Gainward Phantom GTX570 Review
Test Setup and Overclocking
Published: 17th January 2011 | Source: Gainward | Price: TBC |
Test Setup
Gainward Phantom GTX570
Intel Core i7-950 @ 4GHz
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
Muskin Joule 1200w
6GB Mushkin Redline
Noctua NH-D14
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Overclocking
Unfortunately the Gainward doesn't come with any method of upping the voltage on the Phantom and therefore the overclocking capabilities are limited. Either Gainward are saving this for a Golden Sample card, or hopefully there will be a "Extreme" or similar version of this card because the lack of voltage tweaking really hinders the ability to overclock.
As it was we managed to get another 75MHz out of the Core on top of the 18MHz increase it comes with. This obviously gives 150MHz on the Shader speeds, alongside another 25MHz out of the GDDR5.
So how does this gorgeous new cooler design control the temperatures? Very well indeed is the answer.
We see a maximum temperature of 64°C which is impressive enough, but even better is the way in which it obtains it. The reference design GTX570 is pretty quiet even under load, but the Gainward Phantom is not only cooler, but even when it's having to speed the fans up to keep the card cool it's unnoticeable from when it's at idle.
If your desire is to hear yourself think while gaming then the Phantom definitely has you covered.
Most Recent Comments
I won't one the look is ossom. 
That's some proper cooling its lets say ossom 
nice review again Bryan
nice review again Bryan
What setting did you use Tom on Metro 2033?
Is it just me or was this designed specifically to match the Gigabyte P67A-UD7... they would look so sexy together 
Man That card is quite sexy, Great review I was laughing Most of it! Gainward needs 2 start selling in the US 
lolz
lolzNow that is one fine looking card, shame it takes up 3 PCI slots, so I don't think you'll be able to run it in 16x/16x SLI on the UD-7.
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Now that is one fine looking card, shame it takes up 3 PCI slots, so I don't think you'll be able to run it in 16x/16x SLI on the UD-7. |
What does bryan mean by less standard ways of increasing the voltage? Does it work for the gtx580
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What does bryan mean by less standard ways of increasing the voltage? Does it work for the gtx580 |
What do the fans sound like when you crank them to 100%? Even though you probably wouldn't need to, but some of us might live in warmer climates and with global warming you never know 
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Some cards dont have Voltage tweaks enabled in the back end bios of the cards, but there are ways around it. We dont normally touch these in reviews but both thought we would find out how far the card would go if we did. |
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How do you bypass that? Maybe you could make a guide or something? |
Anyway, good looking card but the performance is somewhat disappointing. I had higher hopes for the 570 considering its price.
Any idea when the rough ETA for this card is?
Would make a tastey silent addition to the D14 i have on the way.
Would make a tastey silent addition to the D14 i have on the way.
The conclusion says it was a bit nip and tuck between it and the ref 570... Well from what I was reading it frequently lost out to the reference model which it has absolutely no reason to do especially with it's factory overclock.. It's small but none the less there and should be beating the ref in every test.
If this card ends up costing much more than the ref model then there is no point in buying it.. Your card will run cooler but will dump all the hot air in to your case. The card looks good, but when installed, all you can see through a window is the black edge and Gold Gainward name.
With no voltage tweakage allowed by the bios and no meaningful factory overclock this card seems a bit poo to me.
People go on about waiting for the non ref designs for cooler cards to allow a little more overclocking headroom but this doesn't offer anything like that and clocks less than the ref card for what I expect will be a price premium. It might be quieter, but my 570 runs as good as silent.. My PSU is louder.
Unimpressed.
Good review as always guys.. Just a shame Gainward didn't put a better version of the bios on the card with higher clocks and some voltage allowance.
Edit: Just finished watching the video.. I'll take some of that back as if you can edit it in the beta of Afterburner then that's just as easy as opening any other software to do it.
Out of curiosity, what was the max Afterburner allowed on the voltage? 1.1v?
If this card ends up costing much more than the ref model then there is no point in buying it.. Your card will run cooler but will dump all the hot air in to your case. The card looks good, but when installed, all you can see through a window is the black edge and Gold Gainward name.
With no voltage tweakage allowed by the bios and no meaningful factory overclock this card seems a bit poo to me.
People go on about waiting for the non ref designs for cooler cards to allow a little more overclocking headroom but this doesn't offer anything like that and clocks less than the ref card for what I expect will be a price premium. It might be quieter, but my 570 runs as good as silent.. My PSU is louder.
Unimpressed.
Good review as always guys.. Just a shame Gainward didn't put a better version of the bios on the card with higher clocks and some voltage allowance.
Edit: Just finished watching the video.. I'll take some of that back as if you can edit it in the beta of Afterburner then that's just as easy as opening any other software to do it.
Out of curiosity, what was the max Afterburner allowed on the voltage? 1.1v?
So it begs the question The GTX570 or the ATI 6970?
Inquiring minds want to know......
Inquiring minds want to know......
This does give me high hopes for the gainward GLH gtx 570
Still the 570
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Originally Posted by timby
So it begs the question The GTX570 or the ATI 6970? Inquiring minds want to know...... |
You can also remove the price TBC
http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase17.5&prodID=B566551
unless this is a lie which it could be.
http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase17.5&prodID=B566551
unless this is a lie which it could be.
looks really nice
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Originally Posted by Delusion77
looks really nice |
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So it begs the question The GTX570 or the ATI 6970? Inquiring minds want to know...... |
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If you're going to go with two cards or more 6970, since it scales better. But for just a single card 570 all the way. |
Wouldn't necessarily trust them as they always seems to quote low to get the traffic through Google shopping searches then when you click check stock, they are 80% of the time out of stock.
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You can also remove the price TBC http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase17.5&prodID=B566551 unless this is a lie which it could be. |
Ummm TTL, I've never seen you drooling so hard... mebbe you should play Crysis BEFORE you strip sexy cards..? You owe me a KB by the way.. ROFLMAO!
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Wouldn't necessarily trust them as they always seems to quote low to get the traffic through Google shopping searches then when you click check stock, they are 80% of the time out of stock. |
Ahh fair enough.. £30 premium for the cooler which isn't bad I guess if it actually helped.
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Ahh fair enough.. £30 premium for the cooler which isn't bad I guess if it actually helped. |
I have one of these. It's alright, unlocking voltages can be done with the new afterburner beta.
3gb 580 version looks like a beast
3gb 580 version looks like a beast
I have this card and I'm fairly happy with it, 36c idle, 64c load, nice temps. The fan is nearly silent up to 50%
On 100% fan speed, it sounds like an hair dryer
On 100% fan speed, it sounds like an hair dryer
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I have one of these. It's alright, unlocking voltages can be done with the new afterburner beta. 3gb 580 version looks like a beast |
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