Club 3D GeForce GTX 560Ti Green Edition Graphics Card Review

Being the first card we’ve had from Club 3D, we didn’t know what to expect, and when we hear wording such as “Green Edition” we instantly end up slamming our heads onto the desk as it’s normally a bunch of marketing hype that never leads to anything and just gives false promises. Luckily the GTX 560Ti isn’t one of those products that promises the earth and doesn’t deliver as it simply does.

Performance wise we see some great potential coming from the card, across all benchmarks including the games and specialist benchmark tools such as 3DMark 11 and Unigine Heaven. The card states that it’s a “Green Edition” but that doesn’t mean that performance is hindered in any shape or form and that’s a big bonus, as it shows that they’ve put a lot of thought into the card by making it more efficient, but keeping a close eye on the performance aspect at the same time.

Speaking of the card being a bit of a tree hugger, this was evident when we look at the power consumption, falling to around 100 Watts on idle and only just over double that when put onto load. This will lead to a more efficiently running system, and will in turn save you money. We’re not talking thousands of extra notes in your pocket at the end of the year, but as they say “Every little helps” and that’s exactly what this card set out to do first and foremost.

The Cool Stream cooler showed some good potential for a small card and gave some great results considering how the card performs. Generally for a card of this performance, we’d expect a twin fan solution like we’ve seen on Asus and MSI equivalent cards, but this manages to do it all but with a lot smaller footprint.

Due to Club 3D still being quite limited in terms of their UK presence, we hope to see them gaining a larger UK market. Due to this reason, their is no RRP in the UK, but other countries, mainly in the EU should have no problem purchasing this card.

The bottom line is all about the card being power efficient, and it truly is. It runs quietly, uses relatively low amounts of juice to get it going and keeps temperatures cool at the same time. Whilst it does all of this, it also performs extremely well compared to the AMD equivalents and also performs very closely to cards that are around £100 more to buy which is a great selling point for Club 3D and Nvidia. Club 3D really have put a lot of thought into this card and it’s certainly an interesting concept and one that we believe will be welcomed by a lot of users.