EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked Video Card Review @ Rage3D.com

***Lupine*** · Dec 7, 2010, 12:14 PM

Nvidia's 'Mid Life Kicker' gives the boot to AMD's HD 5800 range with the new EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked showing how it's done. Our investigation looks at how the EVGA's $369 card compares with it's big GTX 580 brother, and AMD's Radeon HD 5970 OC, HD 5870 2GB and HD 6870 cards.

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked Video Card Review @ Rage3D.com

ragejg · Dec 7, 2010, 12:27 PM

Me likey!

Great selection of tests. Good job.

Dave · Dec 7, 2010, 12:36 PM

nice review as always!

and

@ overclock results

bill dennison · Dec 7, 2010, 12:39 PM

great review

last pic of card nice dust

**acroig** · Dec 7, 2010, 12:43 PM

"The pricing of the GeForce GTX 580 lends itself to comparisons with the similarly priced Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC, but the strong positioning of the GeForce GTX 570 leaves AMD without a really good answer - this week, anyway."

caveman-jim · Dec 7, 2010, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill dennison

great review

last pic of card nice dust

I wanted to show it was actually used. Kinda artsy, gritty, real world feel. Not at all that I was in a blazing hurry and couldn't even find time to wipe the card with my sleeve. nope, not at all. :embarrased:

GanjaStar · Dec 7, 2010, 03:57 PM

so can we now have the 580 and 570 rage3d giveaway contest?

i mean, what are you ati fanboys gonna do with the dirty geforces. give them away!

caveman-jim · Dec 7, 2010, 03:59 PM

well, we might hold on to them for a week or so

y;know, just in case

GanjaStar · Dec 7, 2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

well, we might hold on to them for a week or so

y;know, just in case

no need to rerun the same benches again

well i can wait a week its not a big deal

moshpit · Dec 7, 2010, 09:44 PM

As usual, top job! One of the better 570 reviews out there. Keep it up, Cavey!

BBA · Feb 10, 2011, 05:30 PM

Great review, it impressed me enough to buy this card. I bought this card last weekend.

The reality is: It's not compatible with about 90% of the motherboards out there (mine included, XFX X58i). Thanks to EVGA lifetime warranty and NO RETURN FOR REFUND policy...I am stuck with an expensive paperweight.

I may contact the BBB.

caveman-jim · Feb 10, 2011, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBA

The reality is: It's not compatible with about 90% of the motherboards out there (mine included, XFX X58i).

Which BIOS are you running? I have an XFX X58i, I will test it with the 570 to see what happens tomorrow, if I can.

demo · Feb 10, 2011, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBA

The reality is: It's not compatible with about 90% of the motherboards out there

Wait, what?

***Lupine*** · Feb 10, 2011, 10:01 PM

For reference: The Nvidia 400/500 series lockup club! Have a Fermi based card that's locking up/blackscreens? Welcome! (@ nvidia forums)

Also, looks like BBA did get an official response from XFX at some point regarding the issue:

Quote:

[ERIK_A 2/10/2011 2:59:37 AM] Hi Bill, The reason this is happening is because of the Nvidia HDMI audio device in the GTX570 cards, unfortunately we dont have any workarounds or fixes on the motherboards end for this. The only fix we have seen has been video card BIOS updates that disable the the HDMI audio chip, some of the EVGA 4 series cards had an alternate BIOS that did that, but havnt heard anything about the 5 series cards. - Erik

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...5&postcount=28

BBA will have to give the full context though.

demo · Feb 10, 2011, 10:40 PM

Thanks for clearing that up Lupine, what a PITA for those users.

caveman-jim · Feb 10, 2011, 10:43 PM

I've got a GTX 580 working fine in an X58 board right now, no problems. It's not the XFX board but it's brand new to the market.

demo · Feb 10, 2011, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

I've got a GTX 580 working fine in an X58 board right now, no problems. It's not the XFX board but it's brand new to the market.

I posted in the other thread, but might aswell post here too, I have seen 3 systems first hand without issue using 3 different mobos all listed as incompatible in that thread.. so meh I dunno.

caveman-jim · Feb 10, 2011, 10:54 PM

Might be related to early board designs/BIOS. My XFX X58i is an old design, rev 1.0 I believe, and running bios 2.0 or 2.5 iirc.

caveman-jim · Feb 11, 2011, 09:41 AM

OK, I'm installing Forceware 266.58 with HDMI Audio drivers now.

From the brief skim of the nvidia thread it seems disabling the audio device in windows might resolve any issues.

caveman-jim · Feb 11, 2011, 12:38 PM

Worked fine all morning for me, XFX x58i with bios 2.1. Is there something specific you can do that reproduces the problem?

EDIT - OK, did a reboot and it was slow start up, now applications are slow to load and apps like speedfan, CPU-z don't start fast at all. Disabling the NVIDIA Audio devices and updating the onboard Realtek audio devices hasn't helped.

KAC · Feb 11, 2011, 02:00 PM

lol no 6950 or 6970. Wtf?

BBA · Feb 11, 2011, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Which BIOS are you running? I have an XFX X58i, I will test it with the 570 to see what happens tomorrow, if I can.

I have the 10/09/09 ver 08.00.15 bios. There were none available on XFX website to update with BUT...I got an email from one of the XFX techs and he emailed me a ver.13 bios file package. I am going to update to those sometime this weekend and see if it makes a difference. Problem is my mother in law is in the hospital with her death rattle and my weekend will be obligated to family. (I shouldn't even be on the PC right now but needed a release).

caveman-jim · Feb 11, 2011, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KickAssCop

lol no 6950 or 6970. Wtf?

The 570 was released before the 6900 series, remember lol wtf hurr durr

caveman-jim · Feb 11, 2011, 03:41 PM

OK, so the system is now hardlocking on startup during windows loading screen now. Problem reproduced. Currently playing with IOH voltage to see if there is anything to change the behaviour, like turning spread spectrum on/off, bumping IOH voltage, adjusting PCI-E speed.

caveman-jim · Feb 11, 2011, 04:09 PM

Keeping 100MHz PCI-E speed and spread specturm disabled fixed the boot failures, bumping CPU PLL voltage increased performance at the desktop and stability.

BBA · Feb 12, 2011, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Keeping 100MHz PCI-E speed and spread specturm disabled fixed the boot failures, bumping CPU PLL voltage increased performance at the desktop and stability.

Thats great news...I will try this tomorrow. I have the card at my friends house to verify it actually works, and it does for him, so when I get it back I'll make these changes.

KAC · Feb 12, 2011, 06:59 AM

Ah. Didn't see date on thread...

BBA · Feb 12, 2011, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Might be related to early board designs/BIOS. My XFX X58i is an old design, rev 1.0 I believe, and running bios 2.0 or 2.5 iirc.

I really appreciate all the work you are doing, especially from a site not even dedicated to making an nvidia card work...

I just flashed the bios with the version the XFX tech sent me and I'm at version 1.3, can you doublecheck your bios? I have a feeling he sent me an older bios he found somewhere.

caveman-jim · Feb 12, 2011, 10:37 AM

Yeah, mine is version 2.1. Request it from your XFX contact. My board is product code MD-X58I-CH09, is that the same as yours?

BBA · Feb 12, 2011, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Yeah, mine is version 2.1. Request it from your XFX contact. My board is product code MD-X58I-CH09, is that the same as yours?

Yep, same model. No luck with the 2.5 bios, the guys at XFX seem to feel like it's asking too much for a recent bios. You don't happen to have the flash files for it do you?

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Dec 7, 2010, 12:27 PM	#2
ragejg Rage3d Staff Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finger Lakes of Hell, NY Posts: 1,072	Me likey! Great selection of tests. Good job. __________________ "Stars must die so that I may live. I... stepped out of a Supernova."

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Dec 7, 2010, 12:36 PM	#3
Dave Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 21,762	nice review as always! and @ overclock results

Dec 7, 2010, 12:39 PM	#4
bill dennison Rage3D Spammer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: phoenix Posts: 25,281	great review last pic of card nice dust

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Dec 7, 2010, 03:57 PM	#7
GanjaStar Jalouise Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Strawberry Fields Posts: 14,762	so can we now have the 580 and 570 rage3d giveaway contest? i mean, what are you ati fanboys gonna do with the dirty geforces. give them away!

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Dec 7, 2010, 03:59 PM	#8
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	well, we might hold on to them for a week or so y;know, just in case

Dec 7, 2010, 09:44 PM	#10
moshpit Resident Mac Hater Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: PIT, PIT, PIT, in the PIT!!! Posts: 19,876	As usual, top job! One of the better 570 reviews out there. Keep it up, Cavey! __________________ If you feel like I'm hurting your wittle feelings too much, refer me to this thread : A new nicer moshpit??? "Go screw yourself Apple."

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Feb 10, 2011, 05:30 PM	#11
BBA GTX 570 SC+ATi GPU Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Jax, Fl Posts: 501	Great review, it impressed me enough to buy this card. I bought this card last weekend. The reality is: It's not compatible with about 90% of the motherboards out there (mine included, XFX X58i). Thanks to EVGA lifetime warranty and NO RETURN FOR REFUND policy...I am stuck with an expensive paperweight. I may contact the BBB. __________________ *BBA*

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Feb 10, 2011, 10:40 PM	#15
demo space cadet Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 28,128	Thanks for clearing that up Lupine, what a PITA for those users. __________________ ____________________

Feb 10, 2011, 10:43 PM	#16
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	I've got a GTX 580 working fine in an X58 board right now, no problems. It's not the XFX board but it's brand new to the market.

Feb 10, 2011, 10:54 PM	#18
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	Might be related to early board designs/BIOS. My XFX X58i is an old design, rev 1.0 I believe, and running bios 2.0 or 2.5 iirc.

Feb 11, 2011, 09:41 AM	#19
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	OK, I'm installing Forceware 266.58 with HDMI Audio drivers now. From the brief skim of the nvidia thread it seems disabling the audio device in windows might resolve any issues.

Feb 11, 2011, 12:38 PM	#20
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	Worked fine all morning for me, XFX x58i with bios 2.1. Is there something specific you can do that reproduces the problem? EDIT - OK, did a reboot and it was slow start up, now applications are slow to load and apps like speedfan, CPU-z don't start fast at all. Disabling the NVIDIA Audio devices and updating the onboard Realtek audio devices hasn't helped. Last edited by caveman-jim : Feb 11, 2011 at 01:25 PM.

Feb 11, 2011, 02:00 PM	#21
KAC All ur gays r belong 2 me Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 66,834	lol no 6950 or 6970. Wtf?

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Feb 11, 2011, 03:41 PM	#24
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	OK, so the system is now hardlocking on startup during windows loading screen now. Problem reproduced. Currently playing with IOH voltage to see if there is anything to change the behaviour, like turning spread spectrum on/off, bumping IOH voltage, adjusting PCI-E speed.

Feb 11, 2011, 04:09 PM	#25
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	Keeping 100MHz PCI-E speed and spread specturm disabled fixed the boot failures, bumping CPU PLL voltage increased performance at the desktop and stability.

Feb 12, 2011, 06:59 AM	#27
KAC All ur gays r belong 2 me Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 66,834	Ah. Didn't see date on thread...

Feb 12, 2011, 10:37 AM	#29
caveman-jim Deposed King of Rage3D Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 49,000	Yeah, mine is version 2.1. Request it from your XFX contact. My board is product code MD-X58I-CH09, is that the same as yours?

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