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ZOTAC GTX 570 Graphics Card

16 Jul, 2011, 10:24 am IST | by Roydon Cerejo | Graphics Cards Graphics Cards

Good performance for the price

Good performance for the price
Feature packed with a good bundle
You'll need a good 600W PSU to power this card
No backplate for the rear of the card

PRICE IN INDIA

17,300
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TECH2 RATING

7.5

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After the impressive performance of the GTX 590 from ZOTAC, today we have their more affordable GTX 570 for review. The card is based on the reference design from Nvidia and even has the same clock speeds so the performance should be a little slower than the Palit and Asus cards we tested as they were factory overclocked. Let’s see how it performs. 

Design and Features
The card measures about 10.5-inches in length so you’ll need a decent sized cabinet for it. ZOTAC has followed the reference design very closely and apart from their sticker, it’s pretty much identical to Nvidia's description. The GTX 570 uses a vapor chamber cooler so the fan doesn’t have to be very large. ZOTAC bundles along a free game as well, Prince of Persia : The Forgotten Sands.

Same as the reference design

Same as the reference design

 


For connectivity we have two dual-link DVI ports and a mini-HDMI port. You get a mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter bundled along. Apart from the drivers and user manuals, we also get some GPGPU software like Badaboom, vReveal and Firestorm, which is their overclocking program.

 

No problems with connectivity

No problems with connectivity

 

 

The core runs at a speed of 732MHz whereas the 1.2GB GDDR5 memory runs at 3800MHz (effective speed). Overall the card is built well and the plastic covering for the heatsink does a good job of chanelling the warm air directly outside the case.

Test Rig Specifications

 

  • Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40 GHz
  • Motherboard: GIGABYTE P67A-UD3R
  • Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 6 GB DDR3 (3 x 2 GB)
  • Hard drive: WD Velociraptor  300 GB
  • GPU: ZOTAC GTX 570
  • PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
  • Driver Version : 275.33

Tags: Graphics Cards , ZOTAC , ZOTAC GTX 570 , GTX570 , Fermi , DX11 , CUDA , PhysX , graphic card , video card , Nvidia , Palit , Asus , HDMI , DVI

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