EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 03G-P3-1588-AR

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Pros:

Beauiful design, Redesigned cooler increasing thermal performance without dumping heat inside of the case, 3GB frame buffer helps with high resolution gaming, Top of the line graphical performance, Quieter than the reference design.

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Very power hungry, Limited production run

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Last revision on September 26, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Beauiful design, Redesigned cooler increasing thermal performance without dumping heat inside of the case, 3GB frame buffer helps with high resolution gaming, Top of the line graphical performance, Quieter than the reference design

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very power hungry, Limited production run

Expert reviews and ratings

With a core clock of 855MHz the Classified provides users with a 4-6% boost in performance out of the box compared to a stock GTX 580. The Classified will easily run almost any game on the market at the highest of settings. Once users start creating...

By Benchmark Reviews on October 03, 2011

and FVWhen EVGA announced the GTX 580 Classified, I along with everyone else followed the thread over on EVGA’s forums closely waiting to get details as they trickled out. When I received it and opened everything up its massive cooler was finally...

By LanOC Reviews on September 27, 2011

After spending several weeks with the ASUS MATRIX GeForce GTX580 Platinum and the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified 3072MB we quickly discovered that both video cards are outstanding examples of what the engineers at each company can do. Both designs...

By Legit Reviews on December 16, 2011

Rather than Benchmark Reviews typical conclusion, I would like to end this article on a slightly different note. This will be a overview of the overclocking potential of the Classified, the performance that was actually gained, and a quick note on...

By Benchmark Reviews on November 17, 2011

The EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified 3 GB didn’t demonstrate anything extraordinary in terms of performance compared to the fast version of GeForce GTX 580 we tested previously. Moreover, looks like Gigabyte card outdoes the EVGA offering in...

By X-bit Labs on October 19, 2011

eVGA just released a new series of GeForce GTX 580 based cards, an interesting move because that really indicates there won't be a new high-end product in Q4 Christmas season, a first ever for NVIDIA really. And yeah, the GeForce GTX 580 is now...

By Guru of 3D on October 05, 2011