Anyone have a GTX 580?

[MaxPunishment]

Watching review vids on youtube and looking at benchmark tests, seems mindbogglingly good, so tempted to buy and sell my 5870 while I can still get a decent price for that. $500 though is a bit too rich for my blood, although the 480 which I originally wanted has plummeted in price as result of its release (feel bad for anyone that grabbed one of those considering what the 580 offers for the same price). Hopefully will pick up the 580 when the cost of 3D monitors goes down so I can do some 3D gaming on it

Anyone currently running one in their rig though? What did you have before and how much more awesome is it?

[Boatski]

Had a 9800GX2, built new PC in August w/ a 480. Stepped up to a 580 when it was released.

[InvidGurab]

I have dual watercooled EVGA 580's. I was running dual watercooled 280's before. Work paid for them so I am able to enjoy games at the highest settings without issue. I'm sure I can for years to come.

[m0neymike]

i never understood the point in investing in such an expensive video card(s) just for gaming...there really isn't any game that can take full advantage of that type of graphics card capabilities and when there is there will be something better out anyway or you could just buy that for way cheaper

nevermind..missed the part you said your work paid for it..lucky bastard..but for the people that dump their money on something like that for gaming i don't see a point..is there something i'm missing

[InvidGurab]

i never understood the point in investing in such an expensive video card(s) just for gaming...there really isn't any game that can take full advantage of that type of graphics card capabilities and when there is there will be something better out anyway or you could just buy that for way cheaper

nevermind..missed the part you said your work paid for it..lucky bastard..but for the people that dump their money on something like that for gaming i don't see a point..is there something i'm missing

People who grab two or three of those high end cards usually game on multiple monitors in the range of roughly 5700x3600 or so pixels. Those are the hardcore gamers who must have the absolute best regardless of price. If it wasn't for work I would have stuck with my dual 280s.

[MaxPunishment]

People who grab two or three of those high end cards usually game on multiple monitors in the range of roughly 5700x3600 or so pixels. Those are the hardcore gamers who must have the absolute best regardless of price. If it wasn't for work I would have stuck with my dual 280s.

Damn dude, what kind of work do you do that your work deemed it neccessary to pay for not one but TWO of the most expensive video cards widely available? (GTX 590 and ATI Radeon 6990 are only sold in a handful of places so I dunno if those really count) Can't imagine there's much that one of those cards couldn't handle more than adequately on their own. Either way, yes mirin', that's a sick system you're running there

[reyes12]

inafter the freaks with super computers. I am jelly.


I will be rocking my dual 6870's though, pretty shortly.. :o

[InvidGurab]

Damn dude, what kind of work do you do that your work deemed it neccessary to pay for not one but TWO of the most expensive video cards widely available? (GTX 590 and ATI Radeon 6990 are only sold in a handful of places so I dunno if those really count) Can't imagine there's much that one of those cards couldn't handle more than adequately on their own. Either way, yes mirin', that's a sick system you're running there

I'm in IT and I do a lot of work from home either after work or through telecommuting. I am given a budget in which to build a home PC so I did, including 12GB of RAM to accommodate the Virtual Machines I run in tandem with the main OS.

[Flex3d]

I'd pick up two GTX 560 Ti s and SLI them. Same price as a GTX 580.. Much better performance.

[lotusfreek]

I'm stuck with my two 6970's for now. Once I send one of them off for a replacement under warranty, I might just switch back to nVidia. These ati cards have been nothing but problems. But one was free, so I can't really complain that much.

Now to get work to fund a new build....

[MaxPunishment]

I'm stuck with my two 6970's for now. Once I send one of them off for a replacement under warranty, I might just switch back to nVidia. These ati cards have been nothing but problems. But one was free, so I can't really complain that much.

Now to get work to fund a new build....

My big problem with ATI cards is not so much the quality as my 5870 has run great since I've owned it, but the fact that they don't offer any 3D Hardware to take advantage of 3D gaming. I think they're a bit behind the times on this and let nvidia completely take over their potential market share. I really wonder how many ATI loyalists have made the switch from ATI to nvidia just for the 3D gaming, not sure what ATI is thinking on this

[CarlMcGuirk]

I've got a GTX 480 which I overclocked to 850mhz or so and it does just fine in every game - overclocked, it's halfway between a stock 480 and a stock 580, and if you have a case that will keep it cool (not that mine ever really goes above 65-70C) then I would highly recommend getting a 480 and overclocking it - save that extra $150.

edit: apparently it's even better than that: "The point at wich a GTX480 is on roughly even ground with a GTX580 would be about 825/1650/4000. " The 580 will go higher if you overclock it, but you're spending $500 instead of $350.

[MaxPunishment]

I've got a GTX 480 which I overclocked to 850mhz or so and it does just fine in every game - overclocked, it's halfway between a stock 480 and a stock 580, and if you have a case that will keep it cool (not that mine ever really goes above 65-70C) then I would highly recommend getting a 480 and overclocking it - save that extra $150.

edit: apparently it's even better than that: "The point at wich a GTX480 is on roughly even ground with a GTX580 would be about 825/1650/4000. " The 580 will go higher if you overclock it, but you're spending $500 instead of $350.


My issue with the 480 is less about the performance but I have a Dell stock PSU and Dell stock cooling so the higher power draw and heat output of the 480 compared to the 580 while negligible on most systems I think is going to make a far greater difference on mine. The 580 is on par with the Radeon 5870 that I currently have in those two areas whereas the 480 is considerably higher, so I feel more comfortable waiting for the 580 to drop in price in the next few months and snag that up rather than going for the 480 and having that cause issues. Hopefully the release of the 590 will drive the price of the 580 down faster