GTX 470 out performing a 560 Ti

[nightly1029]

So, Some time ago I upgraded an 8800 to a GTX 260. The video card was okay, But not impressive. My brother soon after upgraded to a GTX 470. We both ran Furmark tests, And my 260 got very low frames, And his 470 held itself really well. I ended up upgrading everything in my computer, Including buying a GTX 560 Ti. I chose the 560, Because on the Tomshardware charts it claimed to be towards the top for what my price range was. I just pieced this thing together, And was so excited to try it out, Just to see some GTX 470 get better frames in a Furmark 1080p test. Anybody care to explain why it performs so well? (Neither were overclocked)


TL;DR: Why is the GTX 470 better than the 560 Ti?

 

[wintermint]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/311?vs=330
http://www.hwcompare.com/8868/geforce-gtx-470-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti/#bandwidthExplain

You should be getting better performance. I think you need to clean out your old drivers. Install something like drive sweeper or whatever driver cleaner is available out there from sites you can trust of course and then try again. You should also update to the newest driver if you haven't already. I would clean out the previous ones first though.

 

[mightymaxio]

Because it has more Vram a higher bus which is 320 bit vs the 560's 256 bit which means it can access more vram at once. And it has a higher count of unified shader processors although in synthetic benchmarks the 470 gtx might be higher but in games the higher clocked 560 would be higher in most games except GTA 4 which requires a ton of Vram.

 

[nightly1029]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/311?vs=330
http://www.hwcompare.com/8868/geforce-gtx-470-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti/#bandwidthExplain

You should be getting better performance. I think you need to clean out your old drivers. Install something like drive sweeper or whatever driver cleaner is available out there from sites you can trust of course and then try again. You should also update to the newest driver if you haven't already. I would clean out the previous ones first though.

It's on a fresh install. New hard drives, New RAM, Processor, PSU, Video card, Mobo, Everything. All I've installed on the new operating system are my motherboard and video card drivers, Along with Furmark, EVGA Precision and Speedfan. I literally built this computer at 3 AM last night with a fresh Windows 7, So the drivers are definitely up to date. The 470 is running on a computer with worse RAM, Lower CPU, and a computer that hasn't been reformatted in months. If there's anything else it might be, Please let me know. I feel like this computer can do more.

Edit: On the charts it looks like the 560 Ti is just about on par with the 470. Why did I even bother buying a 560? >:\