Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : GTX570
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Well I got one of these. They run HOT. The good news is it installed 1st go and was off and running without anything special. 6.13/cuda 3.1 app seems to run fine on them. The other good news is they seem to do work units in around 4 hours (times vary depending on work unit size). | |
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From BOINC it says... | |
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GeForce GTX 570 ... 1405 GFLOPS peak That's so humiliating. My good old HD4870, which I got almost 2 years ago for a mere 160€ is rated by BOINC at 1.33 TFlops peak. Don't worry, though - your card contains more than 3 times as many transistors and can make much more flexible use of this raw horse power :) MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 | |
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I just put one in my machine and I can't get it to grab any tasks. I guess Ill have to play around with it a bit more. I have the updated drivers right off the website, is there anything else I need to do? | |
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Well I got one of these. They run HOT. So the initial wave of new product hype about how great the thermals are should have added (- "compared to the GTX470 which was really bad...") ? I got the evga normal version. I notice both Palit and Gainward overclocked versions have dual fans in the centre of the card, unlike the reference design that has a single fan at the end (it’s woefully inadequate). If you are considering getting one they may run a bit cooler. GTX570 prices locally seem to vary between $330-$390, Palit towards the bottom, Elsa topping the list. Any developing consensus on which maker has the special blend of OC, heat, noise, quality, warranty, price etc. that make it noteworthy? | |
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It’s still too early. Manufacturers have mostly been releasing reference designs. While a few now incorporate factory overclocks or a dual fan, very few such cards are available. If you go to an online shop you typically see 2 overpriced reference cards for one reasonably priced card, and the price of a factory OC is often too high. It will take a month or two before there is a good range of cards, and with design variation a better price spread. Hopefully this will bring several cards at different prices ranging from a well priced GTX570 to dual fan/water cooled, factory overclocked GTX580’s with good warranties. | |
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I appreciate the experience everyone brings watching this particular market, performance video cards in particular are new to me because I am not a gamer. Motherboards, CPU's, HD/SSD etc. I have learned (sometimes the expensive way) to lean forward yet stay one step behind the "latest and greatest" ulitmate product marketing machine, and try to exercise patience for cash is limited. | |
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Each cruncher will have their own preferences based on price, cooling, warranty and design; a dual fan might be fine for one or two cards but if you have 3 or 4 in the one system then exhaust fans are usually preferred, with a couple of additional case fans. Fair points. I would like my next series of hardware purchases to be eventually leading towards such a 4-card setup, but step-by-step. Currently I have 3 Nvidia CUDA cards available for BOINC: 9800GT 9800GTX+ GTX460 1gb. and 6 PCIE slots: -Core2Duo P5KE dual PCI-e, likely home of the 9800 cards. -AMD Phenom 1090T 6-core 890GX dual PCI-e, this spring a dual 570 perhaps. -AMD Phenom 955BE 4-core 880G single PCIE -AMD Athlon 620 4-core 780G single PCIE I love setting up new systems to the exasperation of my wife and the delight of my daughter who inherits the upgrade goodies, and playing visions of sugarplums and 890FX 4-PCIE -OR- Intel i7 1156/875K or 920 or wait for a reasonable 6-core HT Intel... but realistically my crunch farm needs trimming down and old AMD NF2 AGP stuff gets recycled out. I have to say my best purchase by far has been the trusty 1995 California PC Power & Cooling 10-bay E-ATX case that has seen many motherboards over the years and surgery to install additional cooling fans; this beast stays. Should I arrive at quad-GPU Nirvana I know which case gets the nod. For the moment it is more than up to cooling any dual-GPU config, but for the PSU. Just for grins, just what size PSU with requisite 4 2x6pin PCIE connectors would it take for quad 570's? 1500w? | |
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I'd have to agree with the comments about the nvidia driver. If it was more agressive with the fan speed then they wouldn't get as hot. Instead you have to resort to using tools like Evga Precisison to set the fan speed, something the driver could and should take care of. | |
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Just for grins, just what size PSU with requisite 4 2x6pin PCIE connectors would it take for quad 570's? 1500w? 1500W is enough for quad SLI GTX 480s tested with Furmark. Only heavily overclocked quad 570s should consume this much. Although some safety margin is recommended, so 1500W is a safe bet. A PSU should not be loaded over 75-80% of it's nominal wattage in long term for security and longevity reasons. The PSU's efficiency is highest between 50-75% load. | |
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Don't forget capacitor aging. I might be slow to upgrade, but I can't be the only one who has reused a PSU. I even had one reach the age of making a stable OC unstable (I've tested the other things, mobo, CPU, RAM). So even if you do overshoot, maybe you'll still have to tweak it later. | |
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Looks like my shopping list is complete... motherboard for 4 dual-slot pcie, cpu/ram, 4 GTX570's, and a new 1500w PSU... simple, but not easy, only $2500 or so for your basic budget home supercomputer by recycling/repurposing a few parts. | |
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and a few recipes for GPU/CPU/PSU grilled cheese sandwiches? | |
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I've managed to get a few wu through now. Average times seem to be around 4.5 hours. You can see the tasks here | |
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Hello everyone, first time poster here. Saw this thread and thought I'd share my early experience with the 570. | |
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SMTB1963, Welcome to the forum. | |
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Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : GTX570