Coinciding with the NDA lift on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560, Gigabyte announced its enthusiast class Overclock Edition graphics card based on new the GTX 560 GPU.
The new Overclock Edition replaces the reference design’s cooler with Gigabyte’s own WindForce 2X variant, which they claim reduces the noise of the card under full load to 31db. Further, the heatsink used direct heat pipe technology, which means that the heat pipes that carry heat away from the GPU and into the fins physically contact the GPU itself. Both fans produce 30.5 CFM of airflow to quickly dissipate the heat of the overclocked GTX 560 GPU, Gigabyte was able to clock the card at a 830 MHz GPU clock and a 4008 Mhz memory clock from the factory. Gigabyte claims to improve overclocking capability by 10% to 30% thanks to it’s "Ultra Durable" copper PCB technology and power switching enhancements.
The full specification of the GeForce GTX 560 Overclock Edition are as follows:
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Model Number | GV-N56GOC-1GI |
Core Clock | 830 MHz |
Shader Clock | 1660 MHz |
Memory Amount | 1 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Memory Bus | 256 bit |
Card Bus | PCI-E 2.0 |
Process Technology | 40 nm |
Card Dimensions | 43mm (h) x 238mm (l) x 130mm (w) |
Power Requirements | Minimum 500 Watt PSU required |
DirectX Support | 11 |
Outputs |
1x HDMI and Display Port via adapter(s) 1x mini HDMI 2x DVI 1x VGA (via adapter) |
Gigabyte is a popular motherboard manufacturer for enthusiasts and it seems that they are striving to gain that same level of consumer brand loyalty with their graphics cards. Do you have a Gigabyte graphics card in your rig?
Just bought this card (from
Just bought this card (from anther dealer) great card, great price, way better colors than my Radeon HD 4xxx, I didn’t even know that was possible but the colors are much better, everything is better.