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The Reference 580gtx thread

Borsch

Borsch

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Seeing that quite few people jumped on the 199 580 deal (me being one of them;)) I thought I'd create a thread about it. Other people who already own/ed a refernce 580 are also very welcome to post here:)

I'm still about two hours form taking delivery of my card, so first thing I'd like to ask is - what's the process of getting rid of my 460gtx from the system (bearing in mind my mobo doesn't have inbuilt video port, I need to uninstall and clean 460 drivers with it still plugged in). Do I uninstall the card from Device Manager, reboot into safe mode and then clean with Drive Cleaner with 460 still being physically plugged in?

Also I'd like to hear how the reference 580 with its "vapour chamber" cooler compares to other cards noise wise- I realise that it will be much noisier than my 460, but how is it in relation to other cards that have about the same (or more) performance as the 580 (I know that 680 is quiet, but the others?)

OC tips sharing would be cool as well :)
 
Card arrived exactly on time - 10/10 to OCUK and DPD courier service!


I've uninstalled the old card, plugged the new one, intslled drivers with "fresh install" ticked, works great.

The noise at idle is near enough indistinguishable from my DirectCuII 460gtx - very quiet, at load it is more noisy than the 460, but there is not that much in it. If I remember correctly, my old 8800gts 512mb sounded about the same volume wise. I do not hear the fan spinning when 580 is at full load, but more like air rushing out of the case- just the wind noise, there is no mechanical noise. But its perfectly livable with, I'm not even considering aftermarket coolers/water etc (well, it would defeat the point of buying a £199 card only to get a cooler that would take it to £250; but secondly, I've lived very happily with my 8800gts, and this one is not noisier at all).

HEaven score (stock- not touched the OCing yet, no Lucid used to bump the score up):



Verdict: EXTREMELY happy with the service and the card! Thanks Gibbo! :):):D
 
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I received my 580 this afternoon. Just installed it now after cleaning my case and doing some needed cable management.

A bit disappointed with the card to be honest. Not with the performance (still haven't played any games) but the I/O bracket is bent out of shape at the top! It's impossible to fasten it in the PCI slot with my case screws. It seems pretty sturdy but I'm a bit worried.
 
Hi Borsch.

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SonnyJim said:
I received my 580 this afternoon. Just installed it now after cleaning my case and doing some needed cable management.

A bit disappointed with the card to be honest. Not with the performance (still haven't played any games) but the I/O bracket is bent out of shape at the top! It's impossible to fasten it in the PCI slot with my case screws. It seems pretty sturdy but I'm a bit worried.
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Sorry to hear that :( On mine the i/o bracket was a bit of a tight fit as well, but fit without too much problem in he end -I secured it with one screw for now. Is yours visibly bent?

Card idles at 41C right - is that ok? Should I be worried about changing thermal paste on a referb card? It looks very clean - no dust or anything.

Surveyor said:
Hi Borsch.

Nice picture in post #3 but unfortunately it's too big.

Please remove it and either upload an image no greater than 1024 pixels wide or just put a link to your original image.
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Done, my apologies :)
 
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Ok, bumped up just the core frequency to 825Mhz, everything else is stock. Temps went up couple of degrees (edit no they didn't -still around 85C when benching Heaven).

Heaven now (No Lucid again, I never even had it installed):



Gaming temps around 70C.

I'm very glad that I got this card and not 7850:)
 
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I wanna know where we can get the latest nvidia 580 bios that have the 30-100% fan speed

evga has an update to unlock 30-100 but i dont really wanna try that on my pny card (locked 45-80% fans)
 
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Mine arrived for SLI this morning too. My IO port was a little bent aswell from previous user.

Does anyone know what is the maximum safe temp for sli, my bottom card is 70 ish in game but the top one went to 98 at one point 90 ish normally, That ok?. Fans on full when in game.

Cheers
 
I managed to bend the I/O bracket a little and it slotted in no problem! I had to use a VGA holder that came with my CM 690 last night. It was pretty secure but I'm much happier it's secured with a screw. I'm getting around 40c idle temps to. I received a PNY to and I leave it on 68% fan speed for gaming. A bit loud but I don't mind.
 
I dont think its to do with refurb cards as I've had new ones where the bracket does not fit flush to the case and have to bend it a little.
I think its partly to do with how much your motherboard bowes. Some CPU coolers can cause this.
 
varkanoid said:
I dont think its to do with refurb cards as I've had new ones where the bracket does not fit flush to the case and have to bend it a little.
I think its partly to do with how much your motherboard bowes. Some CPU coolers can cause this.
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Interesting! Like I said mine was also quite tight (more so than my previous card), but I did fit a big CPU cooler recently, so yeah, you may well be right.

pingwing said:
Why is there an old voodoo card for size comparison there?!?! :p
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Does anyone have an OC guide for reference 580? Just what sort of Core/memory range it usually clocks to and at how many volts.
 
Ok, OCed the card slightly more to 855/2175 (at 1050mV). Temps did NOT change at all!:)

Heaven score with temperature reading:

 
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Mine also had a slight bend in the top of the IO shield, just pulled it into place with some pliers, didn't seem to hurt! Unfortunately can't try overclocking much as my original ancient reference 580 can't overclock at all without exploding, but they're working fine in SLI :). Runs about 10C cooler under load than the top card but that's probably more due to positioning than cooling...
 
mine also had part of the i/o plate significantly bent. Doesn't matter it's easy to bend back. Good card so far- worth the upgrade from 5870 for me- noticed a combination of the extra grunt and vram gives me a boost in metro/crysis2/shogunTW.

Mine was only stable at about 810core on stock voltage. Will do 865 on 1.065v- happy with that- about 75C in metro with fans at 70%. Acceptable noise imo
 
uk_unbeliever said:
Mine was only stable at about 810core on stock voltage. Will do 865 on 1.065v- happy with that- about 75C in metro with fans at 70%. Acceptable noise imo
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Do a Heaven bench, I'd be interesting to compare the scores.

I just rerun heaven at same settings as yesterday, but without internet browser in the background :p

 
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