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MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr III POWER Edition Thread

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#1 ·
Received my brand new not-yet-announced MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC!

Unfortunately... super unfortunately... MSI Afterburner does not allow me to modify any voltages. Despite the triple Overvoltage support on the box. I purchased a GTX 460 HAWK at official launch which also supports triple OV and had to wait 2 weeks before MSI released an AB fix...

Pics below:
Sorry for the poorer quality. They were all taken on my Nexus One smartphone. What a terrible day for the wife to bring our camera to work!

Always buy from the Egg.

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For those who said it couldn't actually be purchased that early. Mine shipped on 4/11/11.

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Non-reference PCB... but we all knew that already right?

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The fan blades stick out past the metal of the cooler.

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Propeller Fan Blades

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Can see the metal plate that covers the PCB. Heat Spreader?

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Comparison to Reference GTX 570

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In the Antec 902:

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Lights on, Game on!

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I will see if I can get a stable overclock at all without changing the voltage... because...you know... Afterburner won't let me...

Will post back with bench's as I complete them. Particularly temperatures, because I can't do much else. Definitely updating after MSI gets their software together...
 
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#2 ·
Completed a Heaven 2.1 Benchmark on stock clocks for this card:

~MSI 570 TFIII~
Clocks: 770/2000
Core Voltage: 0.988v
Avg. FPS: 55.0
Max temp: 56C
Max Fan Speed: 60%

~Reference Galaxy 570~
Clocks: 732/1900
Core Voltage: 1.013
Avg. FPS: 52.9
Max Temp: 78C
Max Fan Speed: 75%

EDIT:
~MAX Overclock with original voltage MSI 570 TFIII~
Clocks: 840/2000
Core Voltage: 0.988v
Avg. FPS: 58.5
Max temp: 61C
Max Fan Speed (Auto): 56%

Are there other programs that allow for Core voltage adjustment that are safe programs to use?
 
#5 ·
Grats man. Then we are two happy dudes here on the same day. Just in case there is one thread I dont mention this, I LOVE my new Directcu II 580. Only up at 1.075v, and already I've got 900 dialed in (well, apperantly) with plenty of temperature headroom. Actually there is an uncanny similarity between the frozr III and the directcu II, both in terms of packacing and layout (except the tri slots that is
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Enjoy.
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#9 ·
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Originally Posted by Ipwnnubletz;13117145
I'd love one of those cards. My only complaint is that the Twin Frozr III looks quite ugly to its predecessor, the Twin Frozr II. They seem to have added more color in the III variant, I liked the sleek chrome look of the II.
I have to agree with you. The TFII is sexier looking. Very industrial.

I purchased this TFIII 570 before there was a picture of it on newegg. I was hoping it had green accents, not red. That's kind of a bummer lol.
 
#10 ·
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Originally Posted by frankth3frizz;13117147
why not SLI it|? D:
650w PSU is just enough probably, but I am RMAing the galaxy... so I don't want to super stress my PSU for no reason
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The Galaxy 570 overheated badly once and was not the same since. Now it is artifacting on stock clocks. The relacement gets here tomorrow and I send the original galaxy 570 back to space... err the manufacturer. It was REALLY nice for 2 days though. I need to sell the replacement to pay for the TFIII.
 
#11 ·
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Originally Posted by SyncMaster753;13117193
Looks really nice, would probably be the 570 i'd want.

i wonder if MSI is going to update AB for these cards soon, it advertises overvoltage on the box...
Yeah it's ugly. I bought the 460 HAWk and returned it out of spite because it was already 2 weeks after launch and I couldn't change the voltages. MSI was very slow with that. I hope they learned their lesson and release the new AB when the announce the card tomorrow.

EDIT: Sorry i don't know how to quote multiple people in the same post lol...
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by RomeSC;13117236
I have to agree with you. The TFII is sexier looking. Very industrial.

I purchased this TFIII 570 before there was a picture of it on newegg. I was hoping it had green accents, not red. That's kind of a bummer lol.
Well, take comfort in knowing that the TFIII has stronger components that the TFII, from what I have read (VRM's etc). Would think that weighs up quite well
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#13 ·
You should also be happy that you got such a great VID for those clocks. Mine comes in at 1.01V for 742MHz. I don't know if it's stable at stock clocks with lower volts or vice versa if it's stable at high clocks with stock voltage because I don't really trust this PSU for Overclocking a 570, gonna have to get a better one.
 
#15 ·
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Originally Posted by juano;13117649
You should also be happy that you got such a great VID for those clocks. Mine comes in at 1.01V for 742MHz. I don't know if it's stable at stock clocks with lower volts or vice versa if it's stable at high clocks with stock voltage because I don't really trust this PSU for Overclocking a 570, gonna have to get a better one.
I am very pumped about the VID. I tend to get cards with much higher stock voltage than average on these forums. I hope my theory is correct, and the original cards that Newegg got sent to them are going to be golden samples that Overclock like no ones business. So far so good. Man I wish AB was working.

Does EVGA precision allow core voltage adjustment? I know nvidia inspector does supposedly, but nvidia inspector won't let me adjust the core clocks.... so odd.

I promised myself I wouldn't get another upgrade for 2 years if I sprung for the TFIII 570, so I don't want to mess around trying to sync multiple programs to try overclocking...

Cmon MSI...
 
#17 ·
I would just be patient and wait for AB, maybe savor trying to see what clocks you can get going at stock voltage, do em 5Mhz at a time with lots of benchmarks for each increase, that should hold you over till they update it.
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I don't really see why Neweggs first batch would be hand picked because it's not like they were sent to a review site. Maybe they are thinking that they want the first few reviews to be glowing on newegg but that still doesn't make much sense to me, I think you just got plain ole' lucky is all.
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#21 ·
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Originally Posted by robwadeson;13117938
You knew that the 570 have VRM issues? Nice fan design nonetheless
Its not like the box says '6+1' in large print, or that one pic is captioned 'non-reference PCB'
 
#22 ·
OP congrats on a sexy card. Hopefully this will be the 570s version of the lightning overclocking wise.
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Originally Posted by robwadeson;13117938
You knew that the 570 have VRM issues? Nice fan design nonetheless
Did you even bother to look at the pictures?

Right on the front of the box it says 6+1 VRM. It's also a non reference PCB.

Sometimes I swear people don't even bother to read the OP before posting worthless crap.
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by kody7839;13117984
Looks great, thanks for the pics.

Did you not have a fan profile setup on your original Galaxy? Your benchmark says it got up to 78 and you made mention to getting even hotter and ruining the card.
Yeah that's odd. My 570 was overclocked to 850/1700/2000 @ 1.063v and with a 1%=1*C fan profile I never peaked 70C.
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#24 ·
Soo cool, besides Corsair i also have a passion for MSI's Twin Frozr range.

so good.
 
#25 ·
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Originally Posted by RedCloudFuneral;13117702
How is the Twin Frozr III noise wise? I'm thinking of buying this card, but I'm wondering how it will compare to the ASUS.
Wish i had something to measure it with for you.

I'm not super impressed with the noise to be honest. At 40% its silent. At 50% its quieter than reference at 50%. At 60%-70% I think its about the same as reference. Over 70% the type of sound changes on the TFIII. It becomes less "wooshing air" and more "turbine like" if that makes sense, it's a noise I am not fond of. 80% is loud and 90-100% is unbearable to me.

I have never used an Asus thriple slot obviously though. I am only comparing to reference. The thing with the TFIII is that the same Heaven Benchmark with the same ambient temps resulted in 20C cooler temps with 7% less fan speed.

Temps were super low on the TFIII. If that is a trend I start to see while gaming, I will make a custom fan profile and max the fan at 60% unless the temps crack 80C.

EDIT: Also, its only 2 slots, which means in 2-3 years when everyone is raving over Kepler, I can pick up a 2nd 570 for pocket change and not need a competition-level motherboard to SLI them (like with the asus...)
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by blackbalt89;13118079
Yeah that's odd. My 570 was overclocked to 850/1700/2000 @ 1.063v and with a 1%=1*C fan profile I never peaked 70C.
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I set the fan to 1*C=1% and then hard capped the fan at 70% on the Ref galaxy 570. I hit 78*C after extended gaming sessions, 75C after a heaven bench (I mistakenly put 78C in the second post, should be 75C. Still...

The time it got hotter is because for some reason the fan did not speed up while gaming. I didn't notice the lack of sound because I had a headset on, but all of a sudden ***FULL RED SCREEN LOCKUP***. Before that the galaxy hit 95C on a heaven bench because my intake fans were at minimum and they were clogged full of dust. Cleaning the case and nothing else brought it down to 75C in heaven.
 
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