(Tested and Burned) ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Review
ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DC2 TOP review index
- Page 1 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Presentation
- Page 2 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Features
- Page 3 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: OpenGL Tests
- Page 4 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Direct3D Tests
- Page 5 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Gaming Tests
- Page 6 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Power Consumption and Overclocking
- Page 7 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Conclusion
4 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Direct3D Tests
4.1 Unigine Heaven (DirectX 11)
OpenGL tests have been finished on Unigine Heaven, what a better transition than starting Direct3D tests with Unigine Heaven 2.1, this time using the Direct3D 11 render path.

Settings: 1920×1080 fullscreen, tessellation: normal, shaders: high, 4X MSAA, 16X anisotropic filtering.
| 47.9 FPS, Scores: 1208 – EVGA GTX 580 SC |
| 47.6 FPS, Scores: 1200 – ASUS ENGTX580 |
| 42.9 FPS, Scores: 1081 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| 41.6 FPS, Scores: 1048 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| 39.4 FPS, Scores: 991 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| 38.8 FPS, Scores: 979 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 DC2 |
| 38.3 FPS, Scores: 966 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| 36.6 FPS, Scores: 921 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| 34.5 FPS, Scores: 868 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| 26.8 FPS, Scores: 674 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| 25.9 FPS, Scores: 653 – ASUS EAH6870 |
| 25.3 FPS, Scores: 637 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| 25.6 FPS, Scores: 646 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 |
| 16.6 FPS, Scores: 419 – MSI R5770 Hawk |
| 12 FPS, Scores: 301 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| 9.8 FPS, Scores: 247 – ASUS GT 440 |
4.2 3DMark11 (Direct3D 11)
3DMark11, Furturemark’s new Direct3D benchmark (see here for more details: 3DMARK11: New Gamer’s Benchmark for DirectX 11 is There (+ Big Pictures)), has been added in Geeks3D’s benchmarks suite for graphics cards reviews.

3DMARK11 Entry mode (1024×600)
| E8463 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| E7931 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| E7598 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| E7481 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| E7287 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| E7137 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| E6957 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| E6837 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| E6692 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| E6285 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| E6206 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| E5270 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| E4166 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| E3030 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| E2204 – ASUS GT 440 |
3DMARK11 Performance mode (1280×720)
| P5947 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| P5253 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| P5174 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| P5119 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| P4980 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| P4887 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| P4627 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| P4521 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| P4284 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| P4235 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| P4188 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| P3251 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| P2648 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| P1868 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| P1303 – ASUS GT 440 |
3DMARK11 Extreme mode (1920×1080)
| X2020 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| X1812 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| X1717 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| X1672 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| X1651 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| X1594 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| X1565 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| X1565 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| X1518 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| X1415 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| X1399 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| X947 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| X875 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| X573 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| X393 – ASUS GT 440 |
4.3 NVIDIA Island Demo: Tessellation (Direct3D 11)
NVIDIA Island demo is a D3D11 demo focused on, what a surprise, tessellation!

Settings: windowed (default size: 1280×720) and default params (tess factor: 12).
| FPS: 58 – EVGA GTX 580 SC |
| FPS: 57 – ASUS ENGTX580 |
| FPS: 49 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| FPS: 46 – EVGA GTX 480 |
| FPS: 41 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| FPS: 34 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| FPS: 25 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| FPS: 15 – Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 |
| FPS: 13 – ASUS EAH6870 |
| FPS: 13 – Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 |
| FPS: 13 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| FPS: 11 – ASUS GT 440 |
| FPS: 11 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| FPS: 10 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 DC2 |
| FPS: 10 – MSI R5770 Hawk |
| FPS: 9 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
4.4 NVIDIA Direct3D 11 SDK: SSAO
The SSAO demo features real time screen space ambient occlusion. This demo is included in NVIDIA Direct3D 11 SDK.

Settings: 1920×1018 windowed with default settings.
| FPS: 206 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| FPS: 185 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5850 |
| FPS: 61 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DC2 TOP review index
- Page 1 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Presentation
- Page 2 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Features
- Page 3 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: OpenGL Tests
- Page 4 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Direct3D Tests
- Page 5 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Gaming Tests
- Page 6 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Power Consumption and Overclocking
- Page 7 – ASUS GTX 560 DC2 TOP: Conclusion
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