Confirmation that the GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 Cores will not be heading to Australian stores.
You may have noticed a bit of a buzz focused around a new GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU that has been unveiled by NVIDIA. Called (we kid you not) the GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 cores, this GPU sits between the standard 560 Ti and the high end GTX 570.
Not that it matters for Aussies. Wondering why reviews were flowing overseas yet we hadn’t seen any information, we got in touch with NVIDIA about the status of the GPU. The answer is that its ‘limited’ tag applies to region as well as supply, with an NVIDIA spokesperson letting us know that “The GTX 560 Ti with 448 core GPU will not be available in the Asia Pacific region.”
The most interesting thing about these new cards is that they use the GF 110 GPU rather than the GF114 that is found on standard GTX 560 Ti cards. This points to the chips being originally destined for the GTX 580 or 570 product lines, but failing to make it through the binning process. This is much like last year’s disappointing GeForce GTX 465 was a cut down GTX 470.
Unlike the GTX 465 the GTX 560 Ti with 448 Cores seems to deliver pretty nice price/performance. Of course, the only way to get your hands on one is ordering from overseas – they won’t be appearing in retail stores in our corner of the land.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012