****Official GTX580 user reviews/benchmarking/overclocking thread****

[Greebo]

Keep believing that..there wont be a lot of difference, but you definitely wont level it. 480 SLI WC maybe, but 470's?..nah.

A 580 is more than just an overclocked 480

5% more, that is all. The rest of the gain is from the 10% overclock.

I have a 10% faster core clock speed over a stock 580GTX which should balance out the 5% gain from the new architecture.

We shall see. I have already posted a lot of my gtx470 SLI results so will wait on somebody with gtx580's in SLI and we'll compare.

Of course, since the gtx580's seem to be able to go past 900Mhz and maybe under water hit 950Mhz without power throttling, that will open up a big lead again by maybe 10 to 20% but mine compared to stock gtx580's, I reckon it will be neck and neck and in some games I'll have them beaten.

 

[jorzeh]

way to expensive lol i'm a wait for ati i hope they are better priced.

 

[TheCenturion]

Is it me, or since the gtx 280, and arguably the 9800 series as well, have Nvidia's cards not just become so aesthetically boring? I personally think that the 9800gx2 looked decent, apart from that, cards after the 8800 series just look so dull?

 

[Andrew Moore]

Who cares what a card looks like? ATIs cards are hardly any more adventurous.


Andy

 

[ntemples1]

Assuming you can get a better overclock from the gtx580's I'd say 10% max in some games and hardly any in others.

Of course your vantage score would be 30% better

Reall only 10%? blimey that's not much, I am still tempted to get them though!

 

[Cosimo]

Who cares what a card looks like? ATIs cards are hardly any more adventurous.


Andy

Exactly, if you can't moan about the speed, the cost you don't have to moan about the look. Its sadness personified.

 

[Greebo]

As expected then. My £75 cheaper pair of GTX470's (or £90 cheaper if you sell the 2nd mafia 2 code ) is 15% to 50% faster than a gtx580 (both at stock speeds).

Not going to change up as would need two gtx580's to see a difference or would be going backwards.

Still nice cards and I would if I had the money.

Things will be fun when ATI's next cards comes out. Price wars I can foresee.

 

[[Death]]

of corse its faster u have 2 cards........stupid comparison really m8

 

[kmufc77]

of corse its faster u have 2 cards........stupid comparison really m8

No i think the point Greebo is making is 470 SLI is faster but also cheaper

 

[[Death]]

yea but its better for people who prefer single card, i had sli a long time back and it was nothin but a pita

 

[TheRealDeal]

yea but its better for people who prefer single card, i had sli a long time back and it was nothin but a pita

You had sli a while back which is not comparible to sli now or crossfire for that matter multi gpu setups are much better these days.

 

[[Death]]

as i said, were talking single card setups at mo, u cant compare 2 to 1 its silly tbh

 

[Cosimo]

No i think the point Greebo is making is 470 SLI is faster but also cheaper

Well SLI would be but it's not comparing like with like and exaggeration does help.

 

[Greebo]

of corse its faster u have 2 cards........stupid comparison really m8

As said I am comparing on how much of my money I am having to spend.

Yes, it's two cards and I do appreciate that some people have mobos which can't do SLI or do not want SLI for other reasons (cooling, too many other cards etc)

SLI (and xfire) are much improved nowadays and you are starting to see a lot of titles with almost 100% scaling.

I have had no SLI issues whatsoever with the last 30 recent games I have played. It works like you don't know it's there which is how it should be and hats off to Nvidia.

It was because of this and the stunning performance of two gtx470's for the money which made me move back from ATI to Nvdia again.

I will always go with where the bang for buck is.

Yes, I would prefer all my performance in one card but that card does not exist (yet) and if it did, it would probably cost £600+ atm.

 

[Greebo]

Well SLI would be but it's not comparing like with like and exaggeration does help.

What exaggeration? I compared the performance increase from the Anandtech review at 1920 x 1200.

And the prices used are from ocuk.

 

[TheRealDeal]

as i said, were talking single card setups at mo, u cant compare 2 to 1 its silly tbh

Greebo is comparing his £330 setup against a £400 card so his posts have good input. Multi gpu setups run pretty much as good as single gpu cards these days so it can be compared. My mate loves the 5970 i recommended to him just recently i can't fault it really. If he was not an overclocker i would probably have told him to get a gtx580 if he was buying now but overclocked a 5970 or gtx470 solution leaves a gtx580 behind.

 

[kmufc77]

Me personally when i had GTX 285 SLI i had no problems whatsoever with any scaling or games, fantastic cards and probably the best ive ever had.

 

[Greebo]

as i said, were talking single card setups at mo, u cant compare 2 to 1 its silly tbh

And how many people posting comment like yours have i7 SLI capable mobos? Most I see.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Anandtech has it spot on IMO.

If you have a board capable of supporting a pair of 6870s and don’t mind the extra power it’s hard to go wrong, but only if you’re willing to put up with the limitations of a multi-GPU setup. It’s a very personal choice – we’d be willing to trade the performance for the simplicity of avoiding a multi-GPU setup, but we can’t speak for everyone.

 

[[Death]]

i have sli mobo, and dont get me wrong, i wasnt havin a go , just past experiences with SLI have put me off, and tbh i prefer single cards, just comparin 2 cards to 1 seems a bit silly, price wise tho u are bang on