MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N570GTX-M2D12D5

Pros: This review is mostly based from a water cooling perspective. There are plenty of helpful general reviews out there. I prefer Anandtech, Tomshardware, and Overclock3D *An excellent alternative to the higher priced GTX 580. *Overclocks fairly well to give you more bang for your buck. *Runs much cooler and more efficiently than the hot, powerhungry 400 series cards. The point of my review is for the small segment of people who use full water cooling solutions and to also show the full potential of the card. It is a bit harder for us to find reviews of hardware from a water cooling point of view. I am also listing the basic rig stats in the Pros because I don't have the room in Other thoughts. This is for referencing the 3DMarks down below, not to pathetically stroke my ego. I7-930 4.0ghz Rampage Formula III 12gb GSkill 1600 7-7-7-20 Swiftech MCP-655/XSPC RX120/Silverstone Air Penetrator for the GPU loop. HAF X

Cons: *Several outlets have reported that some MSI 570's are marked to include a free 3DMark11 key. Mine didn't come with it and I doubt Newegg's batch has any. *Price. There are better bang for your buck cards out there. However, the card itself is still very very nice. *Outperformed by similarly priced alternatives. 6850's in Crossfire will outperform the 570 in the majority of cases (more so at higher resolutions) and only costs $10 more. *Can get pretty warm with the stock cooling solution. My card got up to 86° C. within 2 minutes of starting Furmark :( *As of this review, the MSI Afterburner software from their cd or website does not allow for voltage tweaking. However, you can use Afterburner 2.1 Beta 5 to adjust the voltage. *Card does not have a lifetime warranty like the EVGA GTX 570's. The warranty is also NOT tranferrable. EVGA is also giving out 3DMark11 keys with all of their 570's.

Overall Review: Random stats and a couple benchmarks taken in a 72° F room with an EK water block in it's own dedicated loop. No benchmarks were taken with the stock cooler. == Stock reference settings: 732/1464/1900 (3800 effective) core/shader/memory clock @ 963mV Stock cooler= 38° C idle/86°+ C (only ran Furmark for 2 minutes because I wanted to barf when I saw 86°) EK block= 28° C idle/45° C max after 1 hour of Furmark Temps during general gaming (WoW, CoD, etc) <40°C == Overclocked settings: 961/1922/2190 (4380 effective) core/shader/memory clock @ 1100mV (the highest voltage beta 5 would allow me) Stock cooler= No thanks EK block= 28° C idle/46°C max after 1 hour of Furmark == 3DMark11 scores: Stock: P5369 Overclocked: P6618 == Overall, this card is worth your hard earned money. All current 570's are reference boards. Therefore, every 570 is made my NVIDIA. The only difference between the companies selling it is the support and warranty you get from them.

Pros: See below.

Cons: Bought my first MSI 570 in mid-Jan, had it go bad after two weeks. Same problem other reviewers have described. Go through MSI's tech support and get RMA info, pay $18 to ship it back and after a total of 3 weeks get a replacement board back. It failed after 1 week, and I'm now in the process of dealing with their tech support again. I can put any other GPU in my system and it runs fine, a Radeon 5870, a GTX 470, etc. Also not happy that I inquired about cross-shipping and MSI wouldn't comply. So when I end up shipping this replacement board back and spending another $18 for shipping + insurance, I'll out $35 and will have had a working 570 three weeks from mid-Jan to late March (assuming the 3rd comes back by late March). Total PITA.

Pros: Looked great as long as it was working.

Cons: I ordered the card Jan 4, but because of the snow, did not receive the card until the 17th. It was a part of a completely fresh new computer build. Got everything installed, and it was working great. After about 2 weeks of use, anytime I try to play a game, there are lines that shoot out all over the screen. I have tried WoW, Starcraft 2, Civilization 5, The Witcher, and Dead Space. The only game that does not have these artifacts is Dead Space. I updated the drivers, I uninstalled and reloaded the drivers that came on the dvd, I re-seated the card, and I have monitored the temp which remains around 59 C, which is not bad. Everything else seems to work fine as long as I am not running a game, but what is the point of having a high end video card if the games look bad? I am in the process of seeing if I can RMA.

Pros: good card great on graphics however after useing the card for 20mins the card will show any display and you have no way to bring it back.. em fun restart computer. i have up today drives and bios dont know why the card is doing this. i assume its a bad card

Cons: probly a bad card

Pros: Cheapest 570 on here, working so far. No funky graphics or artifacts. Faster than my 470.

Cons: Well, I ordered what I THOUGHT was a reference model GTX 570. What I got was a GTX 470 PCB and cooler, with a 570 GPU and RAM. I did some google searching, found out this has happened to a few other people as well. At this point, I am going to email for a return, or an exchange for a model closer to what I planned on getting. I am afraid to try overclocking at this point, who knows if it can handle it... I guess I don't like putting 75% of the same card back into my computer for over $300.

Overall Review: I will update if anything changes, for now I am posting this so others think twice before making this purchace.

Pros: Its a GTX570

Cons: The card that I got has is a GTX570 with a GTX470 pcb and cooler. It is much, much louder than the normal GTX570 and the model with the displayport connector that other manufacturers are selling.

Overall Review: MSI really should at least change the model number if they plan on releasing a major revision like this to one of their products.

Pros: Easy install Drivers loaded 1st shot flawlessly Great performance.. Its not a 580, but pretty darn close.

Cons: Not really a Con, but they are Priced reasonably.. It however would be nice if they were cheaper =)

Overall Review: Cable management is a bit weird because the power plugs are on the side pointing out, so you have to fold the power cords back into the case, If you mount your PSU on the bottom it makes the wires look like a jumbled mess. Ill see about tucking them in better, but thats just OCD not really a con or a problem.

Pros: Unknown. I barely got to use it.

Cons: Device died within about 3 weeks, displaying massive, screen-filling artifacts of all kinds in any rendered application. Paid shipping to RMA the device. Unfortunately, the "repaired" device continued to exhibit the same issues.

Overall Review: I won't make another purchase from MSI.