 5770. Run BF3, Crysis 2, and Cod 4, Mw 2, GTA 4 amazingly. Definitively kills a ref 560tt. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/13/11 |
Cons: none
Pros: Factory OC, TWIN FRZR 3 Comment:
This card is amazing. It runs everything I throw at it. I upgraded from a 460 and hope to play the next gen games that come out such as bf3, i'm sure it'll handle it without a problem |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/02/11 |
Cons: N/A
Pros: Card is very well designed. The cooling is fantastic. 1 GB GDD5 and 950 MHZ. Comment:
This card is FAST with plenty of memory - The cooling is fantastic. High-End games are no problem with this one. Quality and prize are awesome. In fact, I've ordered a second one ;-) |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/31/11 |
Cons: Puts out a fair bit of heat and is a dust magnet.
Pros: Extremely good cooling system keeps it at low temperatures at full load and at idle. Comment:
Factory overclocked to 950mhz, this card is an absolute value for what you pay. It can handle all my latest games at very playable frames per second, including starcraft 2, crysis 1 and 2, BFBC2, etc. Looks very good and its massive heat pipes look beast! |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/29/11 |
Cons: Make sure your second 6-pin is ready when your about to install it :P
Pros: Powerful, great base OC, Quiet and cool Comment:
Having upgraded from an MSI GTS 250 OC, I immediately saw the value of upgrading.Playing SC2 & WoW at 1920x1080 ultra/maxed out, I felt it deserve a better go to see the power. I purchased Crysis 2 out of sheer curiosity, 1600x900 on hardcore graphics and runs smoothly no drops nothing. Will try to push it to 1920x1080 see if it still handholds properly.Running a AMD Phenom2 x4 965 BE on an MSI M4A87TV board, 8gb of ram, WD black 500gb. performs like a charm |
If you want a good card with a nice factory OC, then this is a good choice. Of course, with the high clock speed, you have to accept some level of noise from the fans. In my case, I just never expected the fans to be as loud as they were when they went above 50%. The cooler does an OK job of cooling, but it's certainly not stellar on this card... maybe because the OC is reaching the high end of what the 560Ti GPU can do, it really needs a 3 fan solution in order to do any better. Memory cooling could be better as well.However, for what I used to test the card (FoldingwHome) the load was probably much more than would be encountered in every day usage or gaming, so take my criticisms with a grain of salt.