EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072 MB GDDR5 PCB PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Limited Lifetime Warranty Graphics Card, 03G-P3-1584-AR

by EVGA

• GEForce GTX 580 with 772 MHz core clock
• PCI Express 2.0
• 3072 MB 384-bit GDDR5 memory
• 4008 MHz memory clock and 1544 MHz shader clock
• NVIDIA 2-way, 3-way and 4-way SLI ready

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.8 x 9.4 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B004YJVUBG
• Item model number: 03G-P3-1584-AR
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 27, 2011

Product Description

Introducing the fastest DirectX 11 GPU, the EVGA GeForce GTX 580. This card rips through the latest DirectX 11 games with up to 8x the tessellation performance over competing GPUs, and runs quieter than the previous generation. Experience a whole new level of interactive gaming with SLI and combine up to three displays for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. With these features and more, the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 does not just dominate the competition, it obliterates it. Specifications include the GTX 580 (772MHz core clock) chipset, 3072MB of GDDR5 memory with a 4008 MHz Effective memory clock and 192.4 GB/second memory bandwidth, 384 bit memory interface, 1544 MHz Shader Clock, 512 CUDA cores, 49.4 GT/s Texture Fill Rate and PCI Express 2.0 compatibility. Additional features include Microsoft DirectX 11 Support, NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technologies, NVIDIA 2-way, 3-way and 4-way SLI readiness, NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround readiness, NVIDIA CUDA technology with CUDA C/C++, DirectCompute 5.0, and OpenCL support, PCI-Express 2.0 support and OpenGL 4.1 support. Connections are 1 Mini-HDMI 1.4a connector and 2 Dual-Link DVI-I HDCP capable connectors. Package includes the EVGA Driver/software disc with EVGA Precision Tuning utility, 1 Mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter, 1 DVI to VGA adapter, 1 6-pin PCI-E power cable, 1 8-pin PCI-E Power Cable and a limited lifetime warranty if registered within 30 days at evga.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best video card I've ever owned - and I have owned a lot July 24, 2011

By K. Heim

Amazon Verified Purchase

I'm 41 years old, I'm not young. I have owned many video cards. This card is by far the best. The best part, is that it runs cool! And incredibly stable. One card is enough....but I bought a 2nd one for SLI. It laughs at anything I throw at it, and stays cool. My 3- gtx 285s were way too hot. This card is phenominal. I pulled them apart and scraped off the thermal grease, and upgraded them to Arctic Silver. After breakin, Im getting very low idle temps, even with hot ambient conditions (I live in CA). Under load, they never get above 82C, and I put a huge load on them, with often high ambient temps.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars GTX580 Killer single GPU card November 9, 2011

By Geoffrey Straubinger

Amazon Verified Purchase

Length: 2:56 Mins

This car is great for a single GPU solution. Max performance in current games!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! October 30, 2011

By Raphael

Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a very outstanding product.

I bought this item because i use an Intel i5 3.06Ghz so i wanted to test if a better card would give me a change to move fom Flight Simulator 2004 to FSX. It worth it!

I run the simulator under moderate slider adjustments, but it works! Improoves your flying experience a lot, dont mention the textures and image quality. Once in the past i though that my LG 21 inches lcd monitor wasnt good enough or my blackberry was not like good enough to take pictures directly to my monitor and share on Facebook or BB Groups, but i found that my old Nvidia 9600GT was the problem, because i have stunning views with this card and using the same proccesor.

Other games? Well, it just eates any other game graphics. It runs Battlefield 3 with full sliders and 1920x1080 as a candy.... No more comments...

I got to warn you about the power requirements. This card is a dragon! gets 70 or more degrees celcius hot sometimes, and you should have a very good blowing machine to cool this Dragon down(Tower case with very good ventilation system). Another thing is that you should consider of buying a 700W+ power supply. i boutgh a 1000W; they are not cheap but if you try to use this card with old ATX power supplys with less than 700W, you might get CTD, Image problems, and some other issues you can google and find out before...

After that, i recommend this card 101% for flight simulator purposes. Another thing: Its time resistant: The Flight Simulator X requires lot of proccesor resources, even more than Video card, not even the great Intel i7 Extreme can handle the FSX with full graphic sliders, so, since FSX is unable to handle/take advantage of the dual core GPUs, you don need a better card to play FSX. So just do not buy the i7 Extreme yet, lets wait for another more powerfull and see...

About the Nvidia support. Its very good, responses are fast and their drivers are updated very often, specially for this product(one of their top 1 2011 products). I havent hand any problems, just questions and doubts about overclocking, just to clarify i havent had any problems with my Dragon...

I got to thank Amazon's fast service, my god, not even once its been late, in fact i mooved from Ebay to Amazon because of that, Amazon is reliable and the packaging is just outstanding(including and specially this videocard handling). I live in the Dominican Republic and got the videocard in amazing 4 days! 2 days by Amazon and two more with my currier service, and as a fact of magic i was there, on that friday after work installing my little dragon. So yeah, Amazon is just the best service for internet buying ever, my god...!

Enjoy this card, Buy it and dont drive your mind into more research! This one really worth it! ;-)