Wednesday, January 12th 2011
ASUS Readies Another Monster: GeForce GTX 580 DirectCu II
After showing off a monstrous DirectCu II cooled Radeon HD 6970 at CES, ASUS released pictures of another card which probably couldn't make it to Vegas. The GeForce GTX 580 DirectCu II from ASUS is just as beastly as its Radeon cousin. It uses a completely in-house design, with custom PCB that uses a strong VRM; and a triple-slot cooler which uses copper heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU. The PCB uses an 8-phase GPU and 2-phase memory VRM. Whereas the reference design draws all memory power from the slot, the ASUS version has shifted one memory phase to external for improved overclocking. The VRM makes use of high-grade components, including an NEC-made proadlizer to condition power for the GPU.
The DirectCu II cooler uses a large aluminum fin array to which heat is conveyed by five heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU. Two 100 mm fans are in charge of ventilation. The rear panel consists of two DVI, and one each of DisplayPort and HDMI. The card is bound to have factory overclocked speeds, with room for more overclocking. The cooler, though large and with two fans, is tested by the company to be quieter than NVIDIA's reference design cooler. The GeForce GTX 580 is NVIDIA's flagship DirectX 11 GPU. It packs 512 CUDA cores, and connects to 1536 MB of memory over a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.
Source:
NordicHardware
The DirectCu II cooler uses a large aluminum fin array to which heat is conveyed by five heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU. Two 100 mm fans are in charge of ventilation. The rear panel consists of two DVI, and one each of DisplayPort and HDMI. The card is bound to have factory overclocked speeds, with room for more overclocking. The cooler, though large and with two fans, is tested by the company to be quieter than NVIDIA's reference design cooler. The GeForce GTX 580 is NVIDIA's flagship DirectX 11 GPU. It packs 512 CUDA cores, and connects to 1536 MB of memory over a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.
43 Comments on ASUS Readies Another Monster: GeForce GTX 580 DirectCu II
With this vidcard i was merely pointing out that strain might be a reason not to go for this card. 3 bracket holes on the left side, sure firm enough. But on the right side only the pci-e slot to support it initially, hence moving the case too rapidly could cause damage.
Now i know that you know that for most users that will never happen, unless you transport the case often.
I say bring it on Asus! About time we start seeing triple slot cards. Most people have plenty of space to spare in regular, full size systems, so why not?! Better cooling, higher performance, and lower noise.
The issue is that grill... does it have a function? :confused: The sink blades all exhaust air at the top and bottom of the card not at its sides to actually matter if there's a grill or not.
I'd expect these to roll in stock around 850 core and oc to 950+ hopefully with those dedicated memory VRM's we start seeing 4400+ effective clocks too.
I guess the SLI arguement is more stakeholding than the strain arguement, but still an arguement.
Can't help but think about the amount of unsupported corner sag though.
My HD4850 already has it with the Twin Turbo fitted.
Probably have to setup the PCI-E power connector so it is supporting the weight of it.