14 DAY TRIAL // As most other graphics card manufacturers out there, Sparkle is quick to announce their own GTX 570 GPU-based solutions, the Taiwanese company adding to the slew of recently released GTX 570 boards another two offerings, one of them being a factory overclocked model.
Dubbed the SXX5701280D5NM and SXX5701280D5SNM both of these cards stick to the GTX 570 reference design that makes use of a copper based vapor chamber in order to cool the GPU, Sparkle stating this solution is much more efficient than a copper heatsink at carrying away the heat because the whole area effectively transfers heat at the same rate.
Although this cooling design is used for both of its solutions (and for almost every other GTX 570 graphics card available out there) only the SXX5701280D5SNM comes with factory improved clocks, the GF110 core running at 752MHz while the memory are clocked at 3996MHz.
At this frequencies, Sparkle's factory overclocked model is behind the EVGA GTX 570 SuperClocked when it comes down to core speed, although its memories come with a hefty speed increase over EVGA's solution.
The other card of the pair, uses the same 732MHz GPU and 3800MHz memory frequencies as most other GTX 570 offerings available out there, both cards featuring 480 CUDA cores along with a 320-bit memory interface, 40 ROP units and 60 FP16 texturing units.
The TDP is rated at 225W, the GTX 570 coming in cooler and less power hungry than the GTX 480 while delivering about the same performance level, as early review have uncovered.
Unfortunately, no pricing informations have been provided by Sparkle along with the press release, but we expect the regular SXX5701280D5SNM to be priced at $350 as almost every other GTX 570 card out there while the overclocked version should carry a somewhat higher price tag.