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NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580 is the world's fastest DirectX 11 GPU. With screaming performance and an innovative new thermal design, GeForce GTX 580 rips through the latest games while running quieter than the previous generation. GeForce GTX 580 – don't play DX11 without it.
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Built for DirectX 11 GeForce GTX 580 delivers massive DirectX 11 tessellation performance so you can crank-up the gaming realism with incredibly detailed environments and characters. |
 TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X.® 2 image captured on NVIDIA GPU provided by UBISOFT. |
Surround Gaming Harness the graphics power of GTX 580 in SLI to experience panoramic gaming across three screens with NVIDIA Surround technology. |
 MAFIA® II image captured on NVIDIA GPU provided by 2K games. |
Play in 3D Breakthrough the boundaries of your screen and enter a new dimension with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ technology for games, videos, and photos. |
- Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support
DirectX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation. - NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology
Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce. - NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready1
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. In addition, you can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in eye popping, crystal-clear quality. - NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround Ready2
Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays. - NVIDIA® SLI® Technology3
Industry leading NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling for the world’s premier gaming solution. - NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs. - 32x Anti-aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 32x sample rates obliterates jagged edges. - NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology4
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video. - PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support. - Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). - HDMI 1.4a Support5
Support for HDMI 1.4a including GPU accelerated Blu-ray 3D support, x.v.Color, HDMI Deep Color, and 7.1 digital surround sound.
1 – NVIDIA 3D Vision requires 3D Vision glasses and a 3D Vision-Ready monitor. See www.nvidia.com/3dvision for more information.
2 – NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround require two or more graphics cards in NVIDIA SLI configuration, 3D Vision glasses and three matching 3D Vision-Ready displays. See www.nvidia.com/surround for more information.
3 – A GeForce GTX 580 GPU must be paired with another GeForce GTX 580 GPU (graphics card manufacturer can be different) with the same frame buffer size. SLI requires sufficient system cooling and a compatible power supply. Visit www.slizone.com for more information and a listing of SLI-Certified components.
4 – Supported video software is required to experience certain features. Visit www.nvidia.com for more details.
5 – Blu-ray 3D playback requires the purchase of a compatible software player from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Corel, or Sonic. Upgrade your GPU to full 3D capability with NVIDIA 3DTV Play software, enabling 3D gaming, picture viewing and 3D web video streaming. See www.nvidia.com/3dtv for more details.
HardOCP
"NVIDIA claims the GTX 580 is the fastest DX11 GPU on the planet. With a bold statement like that, NVIDIA had better hope it really is when gaming; not just commanding leads in canned benchmarks. We can say with the utmost certainty that our gaming has proven this claim to be correct. In all of our DX11 gaming, the GeForce GTX 580 came out on top, delivering the highest framerates, and the best gameplay experience. In F1 2010 the GTX 580 consistently had the highest framerates. In Civ5 the GeForce GTX 580 had a superior gameplay experience, and faster performance than both video cards. In Metro 2033 and BC2 this lead continued, and the GeForce GTX 580 offered higher performance."
Legit Reviews
“NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 video card has better performance, makes less noise, runs cooler and draws less power than the GTX 480. We honestly love this card. GeForce GTX 580 was great and we constantly saw double digit performance gains in many of the games and applications that we benchmarked. Overclocking performance was also good as we were able to get another ~10% or so from a card that was already at the top of the performance charts for single GPU performance.”
PC Perspective
“NVIDIA continues to dominate in the world of the high-end GPU - the GTX 480 was never really challenged (thanks to the consistently higher prices on the HD 5970) and the new GeForce GTX 580 just extends that lead in the single-GPU market to further bounds. NVIDIA is also hoping that the improved performance per watt and improved noise levels also mean that both consumers and media are less likely to harp on it for architectural deficiencies. The truth is that if you want the highest performing graphics card on the market for today and tomorrow's games, then the GeForce GTX 580 looks like your best choice.”
Hardware Canucks
"GeForce GTX 580] performance is simply biblical for a single GPU card across a large cross section of today’s most demanding games and it seems to have plenty left in the tank for future games as well."
Tech Report
“On the whole, the GeForce GTX 580 delivers on much of what it promises. Power draw is reduced versus the GTX 480, at least at idle, and the card runs cooler while generating less noise than its predecessor. Performance is up substantially, between about 10 and 20%, depending on the application, which is more than enough to cement the GTX 580's position as the fastest single-GPU graphics card on the planet.”
PC Mag
“This card isn't just the fastest single-GPU video card on the market, it also surpasses the previous overall champ in many tests. The GTX 580 represents the high-end gaming standard.”
AnandTech
“NVIDIA likes to heavily promote their tessellation performance advantage over AMD’s Cypress and Barts architectures, as it’s by far the single biggest difference between them and AMD. Not surprisingly the GTX 400/500 series does well here, and between those cards the GTX 580 enjoys a 15% advantage in the DX11 tessellation sample, while Heaven is a bit higher at 18% since Heaven is a full engine that can take advantage of the architectural improvements in GF110.”
Hi Tech Legion
“When you immerse yourself into battle you will need a battle tank that will perform and take advantage of what DirectX 11 can offer and that battle tank is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. It is the most powerful single GPU video card developed to date.”
OverClockers Club
“At this point, the card has the ability to clock a little better than my reference GTX 480 and is quieter. Both are wins in my book.What you get with the GTX 580 is the 'Bionic Man' version of the GTX 480 that has been rebuilt to be stronger, faster, quieter and cooler running - that can play any game out there and defend its territory with impunity.”
Computer Shopper
The GTX 580 is a welcome refresh to NVIDIA’s high-end product line, offering a measurable performance boost and significantly quieter operation.The GeForce GTX 580 will give you GPU-performance bragging rights, not just against single-GPU competitors, but against the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, too.”
Tested
“In most of my tests, the GeForce GTX 580 handily beat AMD's Radeon 5870 GPU, with the exception of the Far Cry 2 Action benchmark, which is more CPU-bottlenecked. As expected, the card didn't suffer much of a performance drop when AA was maxed out, though tessellation did cause a drop in frame rates in Metro 2033. H.A.W.X 2 actually suffered no performance drop between DX9 and DX11 modes, which is a good indication that console ports can be improved for PC without much of a FPS hit. I look forward to game developers adding tessellation to their ports to make PC the preferred way to play those games.”
Hot Hardware
“To put it bluntly, the GeForce GTX 580 is without question the fastest, single-GPU on the planet at this point… the GeForce GTX 580 is between 30% and 50% faster than AMD's current flagship, single-GPU, the Radeon HD 5870 in actual game tests. Take the synthetic tests like Unigine into account and the GTX 580 can be up to twice as fast.”
Maximum PC
“HAWX 2 uses tessellation in an extreme way, but the result is gorgeously rendered, near-photorealistic landscapes. Fermi’s ability to tessellate and render down to very small meshes plays very well in this test.Metro 2033 was also interesting, mostly because of how poorly the single GPU Radeon HD 5870 fared. This result was repeatable, and we’re not quite sure what’s going on, since the newer HD 6870 managed a reasonable, if low score. In most of the rest of the benchmarks, the GTX 580 gave the dual GPU Radeon HD 5970 a run for its money, either winning outright or coming very close.”
Motherboards.org
“For now, the GeForce GTX 580 has dethroned the champ the GTX 480 by margins of 10-25% depending on the benchmark and is the fastest currently available single chip video card on the market deserving of an Editor’s Choice.”
Voodoo Extreme VE3D
“NVIDIA took the performance crown earlier this year, and it's obvious that they intend to keep it. In this editor's opinion the GTX 580 is one kick ass wicked fast card that deserves a home in every serious PC gamer's computer.“
Rage3D
“[The GTX 580] provides an ultra-enthusiast product that not only delivers the requisite horsepower, but the luxury use experience the high-end consumer desires.”
BencmarkReviews.com
“Taking all aspects of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 into consideration, there's really a lot more to like about the Fermi architecture now. The GF110 graphics processor finally has its priorities straight, and the dramatically efficient power consumption levels have reduced heat output to their lowest level in many years, [along with] performance results the enthusiast community can finally appreciate, and thermal output everyone can be grateful for. These are all impressive enhancements to the series…”
Bjorn3D
“The GTX 580 also offers higher clock frequencies for the GPU, Shader clock, and memory clock frequencies, allowing the gamers to squeeze even more performance out of the GPU during gaming on high resolutions and graphics settings. But that's not all. The best part of the GTX 580 is that NVIDIA was able to pull off all of this while also redesigning their cooler to use a vapor design for better cooling potential and a very quiet gaming environment. The video card does not run hotter because of the quieter design. In fact, it is actually able to perform much cooler than the previous GTX 480 under load. NVIDIA has truly managed to bring us the fastest GPU on the planet, while also maintaining reasonable noise levels and temperatures on their card.”
NeoSeeker
“With the full amount of CUDA cores now available, and a retail price of $499, the GTX 580 is an exceptional product that raises the bar when it comes to single GPU performance.The GTX 580 is worthy successor to the GTX 480, and as such is earning our highest award.”
PCWorld
“In our tests, the GTX 580 was roughly 20 to 30 percent faster than the GTX 480 (already quite a fast card) while drawing significantly less power; it's quieter, too. We couldn't be happier with its performance.[With GeForce GTX 580], NVIDIA has managed an impressive feat. An unwieldy titan was reforged, delivering a component that outpaces the competition, and earns the vaunted "world's fastest" moniker.”
AlienBabelTech.com
“The NVIDIA Fermi architecture is impressive and flexible and it does translate to performance in gaming. And their multi-GPU SLI scaling for newer games is very impressive. We also like the direction they are heading in with their simplified installations of the GeForce 260 drivers.”
Bright Side of News
“Given that we heard the news from AMD's partners about the delayed launch of Radeon HD 6900, it just may as well be that the GTX580 ends the 2010 as the fastest single GPU graphics card on the planet.”
"NVIDIA claims the GTX 580 is the fastest DX11 GPU on the planet. With a bold statement like that, NVIDIA had better hope it really is when gaming; not just commanding leads in canned benchmarks. We can say with the utmost certainty that our gaming has proven this claim to be correct. In all of our DX11 gaming, the GeForce GTX 580 came out on top, delivering the highest framerates, and the best gameplay experience. In F1 2010 the GTX 580 consistently had the highest framerates. In Civ5 the GeForce GTX 580 had a superior gameplay experience, and faster performance than both video cards. In Metro 2033 and BC2 this lead continued, and the GeForce GTX 580 offered higher performance."
Legit Reviews
“NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 video card has better performance, makes less noise, runs cooler and draws less power than the GTX 480. We honestly love this card. GeForce GTX 580 was great and we constantly saw double digit performance gains in many of the games and applications that we benchmarked. Overclocking performance was also good as we were able to get another ~10% or so from a card that was already at the top of the performance charts for single GPU performance.”
PC Perspective
“NVIDIA continues to dominate in the world of the high-end GPU - the GTX 480 was never really challenged (thanks to the consistently higher prices on the HD 5970) and the new GeForce GTX 580 just extends that lead in the single-GPU market to further bounds. NVIDIA is also hoping that the improved performance per watt and improved noise levels also mean that both consumers and media are less likely to harp on it for architectural deficiencies. The truth is that if you want the highest performing graphics card on the market for today and tomorrow's games, then the GeForce GTX 580 looks like your best choice.”
Hardware Canucks
"GeForce GTX 580] performance is simply biblical for a single GPU card across a large cross section of today’s most demanding games and it seems to have plenty left in the tank for future games as well."
Tech Report
“On the whole, the GeForce GTX 580 delivers on much of what it promises. Power draw is reduced versus the GTX 480, at least at idle, and the card runs cooler while generating less noise than its predecessor. Performance is up substantially, between about 10 and 20%, depending on the application, which is more than enough to cement the GTX 580's position as the fastest single-GPU graphics card on the planet.”
PC Mag
“This card isn't just the fastest single-GPU video card on the market, it also surpasses the previous overall champ in many tests. The GTX 580 represents the high-end gaming standard.”
AnandTech
“NVIDIA likes to heavily promote their tessellation performance advantage over AMD’s Cypress and Barts architectures, as it’s by far the single biggest difference between them and AMD. Not surprisingly the GTX 400/500 series does well here, and between those cards the GTX 580 enjoys a 15% advantage in the DX11 tessellation sample, while Heaven is a bit higher at 18% since Heaven is a full engine that can take advantage of the architectural improvements in GF110.”
Hi Tech Legion
“When you immerse yourself into battle you will need a battle tank that will perform and take advantage of what DirectX 11 can offer and that battle tank is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. It is the most powerful single GPU video card developed to date.”
OverClockers Club
“At this point, the card has the ability to clock a little better than my reference GTX 480 and is quieter. Both are wins in my book.What you get with the GTX 580 is the 'Bionic Man' version of the GTX 480 that has been rebuilt to be stronger, faster, quieter and cooler running - that can play any game out there and defend its territory with impunity.”
Computer Shopper
The GTX 580 is a welcome refresh to NVIDIA’s high-end product line, offering a measurable performance boost and significantly quieter operation.The GeForce GTX 580 will give you GPU-performance bragging rights, not just against single-GPU competitors, but against the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, too.”
Tested
“In most of my tests, the GeForce GTX 580 handily beat AMD's Radeon 5870 GPU, with the exception of the Far Cry 2 Action benchmark, which is more CPU-bottlenecked. As expected, the card didn't suffer much of a performance drop when AA was maxed out, though tessellation did cause a drop in frame rates in Metro 2033. H.A.W.X 2 actually suffered no performance drop between DX9 and DX11 modes, which is a good indication that console ports can be improved for PC without much of a FPS hit. I look forward to game developers adding tessellation to their ports to make PC the preferred way to play those games.”
Hot Hardware
“To put it bluntly, the GeForce GTX 580 is without question the fastest, single-GPU on the planet at this point… the GeForce GTX 580 is between 30% and 50% faster than AMD's current flagship, single-GPU, the Radeon HD 5870 in actual game tests. Take the synthetic tests like Unigine into account and the GTX 580 can be up to twice as fast.”
Maximum PC
“HAWX 2 uses tessellation in an extreme way, but the result is gorgeously rendered, near-photorealistic landscapes. Fermi’s ability to tessellate and render down to very small meshes plays very well in this test.Metro 2033 was also interesting, mostly because of how poorly the single GPU Radeon HD 5870 fared. This result was repeatable, and we’re not quite sure what’s going on, since the newer HD 6870 managed a reasonable, if low score. In most of the rest of the benchmarks, the GTX 580 gave the dual GPU Radeon HD 5970 a run for its money, either winning outright or coming very close.”
Motherboards.org
“For now, the GeForce GTX 580 has dethroned the champ the GTX 480 by margins of 10-25% depending on the benchmark and is the fastest currently available single chip video card on the market deserving of an Editor’s Choice.”
Voodoo Extreme VE3D
“NVIDIA took the performance crown earlier this year, and it's obvious that they intend to keep it. In this editor's opinion the GTX 580 is one kick ass wicked fast card that deserves a home in every serious PC gamer's computer.“
Rage3D
“[The GTX 580] provides an ultra-enthusiast product that not only delivers the requisite horsepower, but the luxury use experience the high-end consumer desires.”
BencmarkReviews.com
“Taking all aspects of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 into consideration, there's really a lot more to like about the Fermi architecture now. The GF110 graphics processor finally has its priorities straight, and the dramatically efficient power consumption levels have reduced heat output to their lowest level in many years, [along with] performance results the enthusiast community can finally appreciate, and thermal output everyone can be grateful for. These are all impressive enhancements to the series…”
Bjorn3D
“The GTX 580 also offers higher clock frequencies for the GPU, Shader clock, and memory clock frequencies, allowing the gamers to squeeze even more performance out of the GPU during gaming on high resolutions and graphics settings. But that's not all. The best part of the GTX 580 is that NVIDIA was able to pull off all of this while also redesigning their cooler to use a vapor design for better cooling potential and a very quiet gaming environment. The video card does not run hotter because of the quieter design. In fact, it is actually able to perform much cooler than the previous GTX 480 under load. NVIDIA has truly managed to bring us the fastest GPU on the planet, while also maintaining reasonable noise levels and temperatures on their card.”
NeoSeeker
“With the full amount of CUDA cores now available, and a retail price of $499, the GTX 580 is an exceptional product that raises the bar when it comes to single GPU performance.The GTX 580 is worthy successor to the GTX 480, and as such is earning our highest award.”
PCWorld
“In our tests, the GTX 580 was roughly 20 to 30 percent faster than the GTX 480 (already quite a fast card) while drawing significantly less power; it's quieter, too. We couldn't be happier with its performance.[With GeForce GTX 580], NVIDIA has managed an impressive feat. An unwieldy titan was reforged, delivering a component that outpaces the competition, and earns the vaunted "world's fastest" moniker.”
AlienBabelTech.com
“The NVIDIA Fermi architecture is impressive and flexible and it does translate to performance in gaming. And their multi-GPU SLI scaling for newer games is very impressive. We also like the direction they are heading in with their simplified installations of the GeForce 260 drivers.”
Bright Side of News
“Given that we heard the news from AMD's partners about the delayed launch of Radeon HD 6900, it just may as well be that the GTX580 ends the 2010 as the fastest single GPU graphics card on the planet.”
Note: The below specifications represent this GPU as incorporated into NVIDIA's reference graphics card design. Graphics card specifications may vary by Add-in-card manufacturer. Please refer to the Add-in-card manufacturers' website for actual shipping specifications.
GPU Engine Specs:
| CUDA Cores | 512 |
| Graphics Clock (MHz) | 772 MHz |
| Processor Clock (MHz) | 1544 MHz |
| Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) | 49.4 |
Memory Specs:
| Memory Clock (MHz) | 2004 |
| Standard Memory Config | 1536 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface Width | 384-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 192.4 |
Feature Support:
| NVIDIA SLI®-ready1 | 3-way |
| NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready |  |
| NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready2 | |
| NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology3 | HD |
| NVIDIA PhysX™-ready | |
| NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology | |
| Microsoft DirectX | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 |
| Bus Support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Certified for Windows 7 | |
Display Support:
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 2560x1600 |
| Maximum VGA Resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Standard Display Connectors | Mini HDMI Two Dual Link DVI |
| Multi Monitor | |
| HDCP | |
| HDMI4 | 1.4a |
| Audio Input for HDMI | Internal |
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
| Height | 4.376 inches (111 mm) |
| Length | 10.5 inches (267 mm) |
| Width | Dual-Slot |
Thermal and Power Specs:
| Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 97 C |
| Graphics Card Power (W) | 244 W |
| Minimum Recommended System Power (W)5 | 600 W |
| Supplementary Power Connectors6 | One 6-pin and One 8-pin |
1 A GeForce GTX 580 GPU must be paired with another GeForce GTX 580 GPU (graphics card manufacturer can be different). SLI requires sufficient system cooling and a compatible power supply. Visit www.slizone.com for more information and a listing of SLI-Certified components.
2NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround require two or more graphics cards in NVIDIA SLI configuration, 3D Vision glasses and three matching 3D Vision-Ready displays. See www.nvidia.com/surround for more information.
3 Supported video software is required to experience certain features. Visit www.nvidia.com for more details.
4 Support for HDMI 1.4a including GPU accelerated Blu-ray 3D support (Blu-ray 3D playback requires the purchase of a compatible software player from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Corel, or Sonic), x.v.Color, HDMI Deep Color, and 7.1 digital surround sound will be added in a Release 260 driver. Upgrade your GPU to full 3D capability with NVIDIA 3DTV Play software, enabling 3D gaming, picture viewing and 3D web video streaming. See www.nvidia.com/3dtv for more details.
5 Not applicable to OEM sku – contact OEM for more information
6 Not applicable to OEM sku – contact OEM for more information
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