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OCUK's New EVGA cards

Lunawolfy

Lunawolfy

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Hey all,

With the new lineup of EVGA cards being thrown out there I couldn't help but noticing this.

Now 99% of 580's are reference cards, would this be a worthwhile purchase as it even comes with the backplate (although that on a reference pcb gives me cooling worries) As the Phantom is the same price and offer what looks like better cooling. Although i'd need to buy a backplate for when it finally goes underwater.
 
You won't need a backplate at all if you go under water. It helps to have one but isn't a necessity.

At £399 that card is a rip off. It was £383 this morning - WTF happened???

IIRC, the phantom is a non ref PCB. Also, EVGA is a much better brand with better RMA and warranty
 
Phantom is reference, or at least EK make blocks for it :P

PCB is the same model as EVGA.

I'm just wondering how these minimal cooling looks cards compare to cards that blatently make it known that they are cooling your card ;P
 
I would still get the EVGA card. The phantom has a much much better cooler but the EVGA has a backplate and also has better warranty and allow you to liquid cool.

Infact, if you had bought my 580, I would have bought the non sc version of this card :p
 
The EVGA card is just a reference GTX 580 mildly overclocked from 772MHz to 797 MHz on the core and 4008MHz to 4050MHz on the VRAM.

It's not really much different from a £350 reference GTX 580.

The "KR" suffix in the product code denotes a 3 year warranty if registered with 30 days of purchase.

The PNY card at £349.99 also offers a 3 year warranty.

The £50 you save buying a different GTX 580 goes a long way towards a waterblock (for which you don't need a backplate).

Whether or not you think EVGA's supposedly superior warranty service is worth £50 is up to you.
 
With the KR cards, don't EVGA currently have the offer to extend your warranty to ten years for free?

I agree that the warranty value differs from person to person but with my gfx card luck - I'd pay double! LOL

I'm glad to have a 580 which does 1ghz core :p
 
Cleeecooo said:
With the KR cards, don't EVGA currently have the offer to extend your warranty to ten years for free?

I agree that the warranty value differs from person to person but with my gfx card luck - I'd pay double! LOL

I'm glad to have a 580 which does 1ghz core :p
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I'm only reading the warranty from their own website:

EVGA Warranty

It looks like you can pay extra to upgrade to a 5 or 10 year warranty.
 
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It was on their home page a few weeks ago. Might still be there. Just look at the slideshow in the middle. On iPhone ATM so can't show you or check myself.
 
Thought I'd use this thread instead of making a new one.

I'm torn between that card and the DS card.

With the reference card, air is exhausted out the rear of the case, although my H60 intake fan is just above it.

Would this be an issue at all?
 
The upgrade path would probs be:

580
Water
SLI/Kepler is they turn out to be THAT epic.

So if i'm only gonna have 1 card for the better part of 12/14 months and I want it fast, will I notice better single card air clocking with the DS?
 
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