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PNY's GTX 570 is based on the NVIDIA reference model. The shroud that covers the card and the heatsink is a gloss black plastic and it uses a blower type fan to cool the card. Our review sample has the core clocked to 732 MHz, the shaders run at 1464 MHz, and the 1280MB of GDDR5 is clocked at 950 MHz. The GTX 570 also has 40 ROP's, 480 Shaders, a 320bit memory bus and an impressive 152 GB of memory bandwidth.
The PNY GTX 570 needs 2 x 6 pin PCI-e connectors for stable operation. There are 2 SLI connections which allow up to multiple SLI configurations unlike the GTX 460 which only had a single connection restricting it to 2 way SLI.
The first image above shows the blower style fan used on the GTX 570. The fan forces the hot air over the entire heatsink before expelling it outside the rear of our case. The final image shows the connections available on the GTX 570. There are 2 Dual Link DVI ports as well as 1 mini HDMI port.
An overview of the hardware in GPUz and GPU Caps Viewer.
The GTX570 is overlooked now, its still a stunning card. great review steve, just a shame they didnt opt for a modified cooler on this.
I like the simple black design,. I thought the same about the asus rampage III black edition. its like the total opposite of those hideous looking HIS iceQ things.
Unfortunately, the cooler is just a reference design, which while not ‘bad’, is a little lazy to me in such a competitive market
YAY ! more GTX570 reviews, I love this card and almost bought one. im sorry I bought a 460 at the time. I love PNY. great review
The reference cooler works well on the 570 and 580. its the 590 is the concern. it was never a wise idea putting two GPUs (fermi anyway) onto a single pcb. they run too hot.
This card is a great buy, and I dont think 83c is too high at all. thats a nice limit to hit. most of the 580s are 88-89c
The big issue is not the cooler on the 590, but the cut down vrm design which they put onto it.
570 and 580 are great. nice to see more nvidia reviews here.
I have another 570 which I bought a long time ago, no intention of changing it.
people forget it all about the resolution. no need for a 6990 or 580 unless you need to game on big big screens or across more than one. 570 is more than enough for 1920×1200 or 1080p.
Balanced review, if it had a custom cooler, should be gold, but its a shame PNY didnt work out something nicer for this card.