NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - First Review

[SlackerITGuy]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - First Review [Now with SLI]

Enjoy:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536 MB Review - Page 1/31 | techPowerUp

EDIT:

SLI review:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI Review - Page 1/27 | techPowerUp

 

[Everlong]

Cheers.

Edit: That's quite an impressive card over the GTX480. I was quite surprised with the drop in power usage vs the increase in performance.

 

[Hondajt]

That was a preliminary review. That should be noted.

 

[Hopalong X]

Newegg.com - gtx 580

Newegg listing they are in the store/warehouse.

 

[thefabe]

Newegg.com - gtx 580

Newegg listing they are in the store/warehouse.

All I can say is WOW $622.15 for me with shipping and Tax
Even though I've never used ATI the 6870 looks really good compared to spending that much money on a GFX card.
Fabe

 

[Luckystar]

Newegg.com - gtx 580

Newegg listing they are in the store/warehouse.

To be honest, i had an incline it was going to be this month as all rumors and what-not gave that impression.

I must say though, Nvidia did'nt have this kept under wraps, damn and i just bought a GTX470 and a Core i7 and A new board and new ram and now i am broke and the moths have moved back in my wallet.

Guess next year i will most definetly be upgrading.

Lucky

EDIT:: I was even going to be getting a second GTX470 but that idea just went out the window!!!

 

[Everlong]

That was a preliminary review. That should be noted.

There's enough reviews out now the card has been officially released. So much for the rumours of this just being a paper launch, too.

 

[chev65]

Not a huge difference between this and the 480, a few more fpm and less power consumption I guess.

 

[Everlong]

Not a huge difference between this and the 480, a few more fpm and less power consumption I guess.

Well it's not worth the upgrade from a 480, but anyone still on a GTX2xx or even an 8/9 series who weren't sure about a GTX4xx, I'd say a 580 is worth upgrading to if they have the money.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Not a huge difference between this and the 480, a few more fpm and less power consumption I guess.

Well it's not worth the upgrade from a 480, but anyone still on a GTX2xx or even an 8/9 series who weren't sure about a GTX4xx, I'd say a 580 is worth upgrading to if they have the money.

Definitely.

HD 5970-esque performance with lower power consumption plus less heat generation vs GF100, that's a big win in my book.

Although as a side note here, I gotta say, all this 'FERMI is too hot too loud issue(s)' is WAY overblown IMO, I have a GTX 470 myself, and with a pretty standard fan profile done on MSI Afterburner, my load temps never go into the 80s (high 70s). The noise?, yes that's definitely very noticeable, but as a headphone user, that's a non-issue for me.

 

[Airbot]

My poor 480, knocked off his little pedestal.

 

[BugMeister]

Newegg.com - gtx 580

Newegg listing they are in the store/warehouse.

To be honest, i had an incline it was going to be this month as all rumors and what-not gave that impression.

I must say though, Nvidia did'nt have this kept under wraps, damn and i just bought a GTX470 and a Core i7 and A new board and new ram and now i am broke and the moths have moved back in my wallet.

Guess next year i will most definetly be upgrading.

Lucky

EDIT:: I was even going to be getting a second GTX470 but that idea just went out the window!!!

'twas ever thus..

seems the only way to get ahead these days is to go sli - when will it all end?
gone are the days when we could safely settle on, say a 6600GT and know we'd be ahead for a good while
games designers are making it harder to stay up with the situation as well, DX10, DX10.1, DX11.. - DX21.8..(??)

- where will it all end, I asks ya..?

we see fewer releases for the PC, but they come with ever greater complexity
there's a good few games out there from years past, just dying for a make-over
using the revitalized graphics that come with these highly advanced cards..

if only the race would slow down long enough for the majority of people to catch up..

 

[Everlong]

Although as a side note here, I gotta say, all this 'FERMI is too hot too loud issue(s)' is WAY overblown IMO, I have a GTX 470 myself, and with a pretty standard fan profile done on MSI Afterburner, my load temps never go into the 80s (high 70s). The noise?, yes that's definitely very noticeable, but as a headphone user, that's a non-issue for me.

Yea, that's all that's needed is a fan profile setting up. The default fan settings favour noise over heat, hence why it takes so long for the fan to speed up. Do it yourself and you have reasonable temperatures.

 

[Techymike]

I do not see the big difference between the two. The best part of this is now I can get a second 480 cheaper and blow the 580 away! At least for a few months while this will be be the best pair out!

 

[Solarstarshines]

Newegg.com - gtx 580

Newegg listing they are in the store/warehouse.

All I can say is WOW $622.15 for me with shipping and Tax
Even though I've never used ATI the 6870 looks really good compared to spending that much money on a GFX card.
Fabe

I know how you feel fabe I can't possibly spend that much unless i was doing sli or crossfire x2-6870's would cost as much as the gtx580 579.00 is pretty high even after i just spent 285.00 on my hd6870