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[TheSilentAssassin]

I checked out the reviews and I dont know if it was just sour grapes or what, but there were quite a few that had problems with EVGA 570's. Dont want to rain on anyone's parade but they mentioned something about that card (the 570) having problems with manufacturing or something like that. Maybe just a bad batch. Cant say. I'm gonna do some more research on it.

I read some of the reviews of other brands but they all seemed favorable. But overall I think that there are more EVGA's sold than the others so margin for bad cards increases. I'll wait and see what I can find out.

I have had two 570s in SLI for a couple months now and I couldnt be happier with the quality and FPS im getting out of them. However if you have them in SLI your first card will run hot because of the second card below it so you'll have to play with the fan speeds to find your optimum temp. Mine doesnt get too hot cause I have the OC HD version of the 570 (bigger fan in the center of the card). My main card runs around 70C under load and the second card uns about 60-65 under load. The highest ive seen the main card go is 75C which still ist too bad. I just turn the fan speed on the main card higher than the second card. But all I can say is that th 570 is a quality card. Maybe some people just got a faulty product with faulty manufacturing.

[TheSilentAssassin]

Cobalt, I just ordered this one:

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supercloc...1709790&sr=8-1

Cain thats a great card and im sure you will be very happy with it. I have not been disappointed yet with the HD OC version.

[Duke{CLR}]

I checked out the reviews and I dont know if it was just sour grapes or what, but there were quite a few that had problems with EVGA 570's. Dont want to rain on anyone's parade but they mentioned something about that card (the 570) having problems with manufacturing or something like that. Maybe just a bad batch. Cant say. I'm gonna do some more research on it.

I read some of the reviews of other brands but they all seemed favorable. But overall I think that there are more EVGA's sold than the others so margin for bad cards increases. I'll wait and see what I can find out.

The on I lkinked to has 201 with an average of 5 eggs? If you do get a bumb card they will replace it, just be sure to get one with the AR in the number for the lifetime warranty.

[{CLR} Cobalt]

I have had two 570s in SLI for a couple months now and I couldnt be happier with the quality and FPS im getting out of them. However if you have them in SLI your first card will run hot because of the second card below it so you'll have to play with the fan speeds to find your optimum temp. Mine doesnt get too hot cause I have the OC HD version of the 570 (bigger fan in the center of the card). My main card runs around 70C under load and the second card uns about 60-65 under load. The highest ive seen the main card go is 75C which still ist too bad. I just turn the fan speed on the main card higher than the second card. But all I can say is that th 570 is a quality card. Maybe some people just got a faulty product with faulty manufacturing.

I was thinkin the same thing. All mfg's have bad batches. This particular brand was EVGA. None of the other one's had any bad reviews. Like I said earlier, there are probably more EVGA's sold so the margin for error over the coarse of a lot of boards being made and sold goes up. I dont know what the percentage of bad boards was overall but I bet it probably is really low.

If someone gets a bad product they will be more likely to tell more people than those that didnt have any problems. Just the way it is.

But..thanks for all the info. I'll keep digging before I pull the trigger. Still have some time yet. I just thought maybe someone had a secret place to get cheap boards.

[Qicmee]

EVGA quality: If you sort all 570s by Newegg's customer ratings, EVGA is listed in 4 of the top 5 positions.
Newegg.com - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards,570

It's reasonable that a few cards will have problems no matter who makes them. It's a probability game. To reduce the chance of future aggravation, I usually go with the best odds.

[TheSilentAssassin]

I was thinkin the same thing. All mfg's have bad batches. This particular brand was EVGA. None of the other one's had any bad reviews. Like I said earlier, there are probably more EVGA's sold so the margin for error over the coarse of a lot of boards being made and sold goes up. I dont know what the percentage of bad boards was overall but I bet it probably is really low.

If someone gets a bad product they will be more likely to tell more people than those that didnt have any problems. Just the way it is.

But..thanks for all the info. I'll keep digging before I pull the trigger. Still have some time yet. I just thought maybe someone had a secret place to get cheap boards.

I agree. Sometimes a bad product just happens to slip by EVGA. I guarentee you if you have problems they will replace it as long as you register your product on their site. In my opinion EVGA is the best brand there is so I think you are right in assuming since they produce so many products every once and awhile one bad one slips through and one or two person bitch about it and ruin EVGAs rep for a lot of people.

[Donziboy2]

Just an FWI, most nvidia cards are setup to shutoff at like 100-110C. I know my gtx 285 kicks into 100% fan at 90C.
They have a poor fan/temp curve, good thing evga precision lets you set your own curve.

[K PhaNTOM]

Just an FWI, most nvidia cards are setup to shutoff at like 100-110C. I know my gtx 285 kicks into 100% fan at 90C.
They have a poor fan/temp curve, good thing evga precision lets you set your own curve.

Exactly. When my card went up to 93 I did not even hear the fan. When the fan is at 70 you can hear it over your headphones. It's the major issue with the 400 series as I heard.

[TheSilentAssassin]

Exactly. When my card went up to 93 I did not even hear the fan. When the fan is at 70 you can hear it over your headphones. It's the major issue with the 400 series as I heard.

If my card ever went to 93 let alone 80 I would probably shut off my computer

[Cain]

How do you know your GPU temps?

[sopek]

you can try gpu-z to check you temp

GPU_Z

[BadHabitz]

If you got the CD with your card you can install EVGA Precision. Set it up right and you'll see an overlay showing certain stats including temp.

[K PhaNTOM]

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

This is just a zipped exe really quick and no need to install. Just turn it on and go on gaming, when you come back again it will tell you the current, average and max temps/voltages it went to.

[TheSilentAssassin]

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

This is just a zipped exe really quick and no need to install. Just turn it on and go on gaming, when you come back again it will tell you the current, average and max temps/voltages it went to.

Thats what I use. Very useful tool.

[Duke{CLR}]

How do you know your GPU temps?

In precession you can set up and OSD, peep this thread.

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