Sparkle X560 Ti DF Calibre Review
Far Cry 2 and Metro 2033
Published: 7th November 2011 | Source: Sparkle | Price: £170 |
Far Cry 2
The rather creaky old Far Cry 2 gives us our first taste of the Sparkle card not quite being on a par with a GTX570, but it's still a far way ahead of the reference design. Whilst the difference between 57FPS (reference) and 65 FPS (Sparkle) might not seem like a lot, it's enough to make VSync a usable option and the difference in visual quality that VSync makes certainly is reason enough to champion the Calibre.
Metro 2033
Easily the most impressive performance from the overclock we achieved comes in Metro 2033. A game which is renowned for being limited in single GPU scenarios gives us a decent result with the card in out-of-the-box shape, but once again we pass the stock GTX570 when overclocked. There is nothing this card cannot do.
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Looks like Sparkle have done a good job, I never knew of them until now tough.
Nice review Tom. Sparkle did a brill job on this 
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.Good written review 
ive said it before and ill say it again...the GF 104/114 is the best gpu to date period!!! the 460 was brilliant and the die shrink made it even more so!!!
this is a GORGEOUS card......if they make a 580 like this instead of the arctic cooling triple fan one......im in.....ill sell my 6970's is a second!!!!!!!
and you know what.......it's at this point id like to send a big middle finger to the exec's over at nvidia.....no tri-sli on the 560Ti is a DAMN shame!!!!!!
this is a GORGEOUS card......if they make a 580 like this instead of the arctic cooling triple fan one......im in.....ill sell my 6970's is a second!!!!!!!
and you know what.......it's at this point id like to send a big middle finger to the exec's over at nvidia.....no tri-sli on the 560Ti is a DAMN shame!!!!!!
Sparkle are a solid brand, very goods cards, i still got a AGP Sparkle Radeon 7000 in my old AMD rig and its still working
Nice review by the way
Nice review by the way
nice review tom!
look inside? standard vrm arrangement?
look inside? standard vrm arrangement?
Check out the linky to the Calibre Web Site - the ones on offer here have slightly different design and COOOOOOOL PURPLE fan blades!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
But where do you get them
Seems like thats a million dollar Q!
Amazon US has the ones reviewed here (currently out of stock) but whether you can get shipping to UK..............
Only "official" supplier doesnt have the reviewed version OR the Purple Blade version on the Calibre Site (incidentally clock speeds are even higher than the one reviewed 1ghz out the box)
So guess the only way to find em is troll the web or perhaps ebay...
Amazon US has the ones reviewed here (currently out of stock) but whether you can get shipping to UK..............
Only "official" supplier doesnt have the reviewed version OR the Purple Blade version on the Calibre Site (incidentally clock speeds are even higher than the one reviewed 1ghz out the box)
So guess the only way to find em is troll the web or perhaps ebay...
You didn't take the cooler off. Is this a reference PCB or not? I'm going to assume it is since it bares the nVidia logo on the PCIe steppe.
Looks like a solid card though. I'm really happy Sapphire isn't exclusive to ATi these days.
Looks like a solid card though. I'm really happy Sapphire isn't exclusive to ATi these days.
tried ordering one online... you just need to find a company that sells sparkle stuff and then ask em for this card
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nice review tom! look inside? standard vrm arrangement? |
Isn't that what I just said...
The good news there is that a waterblock is available for it.
The good news there is that a waterblock is available for it.
The factory OC is awesome and the price makes it a brill card indeed.
Saphire = Sparkle??? - Thought they were seperate companies (not even an offshoot like Asus/ROG) as far as im aware (but if im wrong "stands corrected" in the corner with a big hat with D on it!!!!) 
GeForce GTX 560 Ti (PCI-E 2.0)- Core Clock:1000 MHz/Memory Clock:4800 MHz - Stream processors:384 - Memory: 1024MB GDDR5 (256bit) - DVI x 2/Mini HDMI x 1
Bring back the PURPLE fans I say
GeForce GTX 570 (PCI-E 2.0)- Core Clock:772 MHz/Memory Clock:4212 MHz - Stream processors:480 - Memory:1280MB GDDR5 (320bit) - DVI x 2/Mini HDMI x 1
http://www.calibrestyle.com.tw/index.asp
GeForce GTX 560 Ti (PCI-E 2.0)- Core Clock:1000 MHz/Memory Clock:4800 MHz - Stream processors:384 - Memory: 1024MB GDDR5 (256bit) - DVI x 2/Mini HDMI x 1
Bring back the PURPLE fans I say
GeForce GTX 570 (PCI-E 2.0)- Core Clock:772 MHz/Memory Clock:4212 MHz - Stream processors:480 - Memory:1280MB GDDR5 (320bit) - DVI x 2/Mini HDMI x 1
http://www.calibrestyle.com.tw/index.asp
Those purple fans look pretty funky .
.I wish i had bought this card, because i'm thinking of WC'ing my GPU, but gotta wait until the new AMD/NVID GPU's arrive
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Isn't that what I just said... The good news there is that a waterblock is available for it. |
fixed it now ;D
Such a big jump from the 6850 to a 560OC, that's my next upgrade decided.
anyone know where this can be bought in the UK?
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