14 DAY TRIAL // There are already several factory overclocked versions of the GeForce GTX 570, but Point of View tried to go a bit higher than most, using the aid of an AquaCopper waterblock.
Once again, one of NVIDIA's many manufacturing partners has brought forth a new iteration of the GeForce GTX 570.
Unveiled earlier this month, the GTX 570 was quite well received by reviewers and, understandably, quite quickly customized by the likes of Palit, ASUS, Galaxy, EVGA and others.
Now, Point of View has stepped up to release one board that, instead of a heatsink and fan, utilizes water cooling.
The newcomer is even more powerful than the ones that POV launched immediately after the reference boards debuted.
What this means is that the GPU, shaders and memory clock speeds are significantly higher than those of the original.
While the stock clocks are of 732 MHz, 1464 MHz and 3800 MHz, the ones belonging to the GTX 570 Beast are of 841 MHz, 1682 MHz and 3960 MHz, respectively.
Of course, being granted a higher degree of stability and lower operational temperatures, enthusiasts with particularly chilly desktops should also be able to further overclock the board.
This is the expression of what POV calls “TGT’s efforts to optimize and balance both, enhanced core clock settings and rock solid stability,” TGT being the team that aided in jointly developing the board,
Other than that, the product features 480 CUDA cores, 1,280 MB of GDDR5 VRAM and a memory interface of 320 bits.
Finally, there is support for not just DirectX 11 graphics, but also for 3-way SLI, CUDA, PhysX and 3D Vision Surround.
The press release issued by the company says that the GeForce GTX 570 Beast is priced at 499 Euro, while an air-cooled version with identical specifications sells for 449 Euro.