nVidia GTX570 Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 7th December 2010 | Source: nVidia | Price: £284+ |
Introduction
With the last generation of Fermi cards from nVidia we, until the release of the MSI Lightning and Gigabyte SOC, felt the cut-down models actually were the choice models in the line-up. All of the performance with little of the drawbacks they were an ideal choice.
The revised range-topping GTX580 model from nVidia fixed all of the faults of the GTX480 and absolutely wowed us with its immense performance, cool temperatures and comparitive silence.
In feature terms it gives us everything we could ask for except of course for the rather serious price-tag. So with that in mind nVidia have launched their first reduced model in the GF110 range, the GTX570, and that's what we're having a look at today. Does it give us all the class-leading performance of the GTX580 without the divorce-inducing price-tag, or is it compromising too much to be worthy of consideration.
Technical Specifications
Contrary to previous middle-range versions of the premium cards, the GTX570 hasn't been trimmed back much at all. 480 Cores rather than the 512 of the GTX580 might seem a downer, but when you consider this is the same as the GTX480 it appears this is as powerful as the GTX480 was when it appeared on the scene, but with the improvements nVidia have given the GF110 when compared to the GF100 Fermi.
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Now look what you have gone and done. You have made me reach for my wallet....Quote
i think i am in love 
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lolQuoteFits right where we expected. I would have liked to have seen 470 results in there as well because I am sure a lot of people will be trying to decide between the lower priced 470 and the new-kid-on-the-block 570. Nice review though. I hope nVidia can keep on this path of winning cards for awhile. It will be interesting to see what AMD fires back with at the $350 price range.
How early did you get 3DMark 11?Quote
How early did you get 3DMark 11?Quote
Tom what would you recon is best, a 580 gtx overclocked or 2x MSI 460 GTX Hawk overclocked?
And will you do a review of the MSI 460 GTX Hawk?Quote
And will you do a review of the MSI 460 GTX Hawk?Quote
I saw the AMD 1100T review and thought to myself, the 570 review is bigger news, is Tom on crack?
Great review again.
No point to do a 460 GTX Hawk review, its a great card, its got a better cooler than reference and arguably can handle over voltage without issue. Honestly, I'd go and pick up a 570 before I dropped money on a 2x GTX 460 Hawk configuration.Quote
Great review again.
No point to do a 460 GTX Hawk review, its a great card, its got a better cooler than reference and arguably can handle over voltage without issue. Honestly, I'd go and pick up a 570 before I dropped money on a 2x GTX 460 Hawk configuration.Quote
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I saw the AMD 1100T review and thought to myself, the 570 review is bigger news, is Tom on crack? Great review again. No point to do a 460 GTX Hawk review, its a great card, its got a better cooler than reference and arguably can handle over voltage without issue. Honestly, I'd go and pick up a 570 before I dropped money on a 2x GTX 460 Hawk configuration. |
But i guess that was wishful thinking
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Fits right where we expected. I would have liked to have seen 470 results in there as well because I am sure a lot of people will be trying to decide between the lower priced 470 and the new-kid-on-the-block 570. Nice review though. I hope nVidia can keep on this path of winning cards for awhile. It will be interesting to see what AMD fires back with at the $350 price range. How early did you get 3DMark 11? |
Had 3d11 for the first launch before we were asked to stay quiet for the 'patch'Quote
looking on HWbot it needs another patch for SLI scaling so i also need to sort that out later?Quote
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Originally Posted by khorngor
Guess ill just pick up a single 580 then rather than 2x 460, just figured that overclocked 2x 460s would do near identical preformance for a 100£ less. But i guess that was wishful thinking |
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/12/02/geforce_gtx_580_vs_460_1gb_sli/3Quote
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
We havnt really tested a 470 and the fact it kills a 480 should be enough for you to use your noggin. |
. It wasn't for us regulars here, but I can see the threads already, "What's better, 570 or 470?" It also helps people to decide if the extra performance justifies the extra premium or not.Quote:
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Had 3d11 for the first launch before we were asked to stay quiet for the 'patch' |
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Trust me to be busy 
What a card eh? Good to see though that the temps are the same as mine, though mine probably makes three times the noise
Thanks as ever for the review Thomas, top stuff
ED. OCUK have these in stock now, though only the EVGA @ £309.99.
Gotta say tho, EVGA's best looking sticker yet
Also. 3DM11.. OMG, getting now. That deep sea thing looks ufking amazing !Quote
What a card eh? Good to see though that the temps are the same as mine, though mine probably makes three times the noise
Thanks as ever for the review Thomas, top stuff
ED. OCUK have these in stock now, though only the EVGA @ £309.99.
Gotta say tho, EVGA's best looking sticker yet
Also. 3DM11.. OMG, getting now. That deep sea thing looks ufking amazing !Quote
£294 at scan
hmm as i have no gpu so unless i win them 460's this is were my money shall be goingQuote
hmm as i have no gpu so unless i win them 460's this is were my money shall be goingQuote
People are already ranting that the 6870 is a better buy than the 570. IS there a 100 dollar difference?Quote
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People are already ranting that the 6870 is a better buy than the 570. IS there a 100 dollar difference? |
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£294 at scan hmm as i have no gpu so unless i win them 460's this is were my money shall be going |
wouldent sli 460s beat it?Quote
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wouldent sli 460s beat it? |
if you can seel all ur 460's and be able to aford three 570's then i would say go for it fellaQuote
i wont be running them as tri sli, basically 3 of them for folding purposes! and gamin even tho dunno how they fold wasnt in the review 
cause those new 6800's are really heavyQuote
cause those new 6800's are really heavyQuote
yeah too right i think i might wait off on my first one till the non reference ones come out with voltage tweakingQuote
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wouldent sli 460s beat it? |
A single 470 can score around the 20k mark in Vantage on performance (the regular setting at the beginning). A 460 scores around 16k IIRC. SLI gives you about 70% speed boost so let's guess at the 30k mark tops. A 570 seems to do a good job of that. And, when you consider that a pair of 460s is slightly faster than a stock 480, and that a 570 is slightly faster than a stock 480..
Seems about balanced to me. However, you have one card, cooler, pulling less power and putting out the same results. It's about chuffing time Nvidia gave THAT kind of performance to price on a single card. Cos up until THIS card they were out pricing all of their single cards with SLI lmao.
For example. A pair of 450s poos on a 470. A pair of 460s poos on a 480. A pair of either is considerably cheaper and cooler than the big boys.
Mind you, ATI were doing it too
Bloody silly billies
QuoteI cant wait for next week, going to be awesome with the hopeful renewal of the price wars for Christmas shopping!
Going to have to sell my 460 HawkQuote
Going to have to sell my 460 Hawk
Quoteu can get 30-31k with 768 460's 1gb's do a decent bit moreQuote
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u can get 30-31k with 768 460's 1gb's do a decent bit more |
You want less noise and power consumption.
You intend on using more than one to get more PPD out of less slots. Or, more PPD out of the same ammount of slots.
Personally bro I wouldn't bother. At least not for now
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I cant wait for next week, going to be awesome with the hopeful renewal of the price wars for Christmas shopping! Going to have to sell my 460 Hawk |
What is likely to happen is that we will see a repeat of ATI's chrimbo bo**ocks and they will sell out til March and then go up in price
QuoteSince I swapped out my 8800GTS for the HD4890 I've had no reason to go back to nvidia. Is this my reason.
O gotta pay the bank a visit. time for a new systemQuote
O gotta pay the bank a visit. time for a new systemQuote
Just picked up one for £240. Now that's a good deal.Quote
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Just picked up one for £240. Now that's a good deal. |
where?QuoteAm I allowed to post things like that on this site? The rules say "no promotion of other websites allowed", so I want to check first.Quote
think that means promotion of other hardware review sitesQuote
Oh, OK. In that case, I got it from Dabs. It's £260 there, but if you pay through Quidco you get a £10 off voucher (valid until the end of Sunday), which brings it down to £250. In addition, paying this way earns you 4% cashback, which knocks around another tenner off the price, albeit you won't be refunded the cashback instantly. But in any case, you're essentially paying only £240 for the card.Quote
nice makes the card even more tempting!Quote
agreed lolQuote
Stocks are low though. I predict supply of this card will be as poor as the 580 for the short-term - but I'm just speculating.Quote
looks at his 3 460's and they are shaking at gettin replaced so soon ha haQuote
read the other day the UK got 3000 of these bad boys in so hopefully stock will last around the UK but at £240 doubt it will last at dabs lolQuote
Hmm, takes the price-performance crown off the 460 SLI? I don't think so.Quote
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looks at his 3 460's and they are shaking at gettin replaced so soon ha ha |
I´m picking up my second GTX470 tomorrow or saturday...Quote
yeah ever since i heard there numbers are going to start to get humped more and more over time i want to upgrade them to better ones, less points overall but better cards in time that will last longerQuote
SLI review pleaseQuote
Does anyone when the gainward gtx 570 gs-glh is coming out ?Quote
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i.e. the folding performance is the same X core numbers ?Quote
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