14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA should get around to officially releasing the non-TI GTX 560 card in a few hours, but it looks like at least one, or in this case two cards have been detailed and pictured a bit early.
On a market where watchers never forget to keep an eye out on what they know should be released soon, leaks and rumors always abound.
As such, even though an official launch might not have happened, many products usually get unveiled and detailed.
For graphics cards, this is especially likely to happen, since any stock AMD or NVIDIA model is bound to be customized by their partners, so there are more people that can leak some info or a photo to the web.
In this instance, it is MSI that enabled the consumer base to feast their eyes upon the graphics adapter that NVIDIA will formally launch in a few hours.
More to the point, Micro-Star International has prepared two boards, one that maintains the stock clocks and another that has them higher than usual.
Speaking of reference specifications, the N560GTX Twin Frozr II has the GPU running at 820 MHz, while the shaders (336 CUDA cores) and memory (1 GB of GDDR5 VRAM) are clocked at 1,640 MHz and 4 GHz, respectively.
It also has a mini HDMI connector, besides the DVI ports (two of them), while greater compatibility with displays is allowed by the bundled DVI to D-sub adapter and the mini HDMI to HDMI one.
Meanwhile, the N560GTX Twin Frozr II OC has the core clock set at 870 MHz, while the memory and shaders operate at 4,080 MHz and 1,740 MHz, respectively.
Other specifications include a memory interface of 256 bits, 32 ROPs and, of course, the source of the newcomers' namesake, the twin Frozr II, dual-fan cooler.
Stores should already be listing the N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC for about €214.12, which is the rough equivalent of $380. It remains to be seen what sales will look like, knowing that the price gap with the GTX 560 Ti is just €9.16 (S$16).