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On that techspot review, they are reviewing a 2GB 650Ti, so its faster but not a fair comparison to the 1GB 560Ti.
And I wouldn't worry about the 128bit memory bus, as it can communicate at 86.4 GB/s, which is much slower than the 560Ti at 128.3 GB/s.
However that is irrelevant, because the i5 3570k can only process memory at 25.6 GB/s, so the i5 will be your limitation not either video card.

And specs wise the 650Ti's texture fill rate of 59.2 billion/s vs 560Ti's 52.5 billion/s, it doesn't tell the whole story, but can be important.
Some of this comes from the increase in cores, each core can process a pixel at a time, so with 768 vs 384 it can process 2x pixels each cycle.

I don't think it will blow away a 560Ti, but even it turns out equal, but running at almost 1/2 the power consumption its a good deal.


Sorry ryoder, I don't see the whole mac vs pc thing being an argument any more. Because macs are just intel machines like most others, and I have been able upgrade cpu's, memory and video cards like anything else in my pro, just like standard pc's for a long time.
Even my mac book pro laptop has something most people cant comprehend... An external PCI box attached through my express card 34 slot.
Village Instruments : ViExpress Box
When I get my new mbp 15 retina next week I will be ordering the new thunderbolt external pci version

We all have our choices on OS, and that can be an argument, but not the hardware.
Almost every CIO I consult with, is offering an alternative to windows in their enterprises.
My last company did, my new company does, and almost the entire fortune 100 does. So lets not start an irrelevant war.