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Brayton T.

Brayton T.

Joined on 09/12/11

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Poor Cooling

EVGA 012-P3-1577-KR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD DoubleShot 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 012-P3-1577-KR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD DoubleShot 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Very good performance in SLi. Can run The Witcher 2 and Crysis 2 on ultra at very high resolutions (2556 x 1440) Display Port!

Cons: The cooler that comes on these cards just isn't very good. Under full load I hit 94-95 C which is only barely inside the thermal slowdown threshold of 97C. The only way to keep it under 97C is to have the fan speed set at 100%. However the fan is very annoying at anything greater than 70%. The fans seem to whistle a bit at high speeds which is incredibly annoying. Card has a non standard profile making it very difficult to find after market coolers that will fit.

Overall Review: Great performance in games but cooling issues kill it. Would have been 5 eggs if not for the cooling and noise issues. I am considering re-applying the TIM, but that isn't something I should have to do. Hopefully EVGA will rethink this cooler and get something better on these cards.