Product Overview

The World's fastest GPU has arrived with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Experience blockbuster video games in their full glory with everything cranked to the max. Not only does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 rip through the latest games, it also runs quieter than the previous generation. And as you have come to expect from the GeForce GTX GPU, the GTX 580 packs support for all the premium GTX gaming technologies such as NVIDIA Surround, 3D Vision, PhysX and SLI. With all these features and more, it is easy to see how the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 obliterates the competition.

Gigabyte Exclusive Features

	Super Overclock Series Serious gamers require serious gear. That’s why we’ve developed the Super Overclock Series. All of the GPUs in these graphics cards have been cherry-picked for top performance, efficiency and reliability. Our innovative GPU Gauntlet Sorting selection process ensures that only the highest-performing GPU processors are used in these graphics cards. Coupled with our Ultra Durable VGA boards, users can rest assured that the Super Overclock Series graphics cards won’t let them down as they step onto the digital battleground.
	Ultra Durable VGA+ Gigabyte Ultra Durable VGA+ deliver 1.6X purer power than traditional power design and more stable performance. - Proadlizer added - 2 oz Copper PCB - Tier 1 Samsung and Hynix Memory - Japenese Solid Capacity - Ferrite Core and Metal Chokes - Low RDS MOSFET
	GPU Gauntlet Sorting World’s #1 GPU cherry-picking process Only the strongest processors survive the GPU Gauntlet. GIGABYTE’s database analysis system evaluates the GPU core engine, shader engine. The GPUs with the best power efficiency and lowest power consumption are qualified for the Super Overclock Series. So the question remains…will your graphics card make it through the Gauntlet?
	OC GURU GIGABYTE OC Guru utility is a revolutionary software that features Power saving, Overclocking, Gamer OSD and User-friendly inter design. Features & Benefits: - World's 1st VGA Power Saving software utility - VGA Tweaking Utility - Extremely Overclocking ability - GPU and Memory Voltage Adjusting Software
	WindForce 3X - Vapor Chamber - Outward Inclined GIGABYTE introduces WINDFORCE, the latest cooling technology that differentiates the brand’s graphics cards from the rest. GIGABYTE understands that a fan is crucial to the graphics card, so only the fan with the most efficiency is selected for WINDFORCE. To qualify for WINDFORCE, a cooling solution must be equipped with anti-turbulence inclined fans, ultra quiet PWM fan and pure copper heat pipe. Inclined fins help to reduce excessive heat and turbulence. Depending on its orientation, there are 4 types of inclined-fan designs: outward-inclined, 3D-inclined, parallel-inclined, and mirroring-inclined. Each type generates excellent exterior airflow for efficient heat dissipation from the interior GPU core.

NVIDIA Features

	NVIDIA PhysX Technology PhysX is designed specifically for hardware acceleration by powerful processors with hundreds of cores. Combined with the tremendous parallel processing capability of the GPU, PhysX will provide an exponential increase in physics processing power and will take gaming to a new level delivering rich, immersive physical gaming environments.
	NVIDIA CUDA Technology NVIDIA CUDA technology is the world’s only C language environment that enables programmers and developers to write software to solve complex computational problems in a fraction of the time by tapping into the many-core parallel processing power of GPUs. With millions of CUDA-capable GPUs already deployed, thousands of software programmers are already using the free CUDA software tools to accelerate applications—from video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research.
	NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technology. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.
	NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA 3D Vision brings a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. Users can even watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in crystal-clear quality.
	NVIDIA SLI Technology Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today's hottest games.
	NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology Blu-ray and HD DVD movies are bringing a new level of movie-viewing experience; with high-definition image quality far surpassing standard-definition DVDs. NVIDIA PureVideo HD2 technology provides unsurpassed Blu-ray and HD DVD movie picture quality.

General Specifications

Interface	PCI Express 2.0 x16
Output Interface	2 x DVI 1 x Mini HDMI

Expansion / Connectivity

Compatible Slots

1 x PCI Express x16

GPU Specification

Core Clock	855 MHz Core Clock
Stream Processors	512
Shader Clock	1710 Mhz

Memory Specification

Memory Type	384 bit GDDR5
Memory Size	1536 MB
Memory Effective Size	4100 Mhz

Manufacturer Warranty

Warranty

2 Years

Supported Technologies

Technologies

DirectX 11 Support NVIDIA PhysX Technology NVIDIA CUDA Technology NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround NVIDIA SLI NVIDIA PureVideo HD Gigabyte WindForce 3X Gigabyte Super Overclock Series