Asus GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Performance is fantastic.
Especially when the card is overclocked.
Quiet operation while maintaining reasonable temperatures during load.

Cons:

Umption still are a bit on the high side.
Very expensive premium level product.

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Last revision on January 25, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Performance is fantastic
Especially when the card is overclocked
Quiet operation while maintaining reasonable temperatures during load
Fastest Single GPU card on the market
3 Year Warranty
Fastest single unit DX11 graphics accelerator available
Matches performance with dual GPU Radeon HD 5970
Outstanding performance for ultra highend games
Much lower power consumption vs GTX 480
Reduced heat output and cooling fan noise
Fan exhausts
Improved specifications

Reviewers Didn't Like

Umption still are a bit on the high side
Very expensive premium level product
Outperformed by overclocked GTX 460's in SLI
Outperformed by CrossFire Radeon HD 6870's
No DisplayPort
Still not as power efficient as AMD's designs
Power draw limiter could complicate advanced overclocking
Still limited to two active display outputs per card
Overclock out of the box too small to make any difference

Expert reviews and ratings

The GeForce GTX 580 was an unorganized launch from our perspective. Nvidia was unable to help with samples and the board partners we spoke to were foggy on the launch day details. In short, it was a bit of a mess and we were a little late with our...

By TechSpot on November 18, 2010

The ASUS GTX 580, just like any other GTX 580, is a magnificent card. It will chew up everything you throw at it even at stock and overclocking it just leads to more destruction. However, the factory overclock does next to nothing, which is a shame at...

By FirstPost on January 03, 2011

While we could go into much detail about the newly improved GF110 chip that the GTX 580 uses, we feel it is more important to highlight the actual features that we liked about this card. Of course it is a nice improvement to have 512 CUDA cores, 1...

By bjorn3d.com on November 30, 2010

Priced competitively at £399 and friendly to overclockers, the Asus GeForce GTX 580 is an obvious choice for those building a new gaming machine. If you've already got a high-end gaming machine, with a graphics card of the class of a GeForce GTX 480...

By PC Advisor on November 22, 2010

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to...

By Benchmark Reviews on November 22, 2010

Asus breaks out the factory overclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX580, in a bid to retain the performance crown. The new top-end graphics card is certainly an upgrade and is priced sweet for those building a new high-performance PC. The question is, how much...

By PCWorld India on November 22, 2010

NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 580 feels to deliver what I would have expected from the original GTX 480. The card is blazing fast, especially in newer DX11 titles it often beats AMD's dual-GPU flagship Radeon HD 5970. This performance upgrade helps NVIDIA...

By techPowerUp! on November 15, 2010

Writing a summary of something like this is harder than writing one for something that is awful.If a product sucks, you can point out all the places for improvement. But when, like the ASUS GTX580, it's stunning in every department it does tend to...

By Overclock3D on November 12, 2010

Evaluating Nvidia’s GTX580 is fairly straightforward. It’s without a doubt the best single GPU graphics card available on the market. The only real competition would be from AMD HD5970, which unfortunately we didn’t have on test. However, given that...

By vortez.net on January 03, 2011

The ASUS ENGTX580 is a great video card, but its value is somewhat undermined by multi-GPU competition from AMD. It is definitely a premium implementation of the GeForce GTX 580. Everything about it oozes quality, from the packaging to the video card...

By HardOCP on December 20, 2010

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