WinFast GTX 580 | Graphics Cards
Highlight
- Next generation architecture delivers incredible gaming performance at maximum resolution and quality settings.
- Revolutionary DirectX 11 technology and NVIDIA® CUDA™ architecture bring games closer than ever to cinema-quality effects and visuals.
- GPU/Memory Clock at 772/4008 MHz
- HDCP capable
- 1536MB, 384-bit memory interface for Hi-Res /AA/AF gaming
- Support Dual Dual-Link DVI with awe-inspiring 2560×1600 resolution
- Microsoft DirectCompute Support for Windows 7
- Smoothly playback H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1 and WMV video–including WMV HD
Features
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2. 0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 products are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.
NVIDIA® unified architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs.
High-Speed GDDR5 Memory on Board
Enhanced memory speed and capacity ensures more flowing video quality in latest gaming environment especially in large scale textures processing.
Dual Dual-Link DVI
Support hardwares with awe-inspiring 2560-by-1600 resolution, such as the 30-inch HD LCD Display, with massive load of pixels, requires a graphics cards with dual-link DVI connectivity.
Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displayswith ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates up to 2048×1536@85Hz.
32x Anti-aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 32x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Shader Model 5.0 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.
Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and Bul-ray movies.
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready
Bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D., you can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in eye popping, crystal-clear quality.
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.
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.
OpenGL® 4.1 Optimizations and Support
Full OpenGL support, including OpenGL 4.1
HDCP Capable
Allows playback of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and other protected content at full HD resolutions with integrated High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) support. (Requires other compatible components that are also HDCP capable.)
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology support
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.
NVIDIA PhysX™ -Ready
Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
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| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 |
| Graphics Bus | PCI Express 2.0 |
| Memory size | 1536MB GDDR5 |
| GPU/Memory clock | 772/2004MHz |
| Memory data rate | 4008MHz |
| Output | Dual-Link DVI x 2+ mini-HDMI |
| Memory Interface | 384-bit |
Data bandwidth(GB/sec. ) |
192.4 |
| Fill Rate(billion texels/sec) | 49.4 |
| Stream process | 512 |
| RAMDACs (MHz) | 400 |
| Full Microsoft® DirectX®11 Shader Model5.0 Support | |
| NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready | |
| DirectCompute Support | |
| HDMI Support | |
| Built for Microsoft® Windows Windows 7™ & Vista™ | |
OpenGL® 4. 1 Optimizations and Support |
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| Graphics Card Power | 244 W |
| Card Dimensions | 4.376 inches (111 mm) x 10.5 inches (267 mm) x Dual-Slot |
| Package contents | WinFast GTX 580 GDDR5 graphic card |
| Manual & Driver disc | |
| Quick installation guide | |
| Cable & Accessory | |
| System Requirements | Window XP, Vista, 7 |
| A PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0 compliant motherboard with 2 full-height free slots | |
| Installation software requires DVD-ROM drive | |
| VGA(VGA converter needed) or DVI compatible monitor | |
| A Minimum 600W or greater system power supply (with 12V current rating of 42A) | |
| Software Bundled | WinFast Graphics Driver CD (w/ WinFox III) x 1 |
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| OS | Language | Version | Description | |
| VGA driver | ||||
| XP 32Bit | Multilanguage | 306. 23( 2012/11/11 ) |
Windows XP 32bit Geforce drivers Total size: [ 151231 KB ] |
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| XP 64bit Edition | Multilanguage | 306.23 ( 2012/11/11 ) |
Windows XP 64bit Geforce drivers Total size: [ 187414 KB ] |
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| Vista 7 8 32bit |
Multilanguage | 306.23 ( 2012/11/11 ) |
Windows Vista/7/8 32bit Geforce drivers Total size: [ 173827 KB ] |
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| Vista 7 8 64bit |
Multilanguage | 306.23 ( 2012/11/11 ) |
Windows Vista/7/8 64bit Geforce drivers Total size: [ 222231 KB ] |
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| Language | Version | Description | |
| Quick Guide | |||
| Multilanguage | Null ( 2012/11/27 ) |
WinFast Graphics Series Quick installation Guide Total size: [ 1660 KB ] File Separation : |
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exe file) if you do not have broadband Internet connection.Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Review
ManufacturerNvidia
UK price (as reviewed) Around £399 (inc VAT)
US price (as reviewed) Unknown
GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB specifications
Nvdia had significant trouble releasing the first GF100 Fermi-based GPU back in March, with launch delays letting ATI rule the DX11 battleground for roughly six months. It didn’t help that when the GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB did find its way to our test rigs, it wasn’t fast enough for the price, and also ran hot, loud and consumed too much power. What a difference a few months make, as the new GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB solves all of these issues.
The new Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB is a hefty card, but is still only 10.5in long
We’ve leave the GeForce GTX 580 1.
5GB performance analysis till after the benchmarks, and instead talk about the upgrades that the GPU and the reference card have received on this and the next page.
GPU Upgrades
While Nvidia has made the obvious move of unlocking the 16th and final SM (Streaming Multiprocessor, or ‘stream processor cluster’ in neutral terminology) of the GF100 architecture for the GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB, the new GF110 codename reveals that this isn’t the full extent of the changes. The most significant difference between GF110 and GF100 is the use of different grades of transistor.
Typically a GPU will use the fastest switching transistors to attain the highest possible frequencies, but these transistors are also the most leaky, resulting in higher power consumption and more waste heat. With the GF110 design, Nvidia has used less leaky transistors for non-performance-critical areas of the GPU, thus lowering the overall power draw of the chip.
The new GTX 580 1.
5GB requires plenty of power
However, the power-saving transistors – despite their slower switching tendencies – haven’t lead to a lower GPU frequency for the GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB. The GTX 580 1.5GB’s GPU core operates at 772MHz rather than the 700MHz of the GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB, with the 512 stream processors ripping along at 1,544MHz rather than 1,400MHz.
Nvidia has also added temperature and power draw monitoring to the GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB via two additional chips on the card. This means that if the GPU or the card’s VRMs get too hot or try to draw more power than is safe, the GPU will clock down to avoid damage to the hardware.
There are three things to note about this power management technology, the first being that as it’s enabled by two separate chips on the card — board partners can choose to leave them off to lower the cost of their card. Secondly, the GPU won’t increase in frequency if the power draw or temperature are lower than the maximums – the technology is more akin to Intel’s SpeedStep than Turbo Boost.
Finally, the monitoring is software-based and at the moment only detects OCCT and the latest version of FurMark. This means that any thermal or power draw test using these applications are inaccurate, but as we use 3DMark06 to stress the GPUs, our numbers are perfect.
The new GPU, surrounded by memory chips and power phases
While a hardware-only implementation of power monitoring might be preferable – it would be automatic, based on the actual power draw or temperature of the components, and not be dependent on driver interaction – Nvdia said that actually a software-based implementation had more advantages. It allows Nvidia to be more flexible, letting Nvidia add extra applications that it finds to be particularly power hungry. However, the option to disable power monitoring isn’t exposed in the driver, so extreme overclockers and anyone wanting to verify that their card is working properly and not overheating will have to be careful.