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

[RavenXXX2]

Air results will suffice for now, see what clocks you get on air and then under water.

 

[RavenXXX2]

That's fine with me.

 

[RavenXXX2]

You're 100% guaranteed to get them, what with delivery tracking number and all.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Well Amazon has gone in my bad books. Stunts like this costs you customers.

 

[RavenXXX2]

You can get a 480 now for £300 and overclock it past 580 performance, more on board memory as well.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Raven the noise would wake my BF up during late night gaming which would result in no gaming so i can't and i don't want to use water on the GPU coz it would mean i can just get a 580 ><

Dump her or make her wear ear defenders, gaming comes first.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Him and i'm stright do the math

Yeah slightly misread your post there, advice still stands.

Loud, hot and uses more power than CERN.

No thanks. I'll wait for the 580 to come down in price or go ATI.

Actually the 480 uses less power than a 580 when maxed out with furmark and slightly more gaming, temps and noise are not a problem for those willing to do a cutom fan profile.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Yeah OCUK have a cracking deal on the MSI 480.

 

[RavenXXX2]

lol people called and emailed them and they were assured the price was correct. Greebo even got a dispatched email, it's a joke of a site

 

[RavenXXX2]

They should have got a clue when people started calling and emailing them about the price, either way it's sloppy service and IMO deliberate.

 

[RavenXXX2]

ops multi sticks to the the FPS cap for me and my 480.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Going from a card that needs xfire to a single fast GPU has its benefits.
A quote from hardOCP.

The HD 5970 delivers faster gaming framerates compared to the GeForce GT 580. However, if you look at the actual usability of those frame the picture is a bit different. The GeForce GTX 580 allows a consistently higher level of the gameplay experience compared to the Radeon HD 5970. We were able to game at higher settings with the GTX 580 than we were with the Radeon HD 5970. The most important factor, beyond framerates, is the visual quality and experience returned by the product. The GeForce GTX 580 allows a more immersive, smoother, and consistent quality of gameplay.

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^ Flash your bios.

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/86132/Asus.GTX580.1536.101101.html

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^^
not a chance raven
i WILL break

It's easy.

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=141631

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1893/NVFlash_5.100.0.1.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/86132/Asus.GTX580.1536.101101.html

 

[RavenXXX2]

Here we go, the method of my test.

1] Check to see if usb boot is supported with your motherboard, it should be.
2] Second get a usb flash drive.
3] You need the hp usb format tool : hp usb format tool
4] At the top is says to click a link for files to make a boot usb click it or click here here win 98 dos files
5] Download the files and extract the tool and install it.
6] Extract the windowns files and put them in folder on desktop
7] Start hp utility
8] Check create dos startup disk
9} Hit little button saying "using dos system files located at"
10] Go to the folder on your desktop where you extracted the win 98 dos files and select it
11] Hit start, let it format and your done

Don't worry if your usb drive has nothing on it. When you look the files, they are hidden.

Now get nvflash 5.72 url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Video-Tweak/nVFlash.shtml]here[/ url]

1] Download nvflash 5.72 you need to extract these a couple of times till you get the nvflash and note.
2] Copy nvflash to your usb drive.
3] Copy the BIOS .ROM you want to flash to the GPU EEPROM as well
4] Get them here @ nvidia bios mkvtech
5] Don't forget to change the name of the bios file to newbios.rom then copy it to the usb stick.

Ready to start?
Here we go
1] Put in your usb flash drive and restart your computer
2] When you get to the startup screen hit f8 and select usb as your boot
3] You will see a simple win 98 dos splash screen then the prompt
4] My space bar will be replaced with a * mark so you know for sure its a space.
5] Type

nvflash*-b*backup.rom ( nvflash -b backup.rom )



6] Hit enter it will back up your current cards bios to the usb

Next is the fun part

7] At the prompt type

nvflash*-4*-5*-6*newbios.rom ( nvflash -4 -5 -6 newbios.rom )



8] Hit enter
9] You will be asked to hit "Y" a few times

That's it, you're done

10] Restart

If it doesn't work, then remember your steps if you see nothing and have to do a blind flash.
Get the hang of what you need to do to get to the dos prompt incase you can't see.
When there type at the prompt

nvflash*-4*-5*-6*backup.rom ( nvflash -4 -5 -6 backup.rom )



Hit enter, then hit "y" repetitively.
You'll here a beep when it starts and when it ends
After the second beep restart and you should be fine.

I await your results and insane overclocks.

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^lol same with my sapphire 5870, Asus bios went straight on it.

 

[RavenXXX2]

No EVGA are Nvidia's no1 AIB, Asus do AMD as well as Nvidia you think they gonna give them the best cores lol, to suggest they get the best cores is just silly, only reason you may get a higher clock on an Asus is because they ship them with a higher max voltage as they do with AMD cards. Yeah EVGA give you a ten year warranty, even Zotac do five years.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Poor yields? TSMC under stress from AMD with the 69** cards who knows.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Is it worth going from 480 to a 580?

Not worth it for performance, if you want 580 performance just clock your 480 to 780Mhz on the core and you're looking at 6% slower than a 580. If heat or temps are a problem then just grab a third party cooler like the icy vision.

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^ Looks about right for 850 core, temps look high though. I got the same case, cards get toasty with no side panel ventilation which is not helped by the HD cage restricting the front fans air flow.