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This engine support DX11 and was one of the integral releases for ATI when they launched the 5xxx series cards a while ago. Hardware tessellation is used on the crowd, as well as water and cloth objects. DirectCompute 11 accelerated high definition ambient occulsion is also integrated with full floating point high dynamic range lighting.
We are testing in full DX11 mode.
Fantastic performance again from the GTX580, only outpaced this time by the older, dual GPU HD5970 solution. All of these cards can handle the game at these settings, right down to the GTX470.
Worth the wait Z 🙂 what a stunning card. way more than I would ever use on my modest screen, but incredible. thanks
I want one of these but im still saving. thanks for the review. I mainly play battlefield BC2 and it seems awesome for that engine.
wow, that power consumption is crazy, but great performance, imagine running two of these in SLI with the limiters off. 600 watts max !
lol.!
Good to see a review of this here, wondered why it wasnt up earlier. Serious levels of performance and im really tempted, but its difficult to justify spending so much money on a video card. also glad to see you did an ‘upgrade style’ section for 24 inch screens, as ill never spend £1100 on a monitor for 1600p.
Still not sold, waiting on 6970.
Well if you are expecting 6970 to beat this I would suspect you are sadly mistaken, as the leaked slides on the hardware show much more limited bandwidth, even if the clocks are higher. I would think the 6970 might have a hard time beating the 570, nevermind the 580. As much as it pains me to say it.
6970 will be cheaper tho, from what I read,. 580 is expensive, way out of my price range. 6950 might be moer affordable if its under 300.
who is the dude in here buying this to play battlefield BC2? are you mad in the head? seriously, get a 460, save the extra, put the money into getting a couple of decent games which use the hardware.
460 GTX in SLI or GTX580? any ideaS?
Good review KG.
460 performance testing here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/12/02/geforce_gtx_580_vs_460_1gb_sli/
wow, nice design. weird abotu the software hacks to remove the protection system, surely thats dangerous!
Im waiting for 6950. should be at the limit of my price range.
Very hard to find here where I am, I almost got one and they sold out by the time I got home. nvidia need to sort out the supply, same with 570
Bought an overclocked ASUS 580 last week, love it. you should review it, better than this far eastern crap.
That doesnt make a lot of sense toasted hammock. all these cards come from the ‘far east’.
I am leaving a weird mesage. but thanks for the info on the 30 inch monitor you are using, its under 800 new in the UK, what a friggin deal
Those Hazro screens are brilliant, I’ve been looking at swapping out my Dell 3007 for a while now, can you add a picture next to the Dell you’re using for comparison? Also tell me if they’ve changed the god awful colors on the on screen display? k thx
Tim, i would be very skeptical about any “slides”. Fud obtained slides relating to the soon to be released AMD cards and back-tracked, citing irregularities and that they would report back with information from more genuine sources.
Yeah, i agree, it is hard to know what the situation is. I doubt they will beat the 580gtx though, cause I hear the 6970 is going to be considerably cheaper, so if its 20 percent slower but 30 percent cheaper (not true, just a figure im pulling out of my ass here). it might make a good choice. especially if they get the power drain down big time.
GTX580, great card, completely sold, but still waiting for some better cooling. Reference design is far from perfect and there is plenty of room for improvements. For now all GTX580s are exactly the same (just like SF-based SSDs), just with different stickers on the acrylic shroud and fan.
Is KitGuru on nVidia’s shit list, did the Kit say something bad about dear leaders “Can of whoop ass” products, because this was a real long wait before a review of a nVidia product.
So you did not get review samples, good for you, F… nVidia’s PR machine and just give us honest reviews 😀
Is there a reason the older Dx10 Stalker Clear Sky is being used and not the more current Dx11 based Stalker Call of Pripyat?
Yes, I was experiencing some issues with the newer title which I need more time to investigate.