EVGA GTX 580 Stock or Classified?

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cyber_marco

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Hello guys, I am in search of a good GPU for playing games on my 37''- 42''(haven't decided yet)
LG Full-HD passive 3DTV (that I'm gonna buy) in 1080p and 3D. DX11 games like Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Batman Arkham City etc.
and moddable games like GTA IV, Fallout 3 & NV etc.(with ENB, customs textures and what not). :rolleyes:

I'm gonna use the 3DTV PLAY software from Nvidia.

I've done a search and have found 2 candidates:
1) EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB (470€)
2) EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB Classified (490€) :P

Should I go for the classified one? I have read that this card is a beast and overclocks in super-high levels,
but is more usefull for benchmark geeks and crazy overclockers! (or am I wrong?)

As I mentioned before I'm going to use the GPU mostly on HD gaming in 3D.
So bassically the difference is 20€!!! :good:

The rest of the rig is i7-950(stock for now), 6gb 1800mhz ram, 120gb SSD/ 1Tb HDD, 1000W modular CM.
I have 1 out-take and 2 in-take fans on my CM Storm Scout.

In the near future I'm going to install watercooling (Corsair H80-H100, depends if it fits in the case) for CPU overclocking.

Thanks in advance! :D
 
WHat bigfella means i presume is you will run it maxed although not at a constant 60fps with no drops.

A single gtx 580 will do fine and it will be playable on max. However it will drop at parts and you will see some stutter in the hairier parts of the game.

I think for bigfella this isnt maxed at all, but for people like me its good enough :P It all depends on your attitude towards a maxed game. Max settings with 60+fps, or just playable on max settings?
 
No that is not what i mean.

For 3D you need essentially two instances (1 for each eye) running at 60FPS. That is 120FPS. On BF3 at that resolution, 1 x GTX580 simply doesn't have enough grunt.
 
Sorry my bad, i didnt read the part about 3d, i assumed it was single monitor at 1080. So my fail on my part

In this sense yeah, for decent gameplay i dont think one would be enough. Rather than drop 500 on a gtx 580 you may want to wait for keplar and see what that brings.
 
I just sold my old Evga GTX 470 SC+ so I am in a ''hurry'' about buying a GPU. As I see the new Kepler-based GPUs from Nvidia will not come out until March-April 2012. Also I chose the EVGA one because they have the step-up program and if I am in time I could use that to upgrade to kepler-based gtx 680(or whatever it'll be called).

Thanks for your advice!
 
Investing in a 580 now would be plain silly. Much better off going for a 7970 if you need the card asap.
 
mikeb2817 said:
Is there anyone on the forum with one yet? May be worthwile asking them there opinion as well as looking up benchmarks.
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It's still early days for the drivers. As such, crossfire still seems to be plagued with issues. Most people I know that are running single cards seem to be doing fine though.
 
The Nvidia-based GPUs are more compatible with 3D gaming. Also there is PhysX for gaming and CUDA for encoding.

What's the alternative solution with AMD-based?
 
well amd cards should do fine for 3d, and physx is actually only used by the graphics card in a few games, most companies want it to look great no matter the hardware so they aff-load it onto the cpu. and for encoding, the 7970 actually can use pci-e 3.0 to get even better results for that, not sure on the actual numbers but i know 3.0 makes it better than it is on 2.0 for professional applications. and if you want to see how good it is

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=517
 
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