Conclusions

The board proposed by PNY is found to fit all needs, whether for HTPC because of its low noise, relative low power and low temperatures, either for gaming, with respectable performance.

The use of the reference cooler, while it can be seen as a lack of a more performer heatsink, on the other hand has been proved a successful choice. The temperatures recorded surprised us, a sign that Nvidia, finally was able to adequately manage the potential of the Fermi chips without having to run into temperature problems. The fan used is very good: during our testing has never reached full capacity and was always very quiet. The management system is well calibrated and the fan's RPM increases only when strictly necessary.

From the performance point of view, although there are no significant differences compared with reference version, the GTX 560 OC2 allows you to fully enjoy all the latest games, even using a Full-HD resolution. The frame rate has never dropped below 35FPS, even when using the current killer applications such as Metro 2033.

The PNY GTX 560 Ti XLR8 OC2 can be found at 200 €, a price justified by factory overclocking, but not from the reference cooling system. At that price, in fact, you can find video cards with far more efficient non-reference coolers.

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PROs:

• Excellent performance
• Well-managed factory OC
• Possibility of further overclocking
• Good cooling system

CONs:

• High Price

Thanks to PNY for giving us the card subject of this review.

Giovanni Abbinate

Translated by Marco Comerci