brand of gtx580 to get?

[darckhart]

hi all. i havent owned nvidia for gaming since my 7950gt. wondering what's the reputable brands on the green side? asus left a bad taste, so i'm probably going to avoid them. evga? pny? i guess xfx and bfg no longer sell nv.. thx for recommendations!

[Splave]

whichever you can get the cheapest srs

[Boulard83]

Asus

Stock Voltage controll without flashing !

[Cz3rw0ny]

Definitely Asus, same reasons as Boulard83. Additional I heard that Zotac is more noisy and it's also warmer then other 580's, not sure is that true.

[bro20000]

Asus worth every penny!

[zanzabar]

Asus

Stock Voltage controll without flashing !

dont u just have to toggle after burner options to change the voltage.

i would the cheapest or if u can get it the evga black ops edition as its like $525 so its $25 over but u can sell your copy of blackops u get with it for $40-50 and u get evga so when u realize that u really wanted a dual full gf104 card when its out in a few months u can step up

[Splave]

dont u just have to toggle after burner options to change the voltage.

yes or use nvidia inspector

[darckhart]

yea me and asus not so good friends lol. altho since a lot of you like i might give them a try again.

then again that black ops one is tempting.

but good to know that thus far they're all the same.

thanks

[JonnyG]

Well definitely not Palit gtx580 sonic, thats what i bought & then ended up with issues only for the product to be recalled altogether. Poor palit, not good. Especially after there gtx460 disappearing heatsinks, never again.

My vote is with asus, msi or evga.

Just got an Asus today. Stock volt seems to be 1.000v. Hoping to do as well as splave as noticed he's got upto 1000mhz core with like 1.13v irc. Mine seemed to mess up abit running heaven at 850mhz with 1.000v, upped it to 1.025v & run crysis benchmark & vantage fine. Will keep pushing tomorrow.

[570091D]

eVGA! best customer support and best rma service in the business. THAT is worth every penny.

and yeah, all you need to do is download afterburner and toggle the voltage control option to adjust voltage on any GTX4/5xx card.

[Ka0sX]

+1 EVGA all the way

[Frag Maniac]

EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte, or MSI, in that order.

[scaramonga]

Got my Zotac here, not noisy at all, although waiting for a waterblock for it, great card, and Zotac have 5 year warranty also

Ran Furmark for 1 hour today, to test stability on stock clocks, max temp was 82c over that period.

[M31]

Definitely look at warranty's too and reputation of after market support, Asus's reputation is not so good in this area, at least when dealing from the UK, your card should last you years, but you never know, other than that price is the most important factor IMHO.

[TJ TRICHEESE]

Especially after there gtx460 disappearing heatsinks, never again.

My friend has the reference 1gb zotac 460's and they do not have vrm heatsinks, is this normal?

Yea your best bet is probably Asus or evga.

[scutzi128]

I own 2 Evga gtx470s and they were my first evga products and I gotta say I really like their company and they really seem like they try to make the customer happy.