GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) GV-N570OC-13I Rev2.0 Video Card

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I bouth this card instead of the EVGA to save some money, and because it was supposed to be cool and quiet. At first I was disapointed, because it was a lot noisy, the fan was stuck at 71%. I installed the EVGA Precision soft to control it, and at 40% the fan is very quiet. So now it cool and quiet. In Battlefield I reach 59c whit the fan at 50%, graphic maxed out. This is very good. So right now, I love it ! I hope the support from Gygabite is good too.

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I bought this card as an upgrade to an 8800 GTS640. All I have to say is, wow. Performance is incredible! It plays bf3 MAXED OUT (even 4xMSAA) at 1080p resolution, keeping the framerate about 40 and an average of 60 on stock clocks(on my aging q9550 processor and DDR2 memory). Turn down the MSAA to 2x and it will average 60-80 fps with no noticeable loss of quality.The cooling is amazing, keeps the card under 30 at idle, and even with a modest OC of 850/1950, temps never got over 55C (with MSI afterburner and adjusted fan control in my antec 900 case). I noticed a 10-15 average fps increase in battlefield 3 on max settings when overclocking from 780/1900 to 850/1950, and it never even reached 60C. I bet this baby will go quite a bit higher. The fans run default at 70%, and are a little too loud. I adjusted the fan to 40% (using MSI afterburner) on idle, creeping up to 100% as temps increase past 70C (although I havent seen 60C yet in my testing) its barely audible now, and still idles at 30C.This thing has great punch, and way better cooling than some of the other 570 models (i hear they can hit 80C easy on reference boards).Highly recommended for an enthusiast gaming solution on some kind of budget.