NVIDIA GTX 580 Review

ccokeman - November 9, 2010
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Specifications:

	Graphics Card	GTX 580
Processing Units	Graphics Processing Clusters	4
	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
	CUDA Cores	512
	Texture Units	64
	ROP Units	48
Clock Speeds	Graphics Clock (Fixed Function Units)	772 MHz
	Processor Clock (CUDA Cores)	1544 MHz
	Memory Clock (Clock rate / Data rate)	2008 MHz
Memory	L2 Cache Size	768KB
	Total Video Memory	1536 MB GDDR5
	Memory Interface	384-bit
	Total Memory Bandwidth	192.4 GB/s
Fillrate	Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)	49.4 GigaTexels/sec
Physical & Thermal	Fabrication Process	40 nm
	Transistor Count	3 Billion
	Connectors	2 x Dual-Link DVI-I 1 x Mini HDMI
	Form Factor	Dual Slot
	Power Connectors	1x6 pin and 1x 8 pin
	Recommended Power Supply	600 Watts
	Thermal Design Power (TDP)1	244 Watts
	Thermal Threshold	97 C

Features:

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® 3D Vision™ Surround Ready*: 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.
Interactive Ray Tracing: By tracing the path of light through a 3D scene, ray tracing uses the power of the GPU to create spectacular, photo-realistic visuals. Get a glimpse into the future of gaming with ray tracing.
3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technology*: Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 3-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) for the world’s premier gaming solution under Windows 7 with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.
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 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 Technology: 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

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