October 21, 201114 yr Every day i wake up my Overclockers basket creeps up £10 or so. It read £637 monday it now reads just on £700. I can't be doing with that, i know i should have bought it monday but until i am sure i want the parts, i can't My question is what is the difference between the 2 items in the links. Both seem the same other than the price and make (PNY opposed to Asus) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS and http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNY-nVIDIA-GeForce-GTX560Ti-Graphics/dp/B004XFS47E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1319220876&sr=8-3 I don't mind ordering individually to get the best deal, but ordering as 1 would make delivery easier of course. My system which is due for delivery on the 27th October 2011 Intel i5 2500k 4.5ghz Asus GeForce GTX560ti 1024mb GDDR5 Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Corsair Vengeance Blue 8gb 1600mhz Seagate Baracuda 500GB 6GB/s 16mb Cache Cooler Master Elite case Cooler Master hyper 212 CPU fan G7 780w PSU - I know i need to upgrade this! 32" BEKO HD LCD screen FSX Acceleration + UTX, GEX, REX, GenX VFR UK, all UK2000 airports, Mogwaisoft Shade, many Aerosoft Major Airports And... PMDG's 744X Queen of the skies. Total outlay about £1500. Next i intend on getting a good Yoke and peddles.
October 21, 201114 yr They're essentially the same, but the PNY has been overclocked to 900MHz compared to 830MHz on the ASUS. Judging by the looks of it, the ASUS seems to have better cooling. Personally, I would actually recommend the MSI version as it has been OC'd to 880 and the Twin Frozr cooling system is generally as good as any third party heatsink you can get. There won't be much difference in FSX performance between the three cards, but you definitely don't want to buy something that's going to tend to overheat. If you don't want to pay for the OC, you might try the non-OC'd version of the MSI. Corey Meeks FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W
October 21, 201114 yr Just to be sure, try deleting all the cookies in your browser and create a new shopping cart from scratch to check you're getting the same total. Cheers, - jahman.
October 22, 201114 yr I know the triple slot DirectCU 2 is better than twinfrozr ii but I am not sure about dual slot DirectCU 2. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
October 23, 201114 yr I know the triple slot DirectCU 2 is better than twinfrozr ii but I am not sure about dual slot DirectCU 2.Is that an opinion or a fact? Andrew Dixon"If common sense was compulsory everyone would have it but I am afraid this is not the case"
October 23, 201114 yr From sources I have seen fact, but it also just looks cooler in my opinion. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
October 23, 201114 yr Between the DirectCU II and the Twin Frozr II, it seems from this comparison that either one performs very well. The takeaway is that the DirectCU II is lighter and cools slightly better at lower fan speeds. The Twin Frozr II cools slighter better at higher fan speeds. I feel the triple slot would be a little unnecessary for a GTX560. This thing isn't going to put off near as much heat as a 580 and it's not worth losing another PCI slot to it. Corey Meeks FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W
October 24, 201114 yr If you're never gonna really think about an SLI config, go for the twin frozr, but for a single card I don't think the ASUS one can be beaten for it noise. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
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