14 DAY TRIAL // EVGA is getting ready to update its product portfolio with a new graphics card built on the GTX 570 design that is targeting overclockers and extreme enthusiasts. The card is called the EVGA GTX 570 Classified and is expected to debut at Computex 2011.
Judging by the preliminary information that is available at this point, the GTX 570 Classified will feature a cooling assembly that looks remarkably similar with the Nvidia reference design.
However, this has been tweaked in order to cope with the increased amount of heat produced by overclocking and EVGA has even redesigned the card's printed circuit board.
Compared to the standard PCB, this now features a 10-layer design, an advanced 6-phase digital GPU VRM, which EVGA states that it can improve overclocking headroom, as well as dedicated voltage readout points.
Additional modifications were also brought to the power delivery systems, as the card now carries a 6+8 pin PCI-Express power connector.
Finally, the HD designation comes from the fact that EVGA's GTX 570 Classified houses a full-sized HDMI 1.4 connector as well as a DisplayPort output, next to the usual pair of dual-link DVI connectors.
Sadly, EVGA hasn't made public the operating frequencies of its graphics card yet, but this is expected to come higher clocked than the Nvidia reference design.
The stock version of the GTX 570 has its core running at 732MHz, while the memory works at 950MHz (3800MHz data rate).
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 570 is based on the company's GF110 GPU and it packs 480 stream processors, 60 texture units, 40 ROP units and a 320-bit wide memory bus that is connected to 1.25GB of GDDR5 video buffer.
As mentioned earlier, the EVGA GTX 570 Classified is expected to make its debut at Computex 2011. No details regarding pricing are available at this time. (via Hardware Canucks)