GTX 580

[Masterdeadly]

I think I'm going to purchase the Asus 580 I was wondering with a AMD 955 Black edition overclocked to 3.61ghz and 8gb of 1600mhz ram would a 650W AX Pro corsair power supply be enough to power a 580?

 

[Masterdeadly]

http://www.mediafire.com/?b6dkk1poa5b53g8

Is what my old Card is benchmarking at is it worth the upgrade?

 

[varkanoid]

is the 6900 overclocked ?

580 scores would be a lot faster than that.

 

[Masterdeadly]

No the 6950 isn't overclocked at all, I don't want to risk my card breaking.

Will a 650W power supply be enough for the Asus 580 though?

 

[cmndr_andi]

The Corsair 650WX AX Pro PSU will be A-OK with an overclocked phenom II CPU and a GTX 580 graphics card system.

 

[chaparral]

http://www.mediafire.com/?b6dkk1poa5b53g8

Is what my old Card is benchmarking at is it worth the upgrade?

If you upgrade to a GTX 580 you should get a score of somewhere between 1200 to 1500

Jazzerman (GTX580) - 1553
trisp (GTX580) - 1549
Chris (GTX580) - 1502
Krony (GTX580) - 1482
Smak (GTX580) - 1476
Sean UK (GTX580) - 1472
khemist (GTX580) - 1463
ReAPeR101 (GTX580) - 1424
F1aw1ess (GTX580) - 1421
ianh (GTX580) - 1414
Tomtom3989 (GTX580) - 1408
Clum (GTX580) - 1402
crabstick (GTX580) - 1399
Cleeecooo (GTX580) - 1326
Flylow (GTX580) - 1301
Mythril1976 (GTX580) - 1215

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18249292

 

[Masterdeadly]

The Corsair 650WX AX Pro PSU will be A-OK with an overclocked phenom II CPU and a GTX 580 graphics card system.

When you say "A-OK" you mean it will be a good combo and will work in harmony? And I guess with those rating it all depends on how good the processors are, Mine is quite out dated but I think with the overclock it's still a decent processor

 

[chaparral]

http://www.mediafire.com/?b6dkk1poa5b53g8

Is what my old Card is benchmarking at is it worth the upgrade?

I thought your score looked higher then normal..

Then i notice you set 0xAA

 

[cmndr_andi]

When you say "A-OK" you mean it will be a good combo and will work in harmony? And I guess with those rating it all depends on how good the processors are, Mine is quite out dated but I think with the overclock it's still a decent processor

I meant that the PSU will happily power your system which included an overclocked phenom II X4 and a gtx 580. As for how these two parts balance out in gaming, it really depends on what games you play and at what resolution.

In most games the overclock Phenom II X4 will be more than sufficient - although there are a few games that are much more CPU heavy and the CPU will limit your performance before the graphics card can (such examples include Civ 5, GTA4, the witcher 2).

That said, even then games should look great and your CPU shouldn't really be holding back your gaming too much.

 

[Masterdeadly]

I see so a 6950 with 4xAA would be around 1000 so it's a 50 percent better card in that essence? So it's a major upgrade for 200 pounds

 

[Masterdeadly]

I play titles like: Fifa, World of warcraft, CS, and Starcraft. So I guess this processor is rather perfect for me at the moment.

 

[Masterdeadly]

file:///C:/Users/Ben/Desktop/unigine_20110829_1029.html

 

[Masterdeadly]

new

http://www.mediafire.com/?tc30q2g5jv0g0fi

 

[chaparral]

I see so a 6950 with 4xAA would be around 1000 so it's a 50 percent better card in that essence? So it's a major upgrade for 200 pounds

Most likely be more around 30%

As just about all them GTX 580 scores are from overclocked cards

 

[Masterdeadly]

Would you recommend overclocking the GTX 580 when I get it?

 

[chaparral]

Would you recommend overclocking the GTX 580 when I get it?

I can't say


As i only run my two GTX 580 with a small overclock to 800mhz as i no need to overclock them any higher,
as my SLI 580 setup is far fast enough to run all the games i play..


I say only overclock it if you need the extra FPS in the games you play