Testseek.com have collected 172 expert reviews of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe.
November 2010
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The editors liked
Increased CUDA Cores
Quiet and Cool
PhysX
3D Vision
Better power
Category Leading Performance
Best performance in its class
Can compete successfully against Radeon HD 5970
High performance with enabled tessellation
Wide range of supported FSAA modes
Minimal effect of FSAA on performance
Fullyfledged hardware HD video decoding
Highquality HD video postprocessing with scalability
Supports Nvidia’s exclusive PhysX and 3D Vision technologies in selected games
Wide range of GPG
The updated memory clock speed and use of Fermi technology make this card exceptional
Excellent Performance
Quieter Than GTX 480
Lower-Power Than GTX 480
CUDA Support
Arrives At Same Price As The GTX 480 (hopefully)
Equivalent or better performance compared to leading dual-GPU video card. Outstanding tessellation and DirectX 11 capabilities. Better managing noise and power.
Excellent performance
Much quieter than other top-end cards
Supports 3D Vision add-on and physics/computation acceleration
Fastest singleunit DX11 graphics accelerator available
Matches performance with dualGPU Radeon HD 5970
Outstanding performance for ultra highend games
Much lower power consumption vs GTX 480
Reduced heat output and cooling fan noise
Fan exhausts all heated air outside of case
Includes native HDMI audio/video output
Adds 32x CSAA postprocessing detail
Supports tripleSLI function
Substantial performance improvement over GTX 480
Large reduction in power consumption vs. GTX 480
Quieter than other cards in this performance class
Native HDMI output
Software voltage control
Support for DirectX 11
Support for CUDA / PhysX
The editors didn't like
None
Lacks DisplayPort Support
Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1GB GDDR5
No serious drawbacks discovered.
It only has a single GPU.
Still Uses A Lot Of Power
Doesn't Beat The 5970
Relatively Hot Running
Expensive. Won't fit in smaller cases. Requires two expansion slots
Hefty power supply. New features make it difficult to discern actual power usage or temperature characteristics in certain apps.
Blocks an adjacent PCI slot
Requires six- and eight-pin PCI Express power connectors
As well as a robust power supply
Very expensive premiumlevel product
Outperformed by CrossFire Radeon HD 6870's
Still not as power efficient as AMD's designs
Power draw limiter could complicate advanced overclocking
Still limited to two active display outputs per card
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Abstract: We’ve frequently criticized Nvidia for its predilection to developing exceedingly sophisticated single-processor graphics cards that often go too far ahead of their time. For example, the early versions of the G200 chip were manufactured on 65nm tech p...
Abstract: The GeForce GTX 580 sits right at the upper echelons of the graphics card market, aimed squarely at the enthusiasts who will suffer nothing but the best.[Reprinted from PC World. For more graphics card coverage, visit PC World's hardware section.] Nvid...
Abstract: The last few of months of 2010 were exciting in the video graphics world, and for gamers everywhere. There were several video card launches that upped the game on the high-end and the midrange-performance segment. New video cards were launched that br...
This test shows that with the GeForce GTX 580, NVIDIA has finally given us what the GeForce GTX 480 should have been, namely a graphics card with the sort of performance that measures up to the quantity of transistors used in its GPU, and with noise an...
Abstract: On November 9th, 2010 NVIDIA launched the fastest single-GPU video card in the form of the GeForce GTX 580. Our initial evaluation showed that it provided the fastest single-GPU video card performance in the world, with much improved efficiency compar...
Best performance in its class, Can compete successfully against Radeon HD 5970, High performance with enabled tessellation, Wide range of supported FSAA modes, Minimal effect of FSAA on performance, Fullyfledged hardware HD video decoding, Highquality HD video postprocessing with scalability, Supports Nvidia’s exclusive PhysX and 3D Vision technologies in selected games, Wide range of GPG
No serious drawbacks discovered.
So what have we found about the GeForce GTX 580, the new flagship graphics card from Nvidia? In fact, this card is what the GeForce GTX 480 had been meant to be until Nvidia had to cut down its configuration despite the chip’s physically incorporating...
The new GeForce GTX 580 is indeed the fastest NVIDIA GPU ever released. It was between 31% and 36% faster on 3DMark Vantage and between 5% and 20% faster on games than its predecessor, the GeForce GTX 480.However, it may not the fastest video card arou...
Abstract: This past week, NVIDIA debuted its Fermi architecture refresh in the form of the GeForce GTX 580. The GeForce GTX 580 is currently the fastest single-GPU video card NVIDIA has to offer. This champion has set a new bar for single-GPU video card in-game...
