In the near future I intend to buy a GTX560ti card for my current build. Although I am not sure which is best bang for buck. It will be powering a 22" 1080p monitor and a 19" 1280x1024 one too, but I'll only be gaming on the 1080p one. Also the other side Xmas I plan to buy a second one to go with an i5 build I'll be doing and running them in SLI. Still one gaming monitor. I was initially planning on getting the MSI Hawk, but they seem to be quite rare that when they come up for sale they are gone again quite fast, and I am sure I could push a twin frozr II OC to Hawk levels of performance with a bit of tweaking. So I can't see the extra £30 being worth it, if I was gonna spend £30 more I'd go for the 2GB MSI version. But what about directCU II and TOP cards what are their advantages?
Not that I have anything against ASUS, I loves my 4850, but why should ASUS get the extra £2 over MSI? Does the DirectCU II perform better then the Twin Frozr? Are the cards notably different in performance? Heaven forbid it dies who is better for RMA and CS?
I <3 the twin frozr stuff, biased because i own one ? Maybe. Cant say you would be unhappy with either tbh.
The ASUS is cheaper and performs faster than the MSI. Currently under £180 from dabs.com with a code for the new batman game!
If you want more choice then Friday tends to be the day SCAN have a selection of Nvidia cards discounted.
Im running the 560ti TwinFrozrII. Cant fault it, runs every game I own at max settings (Shogun 2, Metro 2033, EVE Online) and not a hint of slowdown. If you can find it cheap online I highly recommend it. Looks nice too.
Another vote for a Twin Frozr - not that I know the Asus isn't as good, but I was mightily impressed with the Twin. I haven't heard a whisper from it since installing it in my machine, which is the important part to me.
Novatech have the 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC for £184 (with Batman), cheaper than Scan if you take into account delivery.
Free delivery on all orders over £49.99 at nova too , pretty sure its next day as well. http://www.novatech.co.uk/deliveryuk.html
The MSI seems to be quite popular. I think I'll go for the Twin Frozr II/OC. I am sure when I get the second card with the new computer after Christmas it'll be truely beasty