Enjoy blistering fast DirectX 11 performance, including tessellation performance that destroys the competition. Experience a whole new level of interactive gaming with SLI and combine up to three displays for the ultimate in 3D entertainment. And as you have come to expect from the GeForce GTX GPU, the GTX 570 packs support for all the premium GTX gaming technologies such as NVIDIA Surround, 3D Vision, PhysX and SLI. Combining with innovative flip fan, the Galaxy GTX 570 graphics card takes your entertainment experience to a new level.
NVIDIA 3D VISION, 3D Vision SurroundNVIDIA 3D Vision brings a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.
3-way NVIDIA SLI TechnologyIndustry leading NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling for the world’s premier gaming solution.
NVIDIA CUDA TechnologyCUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.
Microsoft DirectX 11 SupportDirectX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.
NVIDIA PhysX technologyNVIDIA PhysX technology enables a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience.
Pros: I bought this back in September to replace a Palit GTX 470. This card is smaller, cooler, quieter, it performs better, and uses less energy than the 470, which is why I bought it in the first place. It also had a $50 rebate that is about to be sent in the mail some time this week and a free copy of Batman Arkham City. The value this card brings to the table is enormous. In my experience, I have found this card to be a significant upgrade when combined with the 16GB of ram that I also bought with the card (upgrading from 4GB). I am now not used to seeing most games fall below 30fps. I wanted to try putting the 470 in there as a PhysX card, but decided against it because my 800W PSU would probably beg for mercy. I saw an average of a 15FPS improvement across all my games compared to my 470.
Cons: Nothing really, just note the fan can rev up loudly in graphically intense games (especially so in Empire Total War, which has always given me temp issues).
Overall Review: Current System: i7-2600k MSI P67A-GD55 Galaxy GTX 570 16GB G.Skill Sniper 1600MHz Memory 640GB WD C. Black SATA 3 Primary Drive 2TB Samsung EcoGreen Data Drive I would like a second 570 if I could afford one, but unfortunately I have to replace my motherboard and would like an SSD before upgrading my graphics again (not to mention the new PSU I'd need).