Nvidia Strikes Back! GTX 580 comming...Next Week?! [56k] UPDATE Now Available!!

For the past month we've been talking about mid-range cards like the 6850 and 6870. Now its time to get down to business...

Nvidia GTX 580

This monster of a card is said to be launching next week:

http://www.nordichardware.com/news/71-graphics/41592-geforce-gtx-580-launches-in-a-week.html

I'll update once we get some benchmarks and a price. This may very well be the most powerful single GPU, and must I say Consoles really are falling behind :P

UPDATE:

Heaven Bencmark:

Picture of the card:

UPDATE 2:

The GTX 580 has been launched in the price range of $550 to $580

EVGA Model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587&cm_re=GTX_580-_-14-130-587-_-Product

What's the point of it? AMD released mid range cards and Nvidia releases a card more powerful than the 480? I don't get it.

Man you're late! :P

What's the estimated price on this thing? Metro kills my GTX 260 and I'm looking at a pair of 6850s or even 6870s since AMD does 3D now, the cards are cheaper than the 5xxx series, and don't consume much power.

Niiiceeee.

What's the point of it? AMD released mid range cards and Nvidia releases a card more powerful than the 480? I don't get it.

Chutebox

And it will cost $599. :lol:

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What's the point of it? AMD released mid range cards and Nvidia releases a card more powerful than the 480? I don't get it.

Fightingfan

Man you're late! :P

What's the estimated price on this thing? Metro kills my GTX 260 and I'm looking at a pair of 6850s or even 6870s since AMD does 3D now, the cards are cheaper than the 5xxx series, and don't consume much power.

ChubbyGuy40

I bet you're going to need a flux compacitor to supply the 1.21 giga watts needed to power that card. Also the official price is over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Man you're late! :P

What's the estimated price on this thing? Metro kills my GTX 260 and I'm looking at a pair of 6850s or even 6870s since AMD does 3D now, the cards are cheaper than the 5xxx series, and don't consume much power.

NVIDIATI

Rats! I could buy 2 6870s and a new psu for that.

Do I smell 480 price drops? :D

To be seriuos there is no official spec on 6970..

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[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Man you're late! :P

What's the estimated price on this thing? Metro kills my GTX 260 and I'm looking at a pair of 6850s or even 6870s since AMD does 3D now, the cards are cheaper than the 5xxx series, and don't consume much power.

ChubbyGuy40

Rats! I could buy 2 6870s and a new psu for that.

That is a nice card, but asking for anything over $400 is too much. If this is really Nvidia's next card, I might just buy a pair of GTX 460s.

A picture of its insides.

Source

from what ive read its only 10-15% faster than a 480 so it seems pretty pointless to me for the price they will be asking for it (probably in between 500-700) il wait and see how the amd 6970 fairs

Best off buying a GTX 460.

is this something to jump on, or wait like 3 months?

is this something to jump on, or wait like 3 months?

gamer-adam1

pc section is that way ^

the good thing about this version of Fermi is that it will be 20% more powerfull, use less power, and run cooler than the original gtx480.

so in another words, this is the real Fermi that nvidia couldnt launch on time, hence the number of sp's, which is 512.

thread.

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

Whats that? You want it to stay here? Kk.

On topic, it looks like a nice card. Apparently its going to drain more power then the GF100

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

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Whats that? You want it to stay here? Kk.

On topic, it looks like a nice card. Apparently its going to drain more power then the GF100

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

Whats that? You want it to stay here? Kk.

On topic, it looks like a nice card. Apparently its going to drain more power then the GF100

Hahahaha wow, my 480 maxes anything and everything I throw at it EASILY. I play Bad Company 2 with 16xAA for example. I cannot possibly imagine more power. :shock:

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

ferret-gamer

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. it will use less power and will run 20c cooler than the original Fermi.ZoomZoom2490

Source? I was told it'll be adding an extra 25W onto the Original Fermi based card.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

counts as part of the system, it stays here. And he said something about how much weaker and older consoles are getting.

Might buy dont know still waiting to see what AMD has to offer with the 6970. And from what I've heard both cards should cost about $499 onrelease date.

Might buy dont know still waiting to see what AMD has to offer with the 6970. And from what I've heard both cards should cost about $499 onrelease date.

GTSaiyanjin2

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wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. it will use less power and will run 20c cooler than the original Fermi.Ikuto_Tsukiyomi

Source? I was told it'll be adding an extra 25W onto the Original Fermi based card.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

Will it generate enough heat to keep my home warm like their recent cards?Skittles_McGee

My 480 runs really cool actually. It's ultra-quiet too (and it's overclocked, and thus faster). It's a wonder what an aftermarket cooler will do.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Will it generate enough heat to keep my home warm like their recent cards?psn8214

My 480 runs really cool actually. It's ultra-quiet too (and it's overclocked, and thus faster). It's a wonder what an aftermarket cooler will do.

I will never run a stock GPU cooler again.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Will it generate enough heat to keep my home warm like their recent cards?psn8214

My 480 runs really cool actually. It's ultra-quiet too (and it's overclocked, and thus faster). It's a wonder what an aftermarket cooler will do.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

pc section is that way ^

dontshackzmii

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

And yet you somehow took the trouble to read this far.

There are no games with vanilla settings that really need this kind of power. But increase the engine variables in Crysis far beyond ultra and you'll need all the power you can get.

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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] The PC section is up? But really, what is the point of your post?fireballonfire

This is not gpu wars he is not comparing it to anything like ps3. He is only talking about pc hardware there for thats where it should go.

And yet you somehow took the trouble to read this far.

There are no games with vanilla settings that really need this kind of power. But increase the engine variables in Crysis far beyond ultra and you'll need all the power you can get.

Does Metro 2033 count? Vanilla settings means without mods right?

too bad there arent any devs that will take high end gpu's to distance.

kinda sad to see ati give up trying to compete with nvidia in highend market.dukenukemfoeva

kinda sad to see ati give up trying to compete with nvidia in highend market.dukenukemfoeva