Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 packs 512 CUDA cores with a graphics/processor clock of 772/1544MHz, 1.5GB of GDDR5 memory with a 384-bit interface and a data rate of 4.0Gbps. The 10.5-inch, dual-slot card draws a maximum of 244W over one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCIe connector and carries two DL-DVI outputs with one mini-HDMI port.
Fermi
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
512
Shader Cores
48
ROPs
64
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1.5 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
192.4 GB/s
Bandwidth
244 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Nov 9, 2010Price at Launch:$499
Type:DesktopArchitecture:Fermi
Generation:GeForce GTX 500 seriesProduct Tier:High-end
VRAM Capacity:1.5 GBTotal Board Power:244 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:512TMUs:64
ROPs:48L2 Cache:768 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:1.5 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:4 GbpsMemory Bus:384-bit
Bandwidth:192.4 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:772 MHzFP32 Throughput:1.58 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:40nm
Process Name:TSMC 40nmDie Size:520 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:244 WPower Connectors:1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 2.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.3a
DSC:NoMax Displays:4
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:5.1
OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

87

Average Score

Based on 22 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Best performance in its class
  • Can compete successfully against Radeon HD 5970
  • Wide range of supported FSAA modes
  • Fully fledged hardware HD video decoding
  • High quality HD
  • DirectX 11 capabilities

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • No serious drawbacks discovered
  • Expensive
  • Won't fit in smaller cases
  • Requires two expansion slots
  • Hefty power supply
  • New features make it difficult to discern actual power usage or temperature characteristics in certain apps
  • Power draw limiter could complicate advanced overclocking
90

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By APC Magazine on
80

The GeForce GTX 580 sits right at the upper echelons of the graphics card market, aimed squarely at the enthusiasts who will suffer nothing but the best.[Reprinted from PC World. For more graphics card coverage, visit PC World's hardware section.]...

By GamePro on
82

A great step forward that needs to drop in...

By Atomic MPC on
80

A well thought-out card bringing together gaming performance, lower noise levels and advanced functionality. Its only sin: truly excessive energy...

By DigitalVersus on
80

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 takes the "World's Fastest" crown, sliding ahead of tough competition and -- perhaps more importantly -- revamping their Fermi GPU...

By Good Gear Guide on
90

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to...

By Benchmark Reviews on
85

As far as single GPU cards go, the GeForce GTX 580 is an absolute beast. The older GeForce GTX 480 was already an extremely powerful single GPU card, but the fact that the GeForce GTX 580 is able to perform substantially faster, up to 15% to 20% more...

By HardwareZone.com on
90

Now the company has. The GTX 580 boasts a full complement of 16 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), which means 512 CUDA cores, 16 polymorph engines, four raster units, 64 texture units, and 48 ROPs. (The GTX 480 had only 15 SMs, meaning it had less of...

By ExtremeTech on
80

There's been a lot to get through on the previous 19 pages: let me summarise it for you. NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 580 graphics card comes to market as the best GPU that the company has ever produced. Better than incumbent GeForce GTX 480 by...

By HEXUS.net on
90

Back in March we were pretty brutal in our . Hugely expensive, hot, noisy and thirsty for power, it delivered just a ten per cent bump in performance over the HD 5870 1GB. While overclocked, custom-cooled versions and liberal Nvidia price cuts have...

By Bit-tech.net on
83

The fastest single-GPU card money can currently buy - at least until AMD's challengers arrive...

By PC Pro on
80

nVidia was late to the DirectX 11 game, and the GTX 480 ultimately failed to make much of a splash. But an extra six months in the proverbial tool shed has resulted in quite a showpiece. The nVidia GeForce GTX 580 is everything the GTX 480 should've...

By PC Advisor on

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