Tuesday, May 10th 2011
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EVGA Rolls Out 3 GB GTX 580 HydroCopper 2 Graphics Card
EVGA released a 3 GB (3072 MB) variant of its top of the line single-GPU graphics card, the EVGA GTX 580 FTW HydroCopper 2. It significantly lower clock speeds than the original 1.5 GB variant, of 772 MHz GPU, 1544 MHz CUDA cores, and 1002 MHz (4008 MHz effective) memory, against the 1.5 GB variant's 850/1700/4196 MHz (core/CUDA cores/memory effective). The card comes with a Swiftech-made EVGA HydroCopper 2 full-coverage water block pre-fitted, along with an EVGA GTX 580 backplate. The water block makes the card truly single slot, with the company replacing the double-slot bracket with a single slot one. The 3 GB EVGA GTX 580 FTW HydroCopper 2 is priced at US $739.99, a $40 premium over the 1.5 GB variant.
9 Comments on EVGA Rolls Out 3 GB GTX 580 HydroCopper 2 Graphics Card
I see it as kind of a waste to waterblock a reference board, when there are much better ones out there that could benefit from watercooling all the more.