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


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
