EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked Video Card Review

Posted By Gabriel Torres on Dec 20, 2010 in Video

Introduction

The GeForce GTX 570 is the latest high-end graphics chip from NVIDIA, and EVGA has released an overclocked model called “Superclocked” or simply “SC” that costs USD 20 more than the standard GeForce GTX 570. At USD 370, the EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked competes directly with the new Radeon HD 6970, which comes with the same price tag. Which one of the two is the best? Let’s check it out.

EVGA has three lines of overclocked video cards, listed from the lower overclocking level to the highest: Superclocked (SC), Super Superclocked (SSC), and For The Win Edition (FTW). So far EVGA released only an SC model for the GeForce GTX 570, with an 8.9% overclocking on the graphics chip and a tiny 2.6% overclocking on the memory.

In the table below we compare the main specs of the video cards included in our review. They are all DirectX 11 parts.

Video Card	Core Clock	Shader Clock	Memory Clock (Real)	Memory Clock (Effective)	Memory Interface	Memory Transfer Rate	Memory	Shaders	Price
GeForce GTX 570	732 MHz	1,464 MHz	1.9 GHz	3.8 GHz	320-bit	152 GB/s	1.28 GB GDDR5	480	USD 350
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 SC	797 MHz	1,594 MHz	1.95 GHz	3.9 GHz	320-bit	156 GB/s	1.28 GB GDDR5	480	USD 370
Radeon HD 5870	850 MHz	850 MHz	2.4 GHz	4.8 GHz	256-bit	153.6 GB/s	1 GB GDDR5	1,600	USD 290
Radeon HD 6870	900 MHz	900 MHz	2.1 GHz	4.2 GHz	256-bit	134.4 GB/s	1 GB GDDR5	1,120	USD 240
Radeon HD 6950	800 MHz	800 MHz	2.5 GHz	5 GHz	256-bit	160 GB/s	2 GB GDDR5	1,408	USD 300
Radeon HD 6970	880 MHz	880 MHz	2.75 GHz	5.5 GHz	256-bit	176 GB/s	2 GB GDDR5	1,536	USD 370

Prices were researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.

You can compare the specs of these video cards with other video cards by taking a look at our AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table and NVIDIA Chips Comparison Table tutorials.

Now let’s take an in-depth look at the EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked.

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