Quote Originally Posted by zalbard View Post
GTX580 is a very minor refresh... No reason for it not to come out 6 months after GTX480. Just activate a few more shaders, sort out the TDP with a limiter chip, and do very minor performance tweaks = voila!
I don't think the gtx 580 is that good of a card, it just looks fantastic compared to the gtx 480 as would the current leaks of the 6970 would. Sorting out the TDP and heat issues was a big victory for NV because that what was preventing NV from making the gf100 any faster and what was preventing them from making a dual card. The gtx 580 still isn't the best with power, but it is no longer the joke of the industry that can be poke fun of like AMD commercials have shown.