580 GTX Price is up....

powdaman · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:32

speaking purely from experience here:

- about 6 year or so ago built a computer with Nvidia card. Worked first time no problems encountered
- 5 years ago upgraded to SLI. worked first time no problems
- 3 years ago upgraded from SLI to better Nvidia card. worked no problem first time
- 1/2 year ago upgraded from nvidia to 5870 ATI. all i have had is problems. Driver issues, lag in games, miscellaneous issues that have driven me crazy!!!

Result? I'm moving back to Nvidia as soon as the next gen card comes out.

(just from personal experience, i'm sure a lot of people have not experienced these issues)

vorticalspace · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:36

powdaman said:
speaking purely from experience here:

- about 6 year or so ago built a computer with Nvidia card. Worked first time no problems encountered
- 5 years ago upgraded to SLI. worked first time no problems
- 3 years ago upgraded from SLI to better Nvidia card. worked no problem first time
- 1/2 year ago upgraded from nvidia to 5870 ATI. all i have had is problems. Driver issues, lag in games, miscellaneous issues that have driven me crazy!!!

Result? I'm moving back to Nvidia as soon as the next gen card comes out.

(just from personal experience, i'm sure a lot of people have not experienced these issues)

Runs for cover :eek:

Phoenixdancer · 5 Nov 2010 at 14:03

powdaman said:
speaking purely from experience here:

- about 6 year or so ago built a computer with Nvidia card. Worked first time no problems encountered
- 5 years ago upgraded to SLI. worked first time no problems
- 3 years ago upgraded from SLI to better Nvidia card. worked no problem first time
- 1/2 year ago upgraded from nvidia to 5870 ATI. all i have had is problems. Driver issues, lag in games, miscellaneous issues that have driven me crazy!!!

Result? I'm moving back to Nvidia as soon as the next gen card comes out.

(just from personal experience, i'm sure a lot of people have not experienced these issues)

Your not very good with PC's then?

Voltage · 5 Nov 2010 at 14:09

Performance/Price > Brand

Scougar · 5 Nov 2010 at 14:13

Voltage said:
Performance/Price > Brand

You do have to consider support as well, but that is opening a can of worms.

But generally speaking agree with Voltage :-)

I couldn't care less. And to be completely honest, if a card is say 10% slower for the same price I still wouldn't worry too much about it even if I had made the 'wrong' choice.

Jibber55 · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:14

powdaman said:
speaking purely from experience here:

- about 6 year or so ago built a computer with Nvidia card. Worked first time no problems encountered
- 5 years ago upgraded to SLI. worked first time no problems
- 3 years ago upgraded from SLI to better Nvidia card. worked no problem first time
- 1/2 year ago upgraded from nvidia to 5870 ATI. all i have had is problems. Driver issues, lag in games, miscellaneous issues that have driven me crazy!!!

Result? I'm moving back to Nvidia as soon as the next gen card comes out.

(just from personal experience, i'm sure a lot of people have not experienced these issues)

And some people move the other way for the same reasons, it's swings and roundabouts really. I had some mad issues with my 7800GT until I had to change motherboards and suddenly it worked like a dream. (should say that the old mobo worked fine with other GFX cards too, others who had the same mobo/ GFX were fine.... god knows what was going on)
You have your reason and no one can argue with that.

HeX · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:29

My mate just informed me that his 'cost' to get a GTX580 in is ~£330.

That's shop cost direct from the supplier, so need to add VAT + shop markup.

So looking at least £400 retail price.

straxusii · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:32

That's £484 inc vat with a 25% margin, £426 with a 10% margin

Both well under £500

HeX · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:36

Aye, I can see it being ~£450.

craptakular · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:37

what console port are you guys playing that needs a £450-£500 graphics card?

HeX · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:39

Never said I was going to buy one

Well happy with my £150 GTX460

GJ02 · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:40

@ gibbo

can you give us an idication of rough price pleeeeeease !

antran · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:52

I can probably afford the 580 if i dont turn my heating on for the winter = )

Voltage · 5 Nov 2010 at 16:03

you probably wont need to going on last few generations of Nvidia cards.

Broken Hope · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:01

Greebo · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:06

If they are real, big disappointment. Those heaven benchmarks are awful. My gtx470's in SLI own it big style and probably cost £100 less.

Hence ATI dual core card will kill it.

Skyrocket · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:15

^^^^it ain't looking promising!
For £480 it's looking dire...but can it overclock and how much?

Gerard · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:34

Seems techpowerup isn't getting anything to review from nvidia

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=2079210&postcount=83

Mr Krugga · 5 Nov 2010 at 18:50

Skyrocket said:
^^^^it ain't looking promising!
For £480 it's looking dire...but can it overclock and how much?

That's funny that you mention it, can you point me to the source of this info on pricing?

An Exception · 5 Nov 2010 at 19:04

Gerard said:
Seems techpowerup isn't getting anything to review from nvidia

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=2079210&postcount=83

Well that's what happens when they don't do as they are told...