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Palit 2gb gtx 560 vs EVGA GTX 560

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#1 ·
which is better and is palit a good company to buy from? i run at 1920 1080 res btw.
 
#8 ·
Palit is very reliable and they get my vouch for them since they gave me my GTX 465 for free. Their cards also overclock very high.
 
#13 ·
The 1GB GTX560 won't be limited by VRAM at 1080p. Either brand is fine, really. It just comes down to price, design and who you'd prefer to deal with in the event something is borked.
 
#14 ·
I upgraded from 2 way KFA2 8800gt 512mb to a PALIT NE5X56T01142-1041F GTX560 and 1 of my KFA2 8800gt ded to physx.
screens are 46" 1920x1080 & 2 22" 1680x1050
But I do always like cranking up AA AF to 32x while keeping 30+ fps and adding SAO.
Where I wasn't able to have more then middle range AA 8x AF 4x and ambient occlusion off in Just Cause 2 over my 2 way I've been running since '07.

GTA IV I am no longer ram limited, I haven't folded on my new card yet. I'm a little weary 'bout temps (amb is now 15.5º vs 1.6º C) and removing 3 fans, and not connecting a thermal sensor to warn when gpu temp > 80ºC. My KFA2 has open copper to attach to where the Palit is enclosed in plastic.

If your not folding or want max AA AF SAO etc 1gb should be fine.
I have 3 of my possible 4 displays.
HTH
 
#15 ·
The only reason I'd get the 2GB version is if I was planning on getting two of them someday. 1GB is definitely plenty of vram for a single 560 setup.

There's nothing wrong w/Palit, they are actually a very large and reputable company. TBH I wouldn't be remotely surprised if it were the case that evga and palit cards weren't made in the exact same factory in China
 
#16 ·
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Wait, so do i need2gb of ram or not, someone explain who isnt gonna ster me the wrong way

1gb is fine for you currently under the current gaming list. 2011 does seem to be very big for games and gaming advancement. I would buy the 2gb simply because you may want to go to 3 screens in the future, or you might prefer ramping up the eye candy current/future games, and for future proofing. as games begin to take advantage of dx11 more, we will see an inevitable rise in vram usage. it's only a matter of time before 1gb is something that stops being the bar for 1080p. Also if you trade the card in the future, you will be able to sell the 2gb to more people than the 1gb due to more want/need for a good deal on a used 2gb card. plenty of pluses for going 2gb.

Palit is a very good company that is really good on helping the gaming community's wants and needs.
 
#17 ·
wait, i was going to go 3 screens, so 2xgtx 560 1gb cards wont be enough? Also is anyone other then palit coming out with a 2gb gtx 560? I might even splerg for sli 570's, but will sli gtx 560 be enough for 3screens maxed out settings on newer games coming this year?
 
#21 ·
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Sorry for not being able to answer your questions but I also want to get the Palit 2Gb model. How well does the card overclock and will the VRAM allow me to turn up all of the GTA IV settings (draw/detail distance, car density, pedestrian density) on 100?
YES, the only way to max out GTA 4 is with a 2GB card. That is the bottom line. There is a few videos of people with GTX 285 2GB cards running GTA 4 fully maxxed out at 1920x1080/1200 on youtube, and it looks AMAZING!! And this is why I have held off playing through GTA 4 until I could get my hands on a 2GB card, as it is a totally different experience playing GTA 4 with everything maxxed out. I want to say that Stories from Libery City is the same way as GTA4, as you need a 2GB card to run it maxxed out.

-- As for the question about Palit cards. Palit if the parent company between Palit and Gainward. And while I could buy Gainward cards here in the states I did. This was back in the Geforce 3, 4 era. But, then for some reason Gainward just went *poof* in the states. Now, I see that they are selling Palit cards in the states. And Palit cards are identical to the Gainward cards. So, they are solid cards. I would buy a Palit card over a MSI,Gigabyte, or Asus. Mainly due to the fact that I'm old school like that and those 3 companies are mobo makers
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But, I have owned at least 6 Gainward cards through out the years. Never had an issue with any of them. Either on air or water.

++ One BIG advantage for the Palit GTX 460 and 560 cards (768MB,1GB,2GB) is that they ALL use the same PCB design. So, they have the 2.3"(58.4mm) x 2.3"(58.4mm) mounting holes. This allows you to mount up either a pre-09' Swiftech MCW80, or a Danger Den Maze 4 or Maze 5 without any type of mods. And also allows for a great deal of G92 based aftermarket HSF units to be mounted to these cards.

-- The VRM doesn't have a heatsink on it for any of the variations of Palit cards. Even though, I have seen and read about the Palit GTX 460 1GB SONIC having a VRM heatsink. However, I know for a fact that all of the 460 and 560 pcb's have holes for mounting up a heatsink to cover the VRM. And this IS something you want with either a 460 or 560.

I personally was looking at the Palit 460 2GB card, but now for only a few bucks more I can get the Palit 560 2GB card.

I game at 1080p, I know that many say that 2GB isn't needed. However, when the cost is so low between 1GB and 2GB and now between a 460 and 560 with 2GB, I would rather not regret spending the little extra now so that I have 2x the Vram later if I need it. It isn't like we can just buy more modules and stick them onto the card.

Also, CUDA can utilize that 2GB of ram and in theory would be 100X faster when caching larger work loads like working in Photoshop or Premiere. And I know for a fact that the extra 1GB of Vram will help with creating x264 using DVD Fab.

I remember the same thing back in the day with the ATI 9800 Pro 256MB cards. And before that with 64MB vs 128MB. It is always the same story and the bottom line is if you can afford the upper end then get it. It is always better to be safe than sorry, as you never know what is going to come out tomorrow, or what new software is going to do something new that you want to do.
 
#23 ·
I have some Gainward cards from years back, OC'd for years, and guess what... there still going strong...

What were they replaced by you may ask?

2 Palit Cards in SLi of course!

Very strong cards, very little issue, but like one poster who will be rep'd said, the vrm's need to be cooled, especially if you plan to WC the gpu with a universal block to keep big oc's for long periods of time.

While Palit may not have much in the way of advertising, they do seem to have A LOT of street credit for being true to the Gainward quality. Although it is a little strange to have a Nvidia card on a red pcb!


As far as ram goes, best to pick what you think will be best for your application and how much texture quality (size) you plan to use while gaming. Would probably need to see some benches that focus on ram size to really see what difference (if any at all) the size makes.
 
#25 ·
2GB will be and can be used, but most likely not by the people that say that 1GB is enough for 1080p.

But, for "general people" they are better off with the 1GB of Vram. For those of use that like to push it and use mods and increase texture details, then the 2GB versions are for us. Especially if you use any type of CUDA application and do more than just game with your video card(s).
 
#26 ·
im considering a GTX560 also... i will be going up to a 1920x1080/1200 res screen at some point, and and going for multiple monitors is always possible, in fact probable. its either 2x 560 or a 580, both are ~$500 worth of GPU.

i am certainly going to do SLI 560s if i go 560s. i think having 2gb of Vram would be best for this, 1gb isnt enough for the GPU power SLI 560s puts out. 2x 560 1gb are faster than a GTX580 so i will have the GPU power to turn up the eye candy and AA, so i want the Vram to support all the eye candy and AA in the world.... i think the 560 2gb SLI is the best for this. more Vram for AA and such at higher resolutions in new games (crysis 2 or warhead, metro 2033/2034, battlefield BC2, battlefield 3)

i would love to get 2 of these palit cards, get Vram and VRM heatsinks and put the GPUs under water and OC the crap out of them! this setup should easily pull away from a GTX580, even if it was heavily OC'd


Source: Widescreen Gaming Forum

this is a GTX460 1gb running out of video memory in the Crysis demo (they forgot the rename the X-axis, its supposed to be Vram in MB). the GTX460 2gb has plenty of memory (600mb left) and at 1920x1200 the 2gb card gets ~30% more FPS because its not Vram limited.

other, less-intensive games will be fine at 1920x1080 with 1gb. but if you want to play crysis or Metro at 1920x1080 or above, more than 1gb is probably the best.
 
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