Product Overview

Experience the power of 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.

MSI Exclusive Features

	MSI Afterburner Utility Afterburner is a co-development by MSI and Rivatuner and is the ultimate graphics card tuning utility. This utility enables all MSI graphics card users to boost performance and to monitor all kinds of critical information in real-time. Afterburner is a completely free utility which is compatible with almost all MSI graphics cards.
	MSI Solid Capacitor Graphic Cards MSI Graphics Cards utilise high quality solid capacitors. For the gamers and high-end users, this feature not only means that the product has better quality components within, but also provides much stronger support for users that want to engage in hard-core tuning.
	MSI Advanced Live Update Online MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimizes the trouble of searching for the files on the MSI website.
	Live Update 5 MSI Live Update 5 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs them for you, which saves your time and lowers the risk of downloading the wrong file.

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

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

Expansion / Connectivity

Compatible Slots	1 x PCI Express x16
Width	Dual Slot

GPU Specification

Core Clock	800 MHz Core Clock
Shader Clock	1600 MHz Core Clock
CUDA Cores	512

Memory Specification

Memory Type	384 bit GDDR5
Memory Size	1536 MB
Memory Effective Size	4008 Mhz

Display Specification

Multi-Monitor Support	Up to 2 displays
Max Digital Resolution	2560x1600
Max Analogue Resolution	2048x1536

Thermal Specification

Max GPU Temp	97C
Max Power Usage	244W
Minimum PSU Requirement	600W
Required Power Connectors	1 x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin

Supported Technologies

Technologies

DirectX 11 Support OpenGL 4.2 NVIDIA PhysX Technology NVIDIA CUDA Technology NVIDIA SLI Technology NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA Surround Technology NVIDIA Pure VideoHD MSI Twin FrozrII Thermal Solution

Manufacturer Warranty

Warranty

3 Years