NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GF110 Fermi Video Card Review

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Manufacturer:	NVIDIA
Product:	GeForce GTX 580 Video Card
Date:	Tue, Nov 09, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By:	Nathan Kirsch -
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FurMark 1.8.2

FurMark is a very intensive OpenGL benchmark that uses fur rendering algorithms to measure the performance of the graphics card. Fur rendering is especially adapted to overheat the GPU and that's why FurMark is also a perfect stability and stress test tool (also called GPU burner) for the graphics card.

The benchmark was rendered in full screen mode with no AA enabled on both video cards.

Furmark Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: Furmark showed the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 performing poorly as the GTX580's new power monitoring hardware kicked on and slowed the card's performance down. NVIDIA said the GTX580 dynamically adjusts performance in certain applications (Furmark and OCCT) in order to keep the power within their specifications. Here we see an example of where the new hardware monitoring management system hurts the card's performance. We have concerns about this, but NVIDIA said they can make changes in the driver, so if a game comes out down the road a simple driver update is all that is needed to change the power level.

Next Page - GeForce GTX580 F@H Performance

Review Index

Page 1 - A Fixed Fermi Core Called GF110 Goes Into GTX580!
Page 2 - A Closer Look At The GeForce GTX 580
Page 3 - Taking The GeForce GTX 580 Apart
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 6 - Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY
Page 7 - Just Cause 2
Page 8 - Metro 2033
Page 9 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 11 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 12 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 13 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 14 - FurMark 1.8.2
Page 15 - GeForce GTX580 F@H Performance
Page 16 - Temperature Testing
Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 18 - GeForce GTX580 Overclocking
Page 19 - Dual LCD Display Testing
Page 20 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions

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