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Which 570?

Grale

Grale

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Ok so i can't justify the extra cost of the 580 so i have settled with the 570 after having a bad 480soc and i want to keep things a bit cooler as my case is not the best ventliated!

After having the 480 soc's performance i want the closest i can get to it with the 570.

Been looking at these two, any thoughts which one?

MSI 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 OC (4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 786MHz, Shader 1572MHz)

MSI 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 Twin Frozr II/OC (4096MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, Shader 1500MHz)

The 570 OC looks better specs but have heard good things about the Frozr II
 
I'm biased against Asus because of my recent RMA experience with them.

I'd have the Twin Frozr II.

MSI and Gigabyte RMAs are dealt with in the UK. Asus send them to the Czech Republic.
 
Its a toss up between the

Asus GTX 570 DirectCU II
Gainward GTX 570 Phantom

Both can be had for £266 delivered if you look around which is only a tener or so over reference price.

I would avoid all reference designs as have poor power phases and are much more likely to blow their VRM's. I think at the moment only gainward and asus do non reference designs hence advising them.
 
kosch said:
I'm benching a MSI 570 Twin FrozR II OC right now and it is amazing you wont regret it.
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I'd be intersted in your results kosch..

I have an opportunity to buy exactly the same frozr II but the 580 version for an extra £100, but is it worth it!!
 
Grale said:
I'd be intersted in your results kosch..

I have an opportunity to buy exactly the same frozr II but the 580 version for an extra £100, but is it worth it!!
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+ 1 for wanting to see the benchmark results if you'd be so kind :D

I'm in the same boat. I'm eyeing up that Twin Frozr 580 as soon as the refund for my 480 SOC goes into my bank account :D
 
Tediore said:
+ 1 for wanting to see the benchmark results if you'd be so kind :D

I'm in the same boat. I'm eyeing up that Twin Frozr 580 as soon as the refund for my 480 SOC goes into my bank account :D
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I find it so hard buying gpu's, just as I make up my mind something else catches my interest, always just a little more money and I could have....!!

I'm now between msi frozr 570 and 580, I'm thinking for an extra £100 the 580 would be better in the long run as I don't like to upgrade until 3 years.
 
Grale said:
I find it so hard buying gpu's, just as I make up my mind something else catches my interest, always just a little more money and I could have....!!

I'm now between msi frozr 570 and 580, I'm thinking for an extra £100 the 580 would be better in the long run as I don't like to upgrade until 3 years.
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I know how that feels. I was happy to stick with the 480 SOC, and then I found out I had to return it because of buzzing capacitors :mad:

I need an nVidia card because I bought a 3D monitor. I find it fantastic for films and racing games. I'd love to get a tasty ATI card for next to nothing, but it's simply not an option.

I'm thinking the 580 for an extra £100 as well. I found it on a competitor site for £370 plus delivery. From what benchmarks I've seen, in some games the 580 is a good 10 or 11 frames quicker than the 570. I need all the grunt I can get for 3D but I don't want to buy one only for the next gen cards to be released in 2 months. Decisions! :mad: :D
 
Tediore said:
I know how that feels. I was happy to stick with the 480 SOC, and then I found out I had to return it because of buzzing capacitors :mad:

but I don't want to buy one only for the next gen cards to be released in 2 months. Decisions! :mad: :D
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I also had to return my 480 soc, awesome performance for the money but mine was artifacting very badly in all benchmarks and games so i returned it for a refund. also ran damn hot and loud!

Something better always comes along when you buy a product, but i think it's far too expensive to keep up with the latest tech. and if you can afford the latest cards you wouldn't be posting here about deciding ;)
 
Twin Frozr II or the Asus Direct CU, Personally I'd get the Twin Frozr II though without a second thought :)
 
Grale said:
I also had to return my 480 soc, awesome performance for the money but mine was artifacting very badly in all benchmarks and games so i returned it for a refund. also ran damn hot and loud!

Something better always comes along when you buy a product, but i think it's far too expensive to keep up with the latest tech. and if you can afford the latest cards you wouldn't be posting here about deciding ;)
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Mine ran cool and quiet: 33 - 38 degrees idle, and a max of about 73 is all I saw. Whisper quiet as well.

I know that, but paying full price halfway (maybe more) through a product's life, and then seeing it's price drop significantly in a couple of months would annoy me. A lot.

I could buy a 6990 if I really wanted one, but I want other things from my money as well, such as a new car. I have my eyes on a V6 Alfa Romeo 156 at the minute, and fuel isn't cheap :mad:

I just want something that'll do me a couple of years. I guess I shouldn't think about what's coming and just buy now, but I don't know...

Any idea what you're going to do? 570 or 580?
 
MSI 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 OC (4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 786MHz, Shader 1572MHz)

I have 3 of these bad boys, they are awesome. Would recommend, they overclock well with the stock cooler to around 850mhz.
 
Tediore said:
Mine ran cool and quiet: 33 - 38 degrees idle, and a max of about 73 is all I saw. Whisper quiet as well.

I know that, but paying full price halfway (maybe more) through a product's life, and then seeing it's price drop significantly in a couple of months would annoy me. A lot.

I could buy a 6990 if I really wanted one, but I want other things from my money as well, such as a new car. I have my eyes on a V6 Alfa Romeo 156 at the minute, and fuel isn't cheap :mad:

I just want something that'll do me a couple of years. I guess I shouldn't think about what's coming and just buy now, but I don't know...

Any idea what you're going to do? 570 or 580?
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Well i ended up buying the MSI 580 twin frozr II OC
Very impressed so far, cool quiet and fast, nice to be able to run things maxed out as well :)
I know i would have been happy with the MSI 570 and the extra performance from the 580 isn't really that much, but i'm 100% happy with the 580.

And i saved on postage as i collected it, as i'm only 25 mins away from the other seller. :p
 
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