PNY GeForce GTX570 Enthusiast Edition Review

Our time spent with the PNY GTX 570 graphics solution was enjoyable. Nvidia's GTX570 is able to chew through the frame rates, even at high resolution with the image quality cranked.  The PNY GTX 570 is both powerful and quiet and it proved to be a fantastic gaming card throughout all of our testing.

When compared against our unlocked HD 6950, the PNY GTX 570 provided a superior overall experience. It is faster and emits less noise when under extended load situations. We really rate the HD6950 as one of the best value for money cards on the market, especially when bios modded … but it is clear that this PNY GTX 570 model outperforms it.

While the reference cooler and fan profile are fairly well balanced, we feel that a slightly more aggressive profile setting would be beneficial with this specific product. The pre-defined fan profile setting means it takes the PNY GTX 570 a full 60 seconds to reduce the temperature from 83c to 55c. This doesn't sound too bad, but it then takes another full minute to reduce the temperature to 48c. Obviously if they had opted for a custom cooler design this would be dramatically improved.

The PNY GTX 570 can be found on NewEgg.ca currently for $334, $50 more then the 6950, but it also has a $30 USD mail in rebate offer available. After this mail in rebate the price is down to the $300 bracket which is a pretty decent price for a card this powerful. The PNY GTX 570 is a product that is definitely worth buying and comes highly recommended.

Pros:

• fast gaming card
• reasonably quiet
• competitively priced against the competition

Cons:

• A more substantial, custom cooler would make for a better overall product

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