Graphics chip manufacturer NVIDIA has unveiled what it claims is the 'world's fastest' graphics card with the GeForce GTX 580 GPU.
The new GeForce GTX 580 is NVIDIA's latest and greatest GPU, superceding the GTX 480 that was released in March of this year. NVIDIA also claims that the GTX 580 is quietest GPU in its class, while offering up to a 30% increase in speed. Even in previous generation DirectX 9/10 games like StarCraft II, the new chip is purported to be 62% faster its current rival chip Radeon HD 5870.
WIth AMD's new AMD 6970 due out in the next few weeks, the battle of the graphics cards it hotting up once again.
GeForce GTX 580 Highlights:
The new GeForce GTX 580 is NVIDIA's latest and greatest GPU, superceding the GTX 480 that was released in March of this year. NVIDIA also claims that the GTX 580 is quietest GPU in its class, while offering up to a 30% increase in speed. Even in previous generation DirectX 9/10 games like StarCraft II, the new chip is purported to be 62% faster its current rival chip Radeon HD 5870.
WIth AMD's new AMD 6970 due out in the next few weeks, the battle of the graphics cards it hotting up once again.
GeForce GTX 580 Highlights:
- Hard launch with immediate availability at an estimated SEP of $499 USD.
- Up to 35 percent improvement in performance/watt efficiency
- New vapor chamber thermal solution results in the quietest GPU in its class
- New level of geometric realism -- 2 billion triangles/second
- Provides game developers total creative freedom to create cutting-edge DX11 games