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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 Super Overclock review

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 July 2011, 09:05 4.5

Tags: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Final thoughts and rating

Recent history shows us that Gigabyte knows how to engineer a high-quality graphics card based on NVIDIA's GPUs. The GTX 570 Super Overclock is another case in point: it's well-built, pre-overclocked, and practically silent under load.

Push it farther with some overclocking of your own and it rewards the user with the highest frequencies we've seen from NVIDIA's second-rung (single) GPU. We have no reservations about how the company has gone about constructing this class-leading GPU, but such has been the focus on cooling and speeds, which is considerable, that retail pricing is £300 - or 25 per cent higher than the cheapest GTX 570s we could find.

You know a product is good when pricing alone is the sole concern. £300 is a touch too close to GTX 580 and, potentially, two GTX 560 Tis for the Super Overclock to be recommended outright. Still an excellent proposition, Gigabyte can turn it into a five-star product by encouraging retail partners to snip the cost to £275.

As it is, the Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock is the finest example of the GPU we've seen thus far... though you literally pay for this privilege.

The Good

The fastest GTX 570 we've ever tested
Excellent cooler maintains low temperatures
Keeps quiet under load
Ideal for overclocking

The Bad

Significant premium over bone-stock GTX 570
GTX 580 is an intrinsically better card and not much more money

HEXUS Rating

4.5/5

Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock
(GV-N570SO-13I)

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Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock
(GV-N570SO-13I)

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The reviewed Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock graphics card is available to purchase from SCAN.co.uk* and Dabs.com.

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Given the similarity in price, I'm surprised the recently-reviewed 6870 X2 figures weren't thrown into the mix…?
It's due to the anachronistic nature in which the reviews were completed. This one was done before the PowerColor was started, but we had to lay off publishing due to a couple of issues raised with Gigabyte (which have now been resolved).

It makes sense to add the PowerColor's numbers to the graphs. We'll do that asap.
I did wonder if it was something to do with the timings of each review being written. Thanks for the update Tarinder: look forward to seeing the comparison with the 6870 X2.
As a fan of single card convenience this looks to be fantastic. I am tempted to go the dual GPU route but for a 1080p monitor this is a damn compelling card. Play everything at ultra plus fps to boot. sure you could get two GTX 460's for the price, but is it worth the blueish driver support? Mmmmmm… I'd take the always work option any day.
scaryjim
I did wonder if it was something to do with the timings of each review being written. Thanks for the update Tarinder: look forward to seeing the comparison with the 6870 X2.

OK, the update should be in place. PowerColor's figures are highlighted in red.