GTX 580 is here....Makes me want to take a shit

[Achiyan]

i am AMD all the way. NVIDEA has always been too weird for me.... kinda confusin with all the different bit widths

[daredevil]

The thing is that the GeForce GTX 580 doesn't run at the same clock speed; the GTX 580 runs at higher clock speeds! The GeForce GTX 480 had a GPU clock of 700MHz, a Stream Processor clock of 1401MHz and the 1536MB frame buffer consisting of Samsung GDDR5 memory was clocked at 924MHz, for an effective data rate of 3696MHz. The GeForce GTX 580 has a GPU core clock speed of 772MHz, a Stream Processor clock of 1544MHz and the 1536MB GDDR5 memory is now running at 1002MHz, for an effective data rate of 4008MHz. Looking at the picture above you can see the GeForce GTX 480 sitting below the new GeForce GTX 580. Visually the two cards are very different looking and this is thanks to the improvements on the GF110 Fermi core. The GeForce GTX 580 runs cooler and uses less power despite the fact that it runs at a core clock speed that is 10.3% faster than the GTX 480!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Timberwolf]

ok it runs 2 dvi ports and a hdmi port ..does it mean you can run 3 montors for game play? ( hdmi to dvi connecter)

[OnionKnight]

The thing is that the GeForce GTX 580 doesn't run at the same clock speed; the GTX 580 runs at higher clock speeds! The GeForce GTX 480 had a GPU clock of 700MHz, a Stream Processor clock of 1401MHz and the 1536MB frame buffer consisting of Samsung GDDR5 memory was clocked at 924MHz, for an effective data rate of 3696MHz. The GeForce GTX 580 has a GPU core clock speed of 772MHz, a Stream Processor clock of 1544MHz and the 1536MB GDDR5 memory is now running at 1002MHz, for an effective data rate of 4008MHz. Looking at the picture above you can see the GeForce GTX 480 sitting below the new GeForce GTX 580. Visually the two cards are very different looking and this is thanks to the improvements on the GF110 Fermi core. The GeForce GTX 580 runs cooler and uses less power despite the fact that it runs at a core clock speed that is 10.3% faster than the GTX 480!

 

 

Running on higher clocks will result in the increased stream processor and it will run at higher temps so they have to use vapor chamber technology to cool it (EDIT: Actually they use vapor chamber technology because advertising a card that gets hotter than a GTX 480 wouldn't be good marketing lol )

 

But it is good that they did fix the power issue because the GTX 480 was like the hummer of video cards lol. I still think the pricing for the performance you get is completely stupid for the GTX 580 (anyone who buys it at this price might as well throw their money down a drainage pipe).

 

The GTX 570 on the other hand seems to be priced at a much better value though (essentially it is the same performance as a GTX 480 but only $350 at launch and more power saving !) At such a price point, it is very very likely it will be a best seller this holiday season