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| Author: | Gilly [ 22 Jan 2011, 11:23 ] |
| Post subject: | 3GB 580 On the way |
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20110121151441_Gainward_Boosts_Memory_Size_of_GeForce_GTX_580_to_3GB_GDDR5.html Interesting, but can't really see how a 279% performance boost is possible at such a "low" resolution in Metro (meaning not triple head) |
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| Author: | Delphium [ 22 Jan 2011, 13:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Very nice :) Trust Gainward to put a monster together like this :D That should help surround a bit, so whos going to be first to drop the cash on these and get some benchies up of surround performance x] |
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| Author: | thales100 [ 22 Jan 2011, 14:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Time to upgrade 8) |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 22 Jan 2011, 14:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Excellent, this is just what I've been wanting. 1.5GB just ain't enough for some games in Surround. I'll put two on a shopping list for when I actually have some extra cash spare. 8) As for the 270+% increase in Metro... in DX11 with 4xAA... Metro eats VRAM like it was free. To be honest, Metro does that anyway. Even at 1920x1200 0xAA I had Metro jump in performance switching from 1GB to 2GB GTX460s. It's a really, really hungry game. Worse than Crysis; but then Crysis doesn't do DX11 stuff. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 22 Jan 2011, 23:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Reminds me of those ASUS Mars cards. |
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| Author: | UMich Hockey [ 24 Jan 2011, 17:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Excellent, this is just what I've been wanting. 1.5GB just ain't enough for some games in Surround. I agree. I can't wait for this. It will make running games much smoother due to the fact that VRAM is the major limiting factor at the extreme resolutions for surround gaming. |
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| Author: | Skid [ 24 Jan 2011, 19:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
Two words. 
That said I was hoping to skip this generation and get the next generation of graphics cards, namely because my pair of GTX 295 still beat most cards out atm, and I added water cooling to them back end of last Summer to prolong there life and keep them cool. |
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| Author: | thales100 [ 24 Jan 2011, 23:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
my pair of GTX 295 still beat most cards out atm, and I added water cooling to them back end of last Summer to prolong there life and keep them cool. Surround with 896mb of VRAM ? 1.5Gb is killing my rig, cant wait for 3Gb. |
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| Author: | Skid [ 25 Jan 2011, 00:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
[quote] my pair of GTX 295 still beat most cards out atm, and I added water cooling to them back end of last Summer to prolong there life and keep them cool. Surround with 896mb of VRAM ? 1.5Gb is killing my rig, cant wait for 3Gb. Oddly enough my system is managing rather well, granted there are time where I have to dial back the detail but for the most part its good, although I didn't get many games last year so I don't know. |
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| Author: | thales100 [ 25 Jan 2011, 00:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 3GB 580 On the way |
although I didn't get many games last year so I don't know. Unless you cut off most of the eye candy, 896mb wont be enough, thats for sure. |
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