Thursday, October 28th 2010
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Reference Design Graphics Card Pictured
Here are the first pictures of what is touted to be the GeForce GTX 580 reference design graphics card by NVIDIA, by sections of the Chinese media. There are some interesting inferences that can be drawn just by the looks of the card. To begin with the cooler bears an uncanny resemblance to one of the earliest design iterations of the GeForce GTX 480 (pictured here and here). In its final iteration, NVIDIA gave the GTX 480 a more massive cooler, perhaps to keep up with its finalized clock speeds. If the design of the GTX 580 cooler is anything to go by, it means that either NVIDIA refined the GF100 architecture in the GF110 (on which GTX 580 is based) a great deal, increasing performance per Watt; or that since GTX 580 is in its development stage, its final version could look different. GeForce GTX 580 is being designed as a counter to AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series single-GPU graphics cards that are based on the new Cayman graphics core, which is slated for release in late November. It is expected to be 20% faster than the GTX 480.
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213 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Reference Design Graphics Card Pictured
if the rumours says 20%, the very best i could think of is 25%, and that would put it even with HD 5970
Also, I noticed the "noise" always comes from the same faction, especially more so since AMD bought ATI.
So since the HD6970 is going to be the direct competitor to the GTX580. Will it be as powerful as a HD5970? :eek: I'll just jeez my pants. :laugh: lol.
Imagine 4x GTX580s or HD6970s. DAMN. :rockout:
ever since the 5000 series, when ATI got their first big break in a few years, the fans loved that, and so they should. but the love turned to an amlost 'name-calling' sort of attitude when it came to some competition.
yes GF100 was late, and hot, but the jokes take it too far, and make it seem much worse than it actually is. and all it is, is ATI/AMD fans rubbing in AMD's success.
I can think of a fair few HOT ATI cards, like a 2900XT, or a 4890 for example, right in the same ball park as a GTX480 (heat wise) that didn't even nearly cop the same wrap as a GTX480 has, just because of the context, and the fanbase of this and the past few generations of cards.
It's a hot card, I'm not denying that, nobody will. they may tell you it's managable, which is also true. I'm just sick of people being so childish about the whole thing, and making lame-ass jokes. You can be proud that after a few generations of being behind, your favourite company is now on top again, just please don't abouse that pride into over-slandering what is essentially a good product.
My crossfired 5850's consume less power than the 480 and produce better fps except in Unigine with heavy teselation (Metro 2033 evens up and thats a uber NV game). So i wouldn't change to a 480.
The noise is my issue. A 5850 is quiet, two at full pelt are definitely audible but not irritating. My 2nd card reaches 80 degrees on some DX 11 games (unless i put V sync on) when i'm at ultra high settings.
How noisy is a GTX 480 at full pelt? Thats my thing.
If neither the 580 or 6970 are acoustically acceptable (lower than mine) I'll stick with these until after market cooling comes about through the AIB's.
Good case with good airflow and a good power supply is all you need, nothing out of an ''enthusiasts'' reach imo.
And i understand why people would get mad at that, but a lot of them are just fundementally wrong, the problem comes stems out of people getting upset by things that aren't actually there. Then when people who have owned the card say it's not that bad, everyone gets all uppity and claims it's as hot as the sun due to what they have read online. If you really want to find out how hot it gets and how people are easily dealing with it, ask some people who have owned it, go the source and ask them how they like it and what's the deal on the so called high power consuption and heat, they will give you the most honest anwser out of anybody.
And someone who as owned GF100 i can honsestly say it's not nearly as bad as people push it out to be.
lets face it graphics cards are getting heavier, heck i was even shocked at how much my i7 weighed, it's that heavy i could break windows with it :laugh:
but seriously, i do wonder when things will change and whether we'll need totally new cases
as things won't fit the old ones anymore
i was going to get myself an nvidia if it hadn't have been for the heat problem a few have pointed to
and yes heat is a problem, because unless they start using different materials to solder with, that brand new $600-$700 cards solder is going to dry and create dry joints, which will be an absolute disaster :twitch:
i also wonder how loud this new iteration will be, as my 5870 sounds like a hairdryer as it is and scares the crxp out of the cats it's so damned loud
anyone have any data on the noise levels?
It's not about making excuses or defending it, people like me always try and avoid defending any particuar cards or brand, but like i said, a lot of people are just died wrong on GF100 and consistantly spew out hate for the cards on something thats not even there in the first place, that's why some of us end up defending it. It has nothing to do with me owning the card, i'm just talking from my experiances with the cards.
I see what you're saying overall though...