There’s only one thing that sets
the Galaxy GTX 580 apart from
the regular GTX 580 cards – the
triple fan cooler. Even more interesting
is the design of the heat sink that sits
on the massive GPU. It comprises of
three sections – one big chunk on top
of the GPU, a smaller one towards the
rear panel, and the biggest one on the
other side of the GPU. The three are
connected by five copper heatpipes that
run through the block of copper that is
slapped on the GPU. The fans cool the
entire heatsink, but in effect, this card
uses a triple slot design. Additional heat
sinks are used to dissipate heat from the
power phases and a thick metal plate
is clamped to the bottom for additional
heat dissipation. This card runs at stock
speeds. The GPU and 1536 MB of GDDR5
memory are clocked at 772 MHz and 1002
MHz respectively. The rear panel has a pair
of dual-link DVI ports and a mini-HDMI
port. The performance is identical to that
of a regular GTX 580 card, except that it
runs a lot cooler. It scored 24355 points
in 3DMark Vantage and 5917 points in
3DMark 11. A whopping 42 fps in Crysis
Warhead in Enthusiast mode with 4xAA,
and 37 fps in Mafia II (High, max PhysX
and AA) and Unigine Heaven 2.1 (4xAA
and Extreme Tessellation) says it all. This
is an excellent option because it doesn’t
command an exorbitant premium for
its cooler and bundled HDMI cable.
VERDICT: Rest assured; this card won’t overheat!
FOR: HDMI cable included, great cooling, silent.
AGAINST: None.
SPECIFICATIONS
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GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580; Memory: 1536 MB
GDDR5; Memory bus width: 384-bit; Speed: (Core |
Memory): 772 MHz | 1002 MHz; Video outputs:
Dual-link DVI and mini-HDMI.
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