Nvidia GTX 580 specs leaked ?

[AMDScooter]

^^^ The current AMD releases are competing with the mid range. IMHO it's NV trying to play catch up with the upcoming 69xx release with their "possible" 580 product line. Remember.. the 580 is still all scuttlebutt.

[TheGlasMan]

6900's are supposed to come out the same time as 580's

[Keven]

^^^ The current AMD releases are competing with the mid range. IMHO it's NV trying to play catch up with the upcoming 69xx release with their "possible" 580 product line. Remember.. the 580 is still all scuttlebutt.

Well, references to the GTX 580 have been found on the NVIDIA website.

[AMDScooter]

Well, references to the GTX 580 have been found on the NVIDIA website.

Well they are running short on solid NV based info if the release is going to coincide with AMD's 6900. Could very well happen.. but I'm thinking they have a way to go yet. Maybe paper release late Nov~Dec with actual units shipping in quantity Q1 2011.

[tjdehya]

It’s cool that cards still get people excited even though they are becoming pointless because Gaming graphics haven’t advanced over the last 3yrs or so and there are no games on the horizon that would warrant a need for a card more powerful than what we already have today... or even the cards we had last year. I am now suffering from UpgradeForWhatReasonitis.

[Brandito]

It’s cool that cards still get people excited even though they are becoming pointless because Gaming graphics haven’t advanced over the last 3yrs or so and there are no games on the horizon that would warrant a need for a card more powerful than what we already have today... or even the cards we had last year. I am now suffering from UpgradeForWhatReasonitis.

i'm still waiting for a card to play crysis with. oh and whodathunk crysis would still have th best graphics of any game released even TODAY?

[JackVancouverBC]

^Metro 2033 with Advanced DOF on would beg to differ.

I admit, playing it with the mutants, they look scary real...

[Nightowl224]

I'm planning on getting a pair of GTX 460's, and will most likely pass up the GTX 500 series cards, though the specs on the GTX 500 series cards look good, as I need a pair of GTX 460's to handle Sacred 2, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Neverwinter Nights 2, and upcoming games like Dragon Age 2, and Two Worlds 2. Yes, I like SLI, but don't like the idea of what the prices of the GTX 500 series cards, espicially the GTX 580 could be.

I'm not knocking the GTX 500 series cards, like the GTX 580, but I personally can't wait around for them, espicially when I need to get upgraded from the videocard I have now.

Current videocard is a 1GB GeForce 9500GT, which handles games pretty good.

[JackVancouverBC]

New Benchmarks from a Chinese site:

[brothergc]

interesting looks like their also releasing a GTX 570 and a GTX 560
That is what I will be interested in , should be a 460 killer!
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/ite...idate-for-2010

I was considering a GTX 460 1gb to replace my aging GTS 250 looks like I will wait till the new releases and see what happens

[Keven]

New Benchmarks from a Chinese site:

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This is my Viagra.

It’s cool that cards still get people excited even though they are becoming pointless because Gaming graphics haven’t advanced over the last 3yrs or so and there are no games on the horizon that would warrant a need for a card more powerful than what we already have today... or even the cards we had last year. I am now suffering from UpgradeForWhatReasonitis.

That's okay. I'll spend enough for the both of us.

[Activate: AMD]

It’s cool that cards still get people excited even though they are becoming pointless because Gaming graphics haven’t advanced over the last 3yrs or so and there are no games on the horizon that would warrant a need for a card more powerful than what we already have today... or even the cards we had last year. I am now suffering from UpgradeForWhatReasonitis.

Great point. Still stuck on DX9 garbage thanks to xbox 360 and all the console-tards

I think we'll see more of the same from both AMD and nvidia on this one. nvidia will probably retain the outright performance crown, but at huge costs in both cash and power. Frankly, that kind of stuff doesn't excite me anymore. Yea, AMD could probably put out a chip that uses 500 watts too, but they will likely hit the sweet spot of the high-end by dangling 95% of the performance in front of the eyes (and wallets) of people who are looking at the 68xx series and thinking "almost but not quite enough performance." if the 58xx series launch and adoption is any indication, then AMD will probably score quite a few customers who would otherwise have bought something like a 68xx or gtx470, and thats where the money is. GF100 was a perfect example of why having the performance crown isn't necessarily a great thing.

[zirik]

Great point. Still stuck on DX9 garbage thanks to xbox 360 and all the console-tards

thats probably the biggest reason why game graphics technology has become stagnant. developers are not willing to push the boundaries when a majority of their customers are running on locked hardware for the past 5 years. i miss the good old days when new games would require hardware manufacturers to play catch up. now the hardware has new features and capabilities that remain unused. but im still hoping that the console cycle will give way for more pc centric games in the following years while the next generation consoles are being learned by game developers. i can time my upgrade to that cycle.

[AMDScooter]

Hopefully the AMD/NV releases will have a fantastic effect on holiday pricing.

Nvidia Previews Unreleased GPU

Nvidia gave conference-goers a tease of their new flagship GPU, suspected to be the GTX 580 we posted last week. A vapor chamber cooling solution that not only offers cooler operating temperatures, but also is seven decibels quieter than the GTX 480, some performance graphs, a tessellation demo, and oh, Call of Duty: Black Ops gameplay footage.

[fatlazyhomer]

I wish I can still get excited over this stuff. But like others have said, I've been playing the same games for the last few years. I run most of my games at near max with eyefinity as it is, and I just dont see a point in going 6870 or 580 unless games come out that actually demands it...