Overclocked BD

Nowadays, BD gamers should be proud that latest hardware's are arriving quite early. Even a year back, new hardwares had to be imported personally from India or other countries. But be glad to know that BD market has flourished and recent cards such as Nvidia GTX 550ti, (released in March 2011) and 560, 560ti, 570, 580's are available, and for ATI fans there are HD 6850, 6870, 6950 and 6970. However deciding to buy one takes a lot of thinking as you want the best performance in your fixed budget.

Although ATI cards are more popular in BD as it provides good performance at low budget, the market is full of good Nvidia cards. Brand such as Gigabyte, ASUS and MSI are most available, with their range of GT210, GTS450, GTX550ti, GTX560, GTX460, GTX560ti, GTX570 and the exotic GTX580, offering Nvidia cards to users at any budget.

If your budget is 20k up, (considering you already have a 500watt gaming PSU) and you are thinking about getting an Nvidia, you can opt for the new GTX560. At 22000/- (Gigabyte GTX560 SOC), its a very good card. Scores of GTX560 in 3DMark Vantage and game benchmarks are quite good. So most games should run at good frame rate even at high graphics. However, there is also the GTX560ti. Released before the 560, the 560ti comes with better texture and pixel fill rate. So if u can pay a little more, you could get the 560ti, keeping in mind that it requires 170watt of 12.2v running current, where as 560 needs 150watt.

Whether the 560ti is worth the extra few bucks, is for you to decide. Because both the cards are built on the GTX500 chip. Both are 256bit cards with 128.256 GB/sec of memory bandwidth. The extra pixel and texture doesn't produce a noticeable difference. What you should actually look for is what brands provide better cooling at a faster, overclocked GPU and memory clocks among ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte.