GeForce GTX 570 Review: Hitting $349 With Nvidia's GF110

Test Hardware And Software

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Test Hardware
ProcessorsIntel Core i7-980X (Gulftown) 3.33 GHz at 3.73 GHz (28 * 133 MHz), LGA 1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 12 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled
MotherboardGigabyte X58A-UD5 (LGA 1366) Intel X58/ICH10R, BIOS FB
MemoryKingston 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) DDR3-2000, KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX @ 8-8-8-24 and 1.65 V
Hard DriveIntel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.25 GB
Row 5 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5 GB
Row 6 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5 GB
Row 7 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.25 GB
Row 8 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB (CrossFire)
Row 9 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 5970 2 GB
Row 10 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 5870 1 GB
Row 11 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB
Power SupplyCooler Master UCP-1000 W
System Software And Drivers
Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectXDirectX 11
Graphics DriverAMD Catalyst 10.10d
Row 17 - Cell 0 AMD Catalyst 10.10e (For Radeon HD 6850 1 GB in CrossFire)
Row 18 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce Release 263.09 (For GTX 570)
Row 19 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce Release 260.99 (For GTX 480 and 470)
Row 20 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce Release 262.99 (For GTX 580)
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Games
Lost Planet 2Highest Quality Settings, No AA / 16x AF, vsync off, 1680x1050 / 1900x1200 / 2560x1600, DirectX 11, Steam version
Just Cause 2Highest Quality Settings, No AA / 16xAF, vsync off, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, Bokeh filter and GPU water disabled (for Nvidia cards), Concrete Jungle Benchmark
Metro 2033Medium Settings, AAA / 16x AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, Built-in Benchmark, Steam version
DiRT 2Ultra High Settings, 4x AA / No AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, Steam version, Custom benchmark script, DX11 Rendering
Aliens Vs. Predator BenchmarkHighest Quality Settings, SSAO, No AA / 16xAF, vsync off, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600
Battlefield: Bad Company 2Custom (Highest) Quality Settings, 8x MSAA / 16xAF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, opening cinematic, 145 second sequence, FRAPS
3DMark VantagePerformance Default, PPU Disabled
HAWX 2Highest Quality Settings, 8x AA, 1920x1200, Retail Version, Built-in Benchmark, Tessellation on/off
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.