Hope this this may prove useful for someone.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-PL
Bought and installed 2 of these.
Apart from running at >70C off load and >80C under load they do exactly what it says on the tin.
I can get them down to <50C on load by turning the fans to manual control and up to 85% but, between OCUK tech help and myself, part of the high temperature problem is the dell xps case.
The other part is that the cards do seem to run hot:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-geforce-gtx-570-sonic-platinum-review/7
Managed a MSI Kombustor 5120x1600 dx11 8xMSAA 10min extreme burn with no artifacts, failures, blue or black screens of death with the cards temp's stable (apparently) at ~90C.
However, I only got an average of 7fps for the duration of the test (unsure of min. but max. was 10fps).
I don't know if this was because of the nature of the test, some conflict between the card settings and Kombustor (clueless with computers is clueless).
Ultra'ed (2560x1600) World of Warcraft is very smooth once more with none of the large FPS spikes previously experienced with 2 of GTX285s but only if the Nvidia settings are all on default (power to "prefer maximum performance").
That's all, apart from keep your drivers up to date, I can think of mentioning.
Any other information please talk to someone who knows, A, wtf they're doing and, B, wtf they're talking about.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-PL
Bought and installed 2 of these.
Apart from running at >70C off load and >80C under load they do exactly what it says on the tin.
I can get them down to <50C on load by turning the fans to manual control and up to 85% but, between OCUK tech help and myself, part of the high temperature problem is the dell xps case.
The other part is that the cards do seem to run hot:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-geforce-gtx-570-sonic-platinum-review/7
Managed a MSI Kombustor 5120x1600 dx11 8xMSAA 10min extreme burn with no artifacts, failures, blue or black screens of death with the cards temp's stable (apparently) at ~90C.
However, I only got an average of 7fps for the duration of the test (unsure of min. but max. was 10fps).
I don't know if this was because of the nature of the test, some conflict between the card settings and Kombustor (clueless with computers is clueless).
Ultra'ed (2560x1600) World of Warcraft is very smooth once more with none of the large FPS spikes previously experienced with 2 of GTX285s but only if the Nvidia settings are all on default (power to "prefer maximum performance").
That's all, apart from keep your drivers up to date, I can think of mentioning.
Any other information please talk to someone who knows, A, wtf they're doing and, B, wtf they're talking about.