Limited edition GeForce 560s launched: review round up
Graphics vendor NVIDIA has launched a limited edition version of its sub-£200 GeForce GTX 560Ti card, which features more shader cores and a wider memory bus than a standard version. It’s not entirely clear how limited the production run is – although the card won’t be on sale in all regions – but the GeForce GTX 560Ti 448 Edition is available from today, and reviews are appearing across the web.
Zotac, Inno3D, EVGA, Palit, Gainward, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI will all have their own spins on the 560Ti 448 for sale, with prices starting at around £240/$289. That compares to about £180/$240 for a standard GTX 560Ti, the likes of which we recommend in the current PC Gamer Rig.
Should you grab one while you can?
Nvidia beta drivers boost Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham City
Here’s a quick heads up for anyone running an Nvidia card. New GeForce 290.36 Beta drivers have been released that add ambient occlusion support for Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3. Screen flickering and triangular artifacts in Battlefield 3 should also be fixed by the new drivers, and Nvidia recommend the update to Batman: Arkham City players. The update streamlines PhysX support, so players experiencing performance problems in Arkham City might want to give this a download.
The Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3 ambient occlusion settings can be turned on via the Nvidia control panel. You’ll find instructions on how to enable the advanced shadowing effect on the Nvidia site where the new beta are now available to download. You’ll find the full release notes below.
NVIDIA increase profit forecasts
Well here’s a turn up for the books. Amid plummeting stock prices and warnings of double dip recessions, NVIDIA’s shares rose by 18% during after hours trading on the NASDAQ yesterday, after the company’s quarterly financial report came out.
Maximum PC review: EVGA GTX 470 SC
Our compatriots over at MaximumPC.com have given outstanding marks to Nvidia’s newest mid-range graphics card, which trounces the Radeon HD 5850 in most tests.
“Built on a cut-down version of Nvidia’s high-end, DirectX 11 GPU, this card posted eyebrow-raising benchmarks, pretty much putting it into a class of its own.”
Click here to read the full review and benchmark tests.
