I have had the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512mb for some time and as new games come out it was starting to get a bit outdated. So i saved up some money and got this card, and what a card. it has run every game i own on full settings getting >60 fps on most and even >120 fps on some older games.
I will list a few of the FPS rates i got with this card, so will list my system specs first.
My System:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 with Service Pack 1
Processer: Intel® Core(tm) i5-750 Processor 2.66GHz(3.2GHz Turbo)
Motherboard: ASRock P55 Pro
RAM: 4GB (2x 2GB) Kingston DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II OC 1GB DDR5
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ 1TB SATAII 7200rpm
PSU: 700W CiT ATX Black edition
Monitor: Acer X203 20"
Unless over wise stated, all readings are from a resolution of 1600by900 with settings on highest they possibly can and with vsync disabled.
Games:
Grand Theft Auto IV: 61.96fps
GRID: 135fps (ranged from 110 during massive crashes to 150 but was normally 130 to 140)
HOMEFRONT: 60fps (Directx11)
Far Cry 2: 59.51fps (Directx9), 81.81fps (Directx10)
Mafia 2: 31.2fps(PhysX Highest), 66.9fps(PhysX Off)
Left 4 Dead: 80fps to 180fps depending on location and number of infected.
Left 4 Dead 2: 60fps to 160fps depending on location and number of infected.
Battlefield Bad Company 2: 50fps to 90fps, average of about 60 to 70fps
This card has performed very well and for the price its a bargain.
One piece of advice, this card comes with some free utilities, DO NOT install the GamerOSD it will cause your driver to work poorly and the result will be you have to re-install the driver each boot. In contrast the Smart-doctor utility is a very good piece of software allowing you to control fan directly as well as set up fail-safes and various overclocking features.
With its dual fans this card is cool and quite.