nVidia GTX570 Review
Conclusion
Published: 7th December 2010 | Source: nVidia | Price: £284+ |
Conclusion
When we reviewed the GTX580 recently the main question we were left with afterwards was is it sufficiently good enough to justify the increase in price over the GTX480.
There was no doubt that it is the ultimate single-GPU solution, and by quite some margin, but the increase from £340 to £450 ish certainly does bring performance per pound into the equation.
If the GTX580 did anything though it was drive down the price of the GTX480 to around £300. All signs point to the GTX570 coming in just a few notes underneath that mark at around the £280 mark.
So what does it all mean for us?
Well if the GTX580 is lots better than the GTX480 but with a healthy premium to be paid for such performance, then the GTX570 becomes a bargain.
It's everything that a slimmer version of the full-fat card should be. Not quite as expensive, not quite as powerful, but still with plenty of grunt.
It spanks the GTX480 in all of our tests bar the last couple, and the realities are that if you haven't completed FarCry 2 by now you probably wont, and Metro 2033, whilst a feast for the eyes, isn't exactly the best game on the planet. So really you shouldn't be dissuaded from purchasing a card based on those two results.
Rather we have something that needs to be thought of as being what the GTX480 should have been, and with a price-tag to match. It's slightly cheaper, it's faster, cooler, quieter and all-around a much more pleasant ownership experience.
With the release of the HD4870 ATI rocked nVidia. The HD5870 made it seem like a complete monopoly. Suddenly nVidia have re-entered the fray with two products so stunning and so much faster than AMDs latest efforts that, if they aren't quite out the park, they certainly have been knocked to the warning track.
Sure if you've got the big bucks and want the absolute best, the GTX580 reigns supreme.
If you've got a sensible amount of money, and want something that is just a gnats chuff shy of being as good as you can buy, then the GTX570 is a stunner and thoroughly deserving of our Gold award..
Thanks to nVidia for supplying the GTX570 for review. Discuss in our forums.
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Now look what you have gone and done. You have made me reach for my wallet....
i think i am in love 
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lolFits 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?
How early did you get 3DMark 11?
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?
And will you do a review of the MSI 460 GTX Hawk?
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.
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.
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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'
looking on HWbot it needs another patch for SLI scaling so i also need to sort that out later?
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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/3
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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' |
. Or at least be as giddy as a schoolgirl.Quote:
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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 !
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 !
£294 at scan
hmm as i have no gpu so unless i win them 460's this is were my money shall be going
hmm as i have no gpu so unless i win them 460's this is were my money shall be going
People are already ranting that the 6870 is a better buy than the 570. IS there a 100 dollar difference?
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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?
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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 fella
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 heavy
cause those new 6800's are really heavy
yer i assumed you would be folding lol.
if it can be done then do it mate
if it can be done then do it mate
yeah too right i think i might wait off on my first one till the non reference ones come out with voltage tweaking
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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
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
Going to have to sell my 460 Hawk
u can get 30-31k with 768 460's 1gb's do a decent bit more
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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
Since 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 system
O gotta pay the bank a visit. time for a new system
Just picked up one for £240. Now that's a good deal.
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Just picked up one for £240. Now that's a good deal. |
where?Am 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.
think that means promotion of other hardware review sites
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.
nice makes the card even more tempting!
agreed lol
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.
looks at his 3 460's and they are shaking at gettin replaced so soon ha ha
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 lol
Hmm, takes the price-performance crown off the 460 SLI? I don't think so.
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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...
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 longer
SLI review please
Folding numbers or still NO time as with the GTX580 ?
NVM this will do,
NVM
this will do,Does anyone when the gainward gtx 570 gs-glh is coming out ?
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i.e. the folding performance is the same X core numbers ?
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