Testing:

The ASUS GTX 560Ti will be tested against an eVGA 550Ti, eVGA GTX 460, eVGA GTX 275, and a XFX ATI Radeon HD 6750. All cards will be tested at default settings, while the ASUS GTX 560Ti will also be overclocked for these tests.

The following tests will be run for each of the video cards listed above:

» Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
» Unigine Heaven 2.5
» Windows 7 Experience
» Resident Evil 5
» F.E.A.R. 3
» Call of Duty: Black Ops
» Crysis 2
» Thermal Testing
» Power Consumption

3D Mark Vantage (Performance):

3DMark Vantage is one of the most popular video benchmarks. The benchmark will be run in both Performance and High mode, of which we will take a look at the GPU and 3DMark score; the higher score is better.

The Performance test is run at a 1280x1024 resolution, with the standard settings. When looking at the GPU test, the ASUS GTX 560Ti outperformed the previous generation GTX 460 by nearly 16%, while the overclocked settings the gap increased to 21%.



For the total score, the difference in scores was wider. The ASUS GTX 560Ti performed 20% better than the GTX 460, and 27% better when overclocked. Overall, the ASUS GTX 560Ti received almost a 45% better score then the ATI HD 6750, which received the lowest score.