ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Video Card Review

By Bill Hentschell August 25, 2011

The Test System

The test system we used for the ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top card has seen a few upgrades since the last hardware that tried to prove itself. We are still running an Intel i5-2500k ‘Sandy Bridge’ quad core processor running at stock 3.3 GHz, 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 1600 MHz memory, 700 Watt OCZ PSU, and a Seagate 7200 RPM 500 GB hard disk. The first upgrade to the test bench was the addition of an OCZ 100GB Vertex Limited Edition SATA II SSD drive to run Window 7 Professional 64-Bit SP1 with all the updates.

The second and more significant upgrade was the addition of a Dell U3011 30″ flat panel display to really see what this ASUS card can do at 2560 x 1600 resolution.

We also used a NVIDIA reference GeForce GTX 560 as a comparison in all the benchmarks so you could see what the extra 15% overclock provided.

ASUSGTX Front

Both cards were tested using the latest Forceware 280.26 WHQL drivers that were just released on August 9th and provides many new fixes.

The ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top also had the bios flashed to the new 560 5.26.2011 update that ASUS said improved both the performance of the card and adds a better fan profile to provide a better balance between cooling and noise.

ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II Top ENGTX560 details:

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500k	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 B3	Click Here
Memory	Corsair Dominator 4GB 1600 MHz	Click Here
Video Card	Asus ENGTX560 TI DCII TOP	Click Here
OS Hard Drive	OCZ Vertex Limited Edition100GB SATA II	Click Here
Storage Hard Drive	Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB	Click Here
Cooling	Intel Stock Cooler	N/A
Power Supply	OCZ Technology ModXStream Pro 700W	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit	Click Here
Display	Dell U3011 30" LCD 2560 x 1600	Click Here

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