Review GTX 580 SLI: The Ultimate Gamer’s Dream!

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November 18, 2010
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What can you do to improve the speed of the world’s fastest single-GPU graphics card? Easy, add another one for double the processing power! The few past GeForces have shown impressive performance scaling with SLI, so we expect nothing less from the GTX 580.

Aside from measuring the performance improvement obtained by adding a second GTX 580, some scores from our previous graphics cards tests are also included in the result charts: GeForce GTX 480, Radeon HD 5970, Radeon HD 6870, and Radeon HD 6870 in Crossfire. As for the GX 580, two reference cards were used. One is a sample unit from NVIDIA, while the other comes from MSI; each has a default clock speed. Before moving on to the tests, let’s examine their technical specs first.

Specification

NVIDIA GTX 580NVIDIA GTX 480AMD HD 6870
CodenameGF110GF100Barts XT
Fabrication Process40 nm40 nm40 nm
Transistors3 Billion3.2 Billion1.7 Billion
Die Size320 mm²526 mm²
Core Clock772 MHz700 MHz900 MHz
Stream Processors5124801120
Texture Units646056
ROPs484832
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5GDDR5
Memory Size1536 MB1536 MB1024 MB
Memory Clock (effective)4008 MHz3696 MHz4200 MHz
Memory Interface384-bit384-bit256-bit
DirectX Version111111
Shader Model555
Power Connectors8-pin + 6-pin8-pin + 6-pin2x 6-pin
Min Recommended Power Supply600 Watt600 Watt500 W
Bus SupportPCIe 2.1 x16PCIe 2.1 x16PCIe 2.1 x16

SLI Setup

To make an SLI setup, you will need two GeForce cards. It’s better if both cards are identical to each other to ensure maximum compatibility. You will also need a motherboard that provides at least two PCIe x16 slots with Intel series 5 chipsets for Intel users, or nForce chipsets for AMD processors. In addition, for the two GTX 580 graphics cards, you need a power supply with two 6-pin and two 8-pin connectors.

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Greenish artifacts were visible on the screen when we tried to connect the two GTX 580s using just one SLI bridge. The problem was solved by adding another bridge. It appears that you will have to use both SLI connectors on the GTX 580 for the setup to work properly. We also ran onto similar issue with the GTX 480.

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After the driver has been installed, simply open the NVIDIA control panel and enable the “Maximize 3D Performance” option to activate SLI.

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