Specification
Product Details
- Brand: PNY
- Model: VCGGTX580XPB
- Format: CD-ROM
- Original language:
English - Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.50" h x
4.30" w x
1.50" l,
2.60 pounds
Features
- Chipset: GTX580 Engine Clock: 772 MHz Video Memory: 1536MB DDR5
- Memory Clock: 4.008 GHz Memory Interface: 384-bit
- Bus: PCI-Express 2.0 x16 RAMDAC: 400 MHz Stream Processors: 512
- Memory Bandwidth: 192.4 GB/sec Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Connectors: Dual DVI, Mini HDMI Thermal: Fansink
- Support Microsoft Windows 7/XP/Vista Supports nVidia PhysX Technology Support nVidia CUDA Technology
- Support HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection Support Microsoft DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1
- Support nVidia 3D Vision Surround Ready Support nVidia PureVideo HD Technology
Product Description
PNY nVidia GeForce GTX580 1536MB DDR5 2DVI/Mini HDMI PCI-Express Video Card
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By Teejayess
The GTX 580 PNY graphics card is a fantastic card. Still the best single graphics card on the market.I was impressed by the power and quality of the graphics that this item produced. However, my problems arose right out of the box. For such an expensive item, you would likely expect all of the possibly needed peripheral connectors to be included. WRONG! There is no dual 6 pin-to-8 pin converter. It comes with a dual molar (4 pin)-to-6 pin connector, but how many high computers will rely on molar connectors to power a GTX 580?I have an XPS 720 with a Intel Core 2 Quad processor and a 1 KW power supply. It is a 3 year old, 3,000 dollar gaming PC. Not top-of-the-line by todays standards but still a powerhouse PC made specifically for gaming at its extremes. Despite this, I didn't have the neccessary connections. I needed to wait nearly a week to recieve the new cord ordered from Amazon.When it finally arrived I was set and ready to play. It was simple to transition from one Graphics card (8800 GTX Ultra) to this GTX 580 - or so it seemed. During this transition, a file in the drivers became corrupted. The file's name is nv4_mini.sysThis file is (to my understanding) responsible for properly updating and running the graphics cards on your computer. Deleting and reinstalling drivers did not help at all. In fact, the problems became more persistant.The first two weeks of use were fantastic. I had little or no problems and my games (even Crysis) ran on high settings with no noise, major heat release, or freezing which would occur when I pushed my 8800 GTX Ultra to the limit. But then, suddenly, memory leaks and texture issues started appear in my games. Eventually, the graphics card could not even operate at the same efficiency or power level as my old graphics card. Soon after this began happening, my computer would crash when attempting to play ANY video games. The blue screen error would single nv4_mini.sys as the corrupted cultprit.Whether it was the main issue or not, the graphics card no longer operated properly. I exchanged it for another. In the meantime, I went back to my previous graphics card. This one could run everything just fine, but the crashes would still occur sparingly. Finally, after 3 weeks of trying this graphics card, I was forced to reinstall my operating system and wipe my hard drive.While this card is an incredible piece of technology... insanely quiet when compared to an 8800 GTX Ultra... not generating nearly as much heat as the aforementioned... and just plain powerful - keep in mind that the PNY instance does not come with the *likely* neccessary dual 6 pin/8pin converter and be careful in transitioning from one graphics card to another.Look online for additional directions and be thorough during the transition, lest you run into the same problems as I.Overall, the card is a must buy.I reduced the rating from 5 to four stars for the troubles I experienced above. While I doubt everyone will run into these problems, and they may not have been helped by my own error, I still was not perfectly happy with my experience.I hope this helps. Enjoy your GTX 580!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By Grouchy Old Geek
I bought this card nine months ago. With the exception of some minor driver issues that were corrected by an nVidia patch a few months later, it worked fine for all that time. I play a lot of games, so I used the card heavily during those nine months.A few days ago, the card stopped working. The fan still spins, but the card no longer sends any data to the monitor. A PNY tech told me that my power supply is probably to blame rather than the card, but I replaced the card with a GTX 590, which works just fine. So it seems very likely to me that the card is dead.PNY provides a one-year warranty, which is extended to "lifetime" if the card is registered within 90 days. I registered the card the day after I got it, so, no problem, right?Wrong.It turns out that PNY will only honor its warranty if you return the defective card in its original packaging. I threw the original packaging away nine months ago, as soon as I saw that the card worked. I checked the warranty online, and, sure enough, there's a little clause at the very end stating: "Warranty coverage requires proof of purchase documentation evidencing the date of purchase (sales receipt or invoice) and original packaging." (By the way, it also says you pay for all shipping costs.)So now I'm out $500 (the cost of the card when I bought it).I'm giving the card two stars instead of one because I did get nine months of heavy use out of it, but I'm disappointed that it only lasted nine months, and I'm extremely upset about PNY's sneaky return policy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Terrell Lee Clark
The Koolance 580 water block fits this 'reference design' perfectly. So if you are able to water cool, you can overclock this card and have a functional equivalent to two 460's in SLI without the cost or power consumption. In addition, this is the third PNY card I've bought in the last 6 years. They have all been EXCELLENT.
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