14 DAY TRIAL // Zotac is getting ready to launch yet another heavily customized graphics card, this time based on Nvidia’s GTX 560 Ti design, that will feature a non-standard PCB with a 9+3 phase power and an in-house developed cooling system.
Its new creation will be called the GTX 560 Ti Extreme Edition and one of its most distinctive features is the in-house developed three-slot cooler that features no less than six thick copper heatpipes from drawing the heat away from the GF114 core.
According to the company, this can dissipate between 250W and 300W of heat, and is seconded by an aluminum heatspreader that covers most of the printed circuit board (PCB) as well as the memory chips and VRMs of the card.
Speaking of the PCB, this now features a taller design to accommodate the 9+3 phase PWM, 9 phases being used for the GF114 core while the remaining three are for the memory chips.
In addition to the increased phase count, Zotac has also installed tantalum filter capacitors to minimize the card's ripple and noise as well as a 3V 1000uF FPCAP decoupling capacitor to quickly respond to changing current demands.
The 8 memory chips installed on the Zotac GTX 560 Ti Extreme Edition, that total 1GB of video buffer, work at a default 1100MHz (4400MHz data rate), while the GPU is clocked at 950MHz, according to Expreview.
To put things in perspective, the stock GTX 560 Ti has its graphics core running at 822MHz, while the VRAM is designed to operate at 1002Mhz (4008MHz data rate).
As it's usually the case with high-end graphics cards, Zotac's creation features a complete list of output interfaces, including a pair of dual-link DVI ports, an HDMI connector and a full size DisplayPort output.
The Zotac GTX 560 Ti Extreme Edition hasn't yet received a firm shipping date or price.
