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Today we are using an AMD system running the Phenom II X2 555BE unlocked to a Phenom II X4 B55. We used the Arctic Freezer 13 Pro to cool our CPU which is overclocked to 4.02ghz. We built our test system using the NZXT Phantom chassis and are powering it with the Corsair HX850 modular PSU.
Processor: Phenom II X4 B55 @ 4.01ghz
Cooling: Arctic Freezer 13 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H v2
Graphics: PNY GTX 570 1280MB
Chassis: NZXT Phantom
Power Supply: Corsair HX850
Memory: 4GB GSkill DDR III 1600 MHz @ 6-8-6-24
Storage: SATA II Kingston SSD V Series 64GB (OS boot) 2 x 500GB SATA II WD Black (Raid 0)
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 245BW (Digital)
System validation is available here.
Comparison Graphics card: Sapphire 6950 (unlocked with 1536 unified shaders)
Software:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit SP1
Catalyst 11.3
Forceware 267.24
Alien vs Predator Benchmark
UniGine Heaven Benchmark 2.5
3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
3DMark 11
Fraps Professional
Furmark
Steam Client
TessMark
Stone Giant
Games:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Call of Duty Black Ops
Crysis Warhead
Mafia II
Metro 2033
All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests all games across five closely matched runs and average out the results to get an accurate median figure.
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.