ASUS GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II vs Gainward GeForce GTX 580 Phantom 3 Graphics Card

[MythSquare]

Im deciding to switch my 580 for one of this babies.

[tajoh111]

Seriously they should at least run tests like Metro 2033 @ 1600p with 4AA.

What's the point, any card would choke and get unplayable framerates.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-12.html

This doesn't have the gtx 580 but the cards are already choking with no AA. What the point of testing and getting unplayable framerates.

In addition, AA I thought wasn't really that needed when you are using such a high resolution.

I think when your dealing with 2560*1600, the ideal solution is to have SLI or CF because when your spending that much on videocards(700+) I can see it, but 500 dollars is pretty decent away from 1200 dollars of such monitors.

[Ket]

Maybe its just me but;

1. Only 1920 res?
2. Why no AA/AF?
3. I like the look of the Gainward card more
4. I'll give credit to HH that they actually used Enthusiast settings in Crysis Warhead. Other reviews seem to conveniently forget Warhead has that option, only sticking to the Gamer settings then trying to accuse the engine of being outdated

What's the point, any card would choke and get unplayable framerates.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-12.html

This doesn't have the gtx 580 but the cards are already choking with no AA. What the point of testing and getting unplayable framerates.

In addition, AA I thought wasn't really that needed when you are using such a high resolution.

I think when your dealing with 2560*1600, the ideal solution is to have SLI or CF because when your spending that much on videocards(700+) I can see it, but 500 dollars is pretty decent away from 1200 dollars of such monitors.

FPS is kinda low, but most of those cards aren't what I would call choking. Choking > slideshow-like. HD6870 and up get ok scores, and even the GTX470 and 460 while struggling would weigh in with a a respectable result if they were overclocked.

[Callsign_Vega]

What's the point, any card would choke and get unplayable framerates.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-12.html

This doesn't have the gtx 580 but the cards are already choking with no AA. What the point of testing and getting unplayable framerates.

In addition, AA I thought wasn't really that needed when you are using such a high resolution.

I think when your dealing with 2560*1600, the ideal solution is to have SLI or CF because when your spending that much on videocards(700+) I can see it, but 500 dollars is pretty decent away from 1200 dollars of such monitors.

I don't know about that. I get 60 FPS in the Metro benchmark at 13 mega-pixel with my 3x 3GB 580 setup:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=266367

[massman]

they have 3 overclocker/benchmarkers hired at this moment

At least 6, not counting the ROG OC Team in the USA.

[Postmodum]

One question for you guys ...
is it just me or the overclock was nothing ground shacking? Weren't you expecting something more from the new VRM's ?

[saaya]

Im deciding to switch my 580 for one of this babies.

Lol... upgrading from 580 to 580... that makes sense! ^^

[sniper_sung]

I don't know about that. I get 60 FPS in the Metro benchmark at 13 mega-pixel with my 3x 3GB 580 setup:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=266367

Thanks for the benchmarks, was very helpful!

It proves that 1.5GB is a bottleneck for reference GTX 580. Though still not sure about 2GB 6970 as Metro 2033 is de-optimized for AMD cards.

[E.R]

Lol... upgrading from 580 to 580... that makes sense! ^^

It depends, if he uses 2560x1600 with lots of AA/AF or better yet multimonitor it makes sence as you run out of memory fast if you are a eyecandyjunkie. Look at Vegas result for 580 stock and the 3GB.
Lower rez then he would be better of with the ASUS card that in this test runs a tad cooler and OC a tad higher(draw of luck), nothing big in temp IC diamond can fix on Palit/Gainward thou.

[jtdigital]

this review isn't fair, just as others have stated above, no AF/AA 2560x1600?

[Dalten]

Newegg now has the Asus GTX 580 DCII for a few bucks less than the stock asus model... I ordered me one. Kind of a strange price, thinking maybe it's wrong but hoping it's not.

[villa1n]

Newegg now has the Asus GTX 580 DCII for a few bucks less than the stock asus model... I ordered me one. Kind of a strange price, thinking maybe it's wrong but hoping it's not.

Saw this too, was thinking About pulling the trigger on a pair of these sli, but would it have clearance issues in a ft02/rv02(new revision) ? Might grab the twin frozr edition instead if that's the case