EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Classified (448 Core) P/N 012-P3-2068-KR

[alostpacket]

As an aside, when did EVGA start doing all these evil mail-in rebates?

Honestly that's the one thing that could cause my fanboyism over them to end.

 

[NYCHitman1]

As an aside, when did EVGA start doing all these evil mail-in rebates?

Honestly that's the one thing that could cause my fanboyism over them to end.

As long as I could possibly remember they have been doing the evil MIR's. When's the last time you bought a EVGA card? lol.

 

[alostpacket]

2009 >.> I dont remember seeing MIRs oh well lol

 

[johnlgalt]

eVGA does MIRs all the time. I opted for the card I started the tread with b/c it was the classified version, and it has dual fans - keeps the GPU a helluva lot cooler than a single.

I think I'm having an issue though - the new ME3 is not using DX11, IIRC - might it be b/c I'm using a 260 for PhysX, which is not Dx11 ready?

 

[alostpacket]

Ya my 260s don't do DX11, but they seem to run ME3 without a problem. I think all the settings are on high, but lemme check.

(1920x1200) 2x GTX260s

yeah, in game settings all high, but there are only 2 settings lol
AA: on/off
Dynamic Shadows: on/off

 

[johnlgalt]

Just like in Skyrim, I think there are hidden settings in .ini files that you can tweak for making things better.

I just figured that it would opt for Dx11 over 9 on my system, so I'm am going to do some digging around and see.

 

[alostpacket]

Ah yeah. Well My RAM arrived so I'll be messing with that some. Really I think my biggest bottleneck is my HD. =\ I was getting 7.5-7.9 on most windows experience scores except my HD which was still stuck at good ol 5.9


SSDs are so expensive though.


Nuy yhis card still seems nice. Maybe I will look at the 580s and 590s over the new few months though. I think the next thing I am putting money towards is definitely going to be an SSD.

 

[johnlgalt]

If you opt for a SATA II SSD, you'll get a majority of the performance without taking a major hit to the wallet. I've got the IBM X25-M Gen2 80 GB SSD, connected (for no reason other than that is the way I set it up) to my SATA III connector. It provides no real obvious benefit that way, since the drive is a SATA II only, but even when I have it on a regular SATA II port my HD WEI is the exact same - 7.7.

In contrast, even with the 560 TI, my WEI graphics scores are only 7.1. I wonder if that is because I'm using the 260 for PhysX...but WEI only looks at the primary video card, which is the 560....

 

[johnlgalt]

OK, lol, correction. Apparently I had not run the WEI Assessment after buying this card.

New WEI - much more acceptable, except the processor - Seriously? Only a 7.6 from the behemoth 965 in this system?