Introduction
While there may be some missing images and feature run downs, here’s our review of the GTX 570 from Zotac. How will it compare to our previously tested HIS HD 6970? We’re about to find out.
Features and Specifications
- New ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 570 graphics card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 graphics processor
- Engine clock: 732 MHz
- 480 unified shaders
- Shader clock: 1464 MHz
- 1280MB of GDDR5 memory
- 320-bit memory interface
- Memory clock: 3800 MHz
- PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
- Microsoft DirectX® 11 & OpenGL® 4.1 compatible
- NVIDIA® CUDA™, 3D Vision™ Surround & SLI™ ready
- HDMI 1.4a compliant (xvYCC Color & DeepColor compatible)
- Hardware-accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready
- ZOTAC® Boost Premium software bundle included
- Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ game bundle included
| Product Name | GeForce® GTX 570 |
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 |
| Engine Clock speed | 732 MHz |
| Unified Shaders | 480 |
| Shader Clock | 1464 MHz |
| Memory Clock speed | 3800 MHz |
| Memory | 1280MB DDR5 |
| Memory interface | 320-bit |
| Display Outputs | Dual dual-link DVI & mini-HDMI |
| HDCP | Yes |
| Cooling | Active (with fan) |
| DirectX® version | DirectX® 11 with Shader Model 5.0 |
| Other hardware features | 8-channel Digital Surround Sound, HDMI 1.4a compatible, hardware accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready, NVIDIA® SLI™ ready, NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Surround ready |
| Software Features | nView® Multi-Display, Hardware Video Decode Acceleration Technology, NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology, OpenGL® 4.1, |
| Windows 7 capability | Windows® 7 with DirectCompute support |
Why say 2GB ?
1280MB of GDDR5 memory
Duh… thanks :) Fixed.