As you know, GeForce GTX 560 Ti proved to be faster in most gaming tests than its direct competitor, Radeon HD 6870. But the latter hasn’t yet said its final word. Today we are going to see ASUS HD 6870 DirectCU fighting against GeForce GTX 560 Ti for the ultimate win.

NVIDIA’s new mainstream graphics card, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, has disrupted the market. Priced at $249, which is a mere $10 more than the official price of the Radeon HD 6870, it has left no chance to AMD’s Barts-based products. Moreover, it has proved to be as competitive as to challenge the Radeon HD 6950 across a number of games although the latter card comes from the $300 category.

But are things really as bad as they seem for AMD? Well, not quite. First of all, the company has responded to NVIDIA’s attack by cutting prices for several Radeon HD series products. Particularly, the Radeon HD 6950 with 2 gigabytes of onboard memory now costs $289-269 instead of $299 and AMD’s partners have also begun to offer this card with 1 gigabyte of memory for $259. The Radeon HD 6870 is now priced at $219 instead of $239, too (see this news story for details). AMD suggests that the latter two products are going to be an appealing alternative to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

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