I saw you PM'd me so I figured I'd post some findings on the 560 Ti in your thread as well as give my take on CPU bottleneck.
CPU as bottleneck is not really an issue if you're playing on 1920x1080 or lower. Even if you have a phenom II or an older I5 or even I3...it won't hold you back to 60 frames per second gaming for many years. Just make sure that the CPU is 3 ghz or higher (overclock slightly if you have to) as a lot of older games utilize single or dual cores only. Where CPUs do hold you back is if you want to do benchmarks and have to render something at 150 frames per second (3DMark for example)
I have my Phenom II 940 overclocked to 3.8 ghz (from 3.0) using a pretty good aftermarket air cooler and its been stable and solid for 2 years now. It absolutely handles all my needs (3 monitors, 3D vision) so there is no reason for me to upgrade yet.
However if you are buying a brand new CPU and want to make your machine "futureproof", there is only one option right now...sandy bridge i5 2500K. That CPU runs neck and neck with the more expensive I7 CPUs when it comes to gaming and in blows AMD chips out of the water. Its not even that much more expensive than AMD, who really have to step up their game these days.
As far as the 560 Ti I purchased, it is absolutely awesome. Single one will max out Crysis 2 with occasional dips to 50 frames from constand 60. In SLI, they run maxed out crysis 2 on 3 monitors at 1080p at 40-50 fps. The gigabyte version I bought gives a 570 a run for its money since they are factory overclocked to 950mhz. My buddy bought a stock PNY one same day cause it was 20 bucks cheaper (cheapskate! :) ) and his overclocks to 940 mhz before things start going whacky, so even the stock versions have good overclock potential. Asus Direct CU, MSi 560 Ti GTX Hawk and Gigabyte Superoverclock are the ones to look for if you're looking for a GTX560...
Just be aware of the new GTX560 minus Ti...it is not the same card as Nvidia released a downgraded version.
