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GTX 580 Review
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exactly........ i gaming at 1560x1600.i dont care about the rest!!!
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SLI gives over 40fps in crysis at 2560x1600. That's pretty damn good tbf.
SLI profiles need to be updated for 580's though some games seem to lose or be similar performance.
SLI profiles need to be updated for 580's though some games seem to lose or be similar performance.
Have to say the card does look pretty impressive and if the price is what you are all saying about £370 then excellent, will make the competition for pricing with ATI even better, so everyone wins, however I think this is what fermi should have been, so a year late tbh, obviously it is a 485 and nvidia decided to make it sound like a new generation when it isn't by calling it 580.
Also anyone else think that nvidia maybe wanted him to do those games and benchmarks etc. at that res to make the card look good?
Personally I would take this review with a pinch of salt and wait for more reliable and better ones.
But as it has been stated before, anyone who has a 480 and is upgrading just for 10-15% performance increase has got more money than sense tbh.
Also I think it would be wise for most people to wait and see what ATI bring out in the next few weeks as for all we could know, they might perform 10% better than the 580, perform cooler, less power draw etc. or they might not.
Who thinks raven will be selling his 480 and getting a 580 to use on his 1680x1050 monitor?
Also anyone else think that nvidia maybe wanted him to do those games and benchmarks etc. at that res to make the card look good?
Personally I would take this review with a pinch of salt and wait for more reliable and better ones.
But as it has been stated before, anyone who has a 480 and is upgrading just for 10-15% performance increase has got more money than sense tbh.
Also I think it would be wise for most people to wait and see what ATI bring out in the next few weeks as for all we could know, they might perform 10% better than the 580, perform cooler, less power draw etc. or they might not.
Who thinks raven will be selling his 480 and getting a 580 to use on his 1680x1050 monitor?
Soldato
I'm going by cooling and power consumption, overclock the 460's for 470 SLI performance. The cheap 470's have reference coolers so will run noisy and hot in SLI.
Who thinks raven will be selling his 480 and getting a 580 to use on his 1680x1050 monitor?
Guess you can't max out the demanding games with your rig, becuase if you could you would see they struggle to keep above 60FPS at my rez.
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Soldato
Roll on AMD....
Look at the summary page for the sli results, its linking to the summary page for the 6850.http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_580_SLI/27.html
Gotta agree, TPU need to be a bit more rigorous comparing like with like, especially when reviewing new high-end GFX cards.
The 580 still looks pretty good though
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must admit im tempted, must resist purchase !
Nope actually I can max every game out on my rig, thank you very much
and there all above 40 or 50 FPS depending on the game, so for BFBC 2, everything max, 4xAA and 8xAAA, HBO off, my lowest FPS is around 40 I think and that's when there is a lot going on in the sense of explosions, smoke etc. Personally for me anything over 40FPS seems very smooth to me and that is in the heavy action scenes etc.
Apart from metro 2033, but heard that there have been fixes and updates etc. which fix/increase the performance, so could probably turn the settings up a bit more, but wouldn't upgrade for just one game, when every other game runs perfectly on my rig, especially for just one game, which I wasn't that keen on and that I wouldn't play again.
My rig, i5 750, 4GB G.skill RAM, HIS 4850 HD Turbo ICEQ4, everything at stock, no overclocking at all, although I only play at 1280x1024 (soon be upgrading to 1920x1080 and then I will need a 6950, 6970 or one of the 5xx cards).
No point of me buying a 480 or 580 etc. now for my res, as personally it would be overkill.
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I was looking more at the Gainward "GOOD" ones tbh, 2 for £370 aint a bad deal.
Caporegime
hm i dont like the way the review kinda omits the gtx 460 and overclocked gtx 460 performance. it uses the gtx 465 in a lot of the benchies...:/
No even close. The GTX580 is a bit faster, cheaper, quieter, use less power, has more memory, 3D, physX, and it is a single card (no microstuttering, no scaling problems, etc).
GTX580 > HD5970 in every way possible.
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I am a bit underwhelmed. Moving from a 295gtx to this 580gtx for only a few fps in some cases at 2560x1600 and Crysis is still not playable at this res :/
Yeah im sure everyone is going to take your word for it. Especially as you only seem to crop up to spout some propoganda then slither away again..
If that is in fact the driver that broke crossfire scaling then the 5970 would be pulling even further ahead. Though im not sure as ive not had an ati card for over a year.
Soldato
Yeah it's a good deal, I prefer the bang for buck option of overclocking the 460's though, especially if your PSU is on the limit with 470 SLI.
I have to admit that if the pricing is around £370, then congrats nvidia, they have finally learned how to price there cards right and for that I would consider them once again especially this card considering it is much cooler, quieter and less power requirements.
Be interesting to see what they do once ATIs 69xx cards come out in terms of pricing.
And I also wonder if ATI will sell there new cards for a lot cheaper as I was expecting the 6970 to be about this price, but maybe slightly less.
Be interesting to see what they do once ATIs 69xx cards come out in terms of pricing.
And I also wonder if ATI will sell there new cards for a lot cheaper as I was expecting the 6970 to be about this price, but maybe slightly less.
Well the ideal scenario is the 6970 being around the same as this performance wise, then it'll be a little slugfest to see who can knock a few quid off to get their cards flogged.