Palit NE5X570HF10DA GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Sonic Platinum 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: This is a followup after having the card for a while. Pros are, it's a 570 that's a bit faster than a stocker since it's overclocked at the factory.

Cons: The card crashes on certain titles unless I set it back to the standard reference speed of a GTX570 using 3rd party software. The biggest standout is FEAR 3 DX11, which will crash consistently in 30secs to a few minutes. Crysis 2 DX 11 crashes time to time as well, as do some other titles here and there. At stock GTX570 speeds, it's stable. Also to note is the fans are pretty loud when the card is warm. This is in a HAF 932 case with alot of air flow.

Other Thoughts: Don't build an overclocked card that crashes at the speed you release it. I find this unnacceptable. If I knew it would be like this, I wouldn't have paid extra.

Pros: -Max settings on all the recent games I love
-Great factory overclock
-Price was nice
-Quiet dual fans

Cons: -Not familiar with brand
-LARGE

Other Thoughts: This was used in my very first PC build and i told myself I will go all out or bust. So the gtx570 is the one best performing cards for the money. This single card can max out all my games without a problem or without blowing up on me. Actually being able to play shogun 2 on ultra settings brings tears to my eyes. I have not noticed any drop in frames or stuttering in the picture. I do not look at the actual FPS because that will annoy me, but everything appears very smooth. This card made gaming exciting again and puts my consoles to shame. Even though I have not heard of this brand, I think you give them a shot. Will SLI later when I get the money!

Pros: Great performing card. Running all my current games (BFBC2, Dragon Age 2, New Vegas, Crysis 2, Amnesia) at highest detail on a somewhat older processor and having no issues at all so far. All framerates around 60 fps avg at 1920x1080.

Sturdy card and looks great as well.

No issues with heat (36c idle at high 60's when stressed). I do have a side case fan blowing outside air onto it though.

Cons: Some may not like plastic cover but not a big deal and probably stays cooler than a metal one which is looks like.

It does vent into case rather than out the back due to two large fans on the front of the card. This could cause heat issues for an improperly cooled case.

It is louder than my old 8800 but my case is solid metal so the sound is quite buffered when its closed up.

Pulls a lot of watts (around 365 max) so you need a beefy PSU if doing SLI.

Included overclocking and monitoring software is pretty lackluster.

Other Thoughts: The description of this card says it requires a 6 pin and and 8 pin power connector. My card is revision 1101 which requires 2 six pin connectors instead. The original revision 1100 requires the 6 and 8 pin. It does ship with an adapter to create a 6 pin from two 4 pin plugs but not one to create an 8 pin which I would think more people would need.

PC Specs that matter:
Q6600 at 2.4 Ghz
4 Gig DDR2 1600 (800 in dual channel mode)
MSI P6N Platinum motherboard
LG 27inch LCD monitor (1920x1080 rez)
650 watt PSU with 52 amps on 12v rail
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate

Pros: Silver and black looks great, highest stock clocks from any air cooled GTX 570 at this point. Has a lot of headroom left for further over-clocking.

Cons: Just too loud must be around 40 dba's when playing games like dragon age 2, crysis 2, etc...

Other Thoughts: Would of really loved to keep this, but just needs quieter fans.

Pros: Man this card rock ive just install it ive try BF2 and farcry 2..its totally insane ive got 88-102 fps in BF Bad company 2(High x32 x16) with a high temp of 62c at 55% fan speed ..my last card was a XFX ati 5770 and this 570 totally crush it even with my 5770 crossfire i couldn't reach this performance

Cons: Nothing yet she simply beautiful

Other Thoughts: System config:
Intel Q9400 2.66(Oc at 3.62) Water-cooled
4gig Corsair DDr2 1066( See by bios at 951mhz)
Palit GtX 570
Ultra PSU 750Watts
Asus P5Q pro turbo
Nzxt tempest EVO case

Pros: Fast, Great Quality, Build, Excellent Value.

Cons: None

Pros: Card runs great. Eats all high settings on games. love it.

Solid construction.

built in hdmi adapter is a plus

Cons: nothing yet

Other Thoughts: I'm not sure how hot it can get without a good case.
I have the Antec twelve hundred v3 and the air circulation is beautiful, so this gpu doesn't get hot.

Pros: Stated Previosly

Cons: Gets very loud. Reading another review, this is apparently because it exhausts hot air directly in the case. So you need good air circulation in your case, which I guess I dont have. Wife says it sounds like a vaccuum when she plays Oblivion, id say more like a high powered dust buster.

Pros: Nice factory overclock, custom Palit design. The eight and six pin power connectors give it a little better power supply than just two six pin power connectors. Cooler is pretty quiet. Easy overclock to 850 core 1700 shader 4400 mem. Monitoring the voltage it appears there is a little voltage "tweak" built into this unit.

Cons: Exhausts most of the hot air in the case, so if you don't have a well ventilated case the fans might spin up a little and get noisy. My card(s) run pretty quiet and get up to 70 degrees under heavy load, and that is not a problem, but the extra heat makes my overclocked CPU run significantly hotter than when I had graphics cards that exhaust the heat directly out of the case. The MSI twin fan cooler is probably a little better cooler. No voltage tweak to try to push overclock higher.

Other Thoughts: I have a PALIT GT 8800 1GB sonic edition that has been a great card and very reliable. The quality is definitely good. I went with the SONIC PLATINUM for $20 more expecting that I was paying for a better binned GPU, but I don't know if there is really any difference to the non-platinum sonic edition other than a better factory overclock.

Pros: GTX 570 SC, that the pro

Cons: Runs hotter then reference card and OC less then reference evga

Other Thoughts: Takes an 8 pin not two 6 pin, I think this is a bios flashed gtx 480. Who knows.