Nvidia’s GTX580 launched close to a year ago yet is still one of the top performing video cards on the market. When you are a manufacture like EVGA, where do you go after you have introduced a full product line around the GTX580? Apparently if left alone, EVGA’s engineers in collaboration with overclockers “k|ngp|n” and “TiN”) will turn the GTX580 a monster just begging to be overclocked. With a revamped VRM circuitry with solid-state chokes, dual BIOS’s, and power coming from two 8 pin’s AND a 6pin this could very well be the fastest GTX580 on the market when overclocked. Of course the only way to find out is to read farther into our review.
Product Name: EVGA GTX580 Classified 3072MB Air
Review Sample Provided by: EVGA
Review by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Specifications
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Core Clock |
855 Mhz |
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Memory Clock |
4212 Mhz Effective |
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Shader Clock |
1710 |
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CUDA Cores |
512 |
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Bus Type |
PCI-E 2.0 |
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Memory Detail |
3072MB GDDR5 |
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Memory Bit Width |
384 Bit |
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Memory Speed |
0.4 ns |
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Memory Bandwidth |
202.1 GB/sec |
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Texture Fill Rate |
54.7 GT/s |
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DirectX Support |
11 |
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DVI-I |
Two |
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HDMI |
None |
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Displayport |
None |
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EVBot Connector |
On back I/O |
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OpenGL Support |
4.1 |
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Dimensions/Weight |
Height: 5.42in – 137.66mm Length 11in – 280mm Weight: 3lbs |
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Accessories |
-EVGA Driver/Software Disc with EVGA Precision Tuning Utility -DVI to HDMI Adapter -DVI to VGA Adapter -6 pin PCI-E Power Cable -8 pin PCI-E Power Cable -User Guide |
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Requirements |
-600 watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 42 amps on the +12 volt rail. -PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0 compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot -One 6-pin PCI Express power connector or two available hard disk power connectors and two 8 –pin PCI Express power connectors -Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP |
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Key Features |
Nvidia CUDA Technology with CUDA C/C++, DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL Support -Nvidia PhysX Technology -Nvidia PureVideo HD Technology Nvidia 2-way, 3-way, and 4-way SLI Ready -Nvidia 3D Vision Surround Ready |
