Hmmm I,m starting to feel better about the step up program.As there are no guarantees on the 590 being in the program.I was worried I would end up with no upgrade path for the $1000 investment into 580 sli.I might have another option at this point:) Tick Tock

Not unless  they buy the PCB from Palit/Gainward as the current 3GBV 580 has custom PCB that this block fits and are made for.
Best hope would be a HC2 versionas i dont see any other than swiftech make a block for cards that are 2 month late to the party.

EVGA_JacobF

stay tuned.

Yeah, Step-Up needs to be a higher GPU and it only includes standard reference models which this won't be.

iTravis

Any words on pricing?

I would love to know the answer to this as well.

Would also like to know if evga is using same pcb as gainward. Cuz then i could ude the upcoming ek waterblock?

what are the clocks?

Hmm if neither the 590 or the 3gb 580 are put in step up then most likely my step up will expire unused. And then my upgrade path will be for nought in the step up program,which is why I took the gamble on a $1000 sli in the first place. If i could only see the future.I won,t do that again I will just buy non reference for better cooling.The lifetime warrenty is nice but i never keep my cards past 18 mths anyway.So if my step up expires unused so will my patronage.sry EVGA Lets hope you can come thru:)

Evga i would stiill like to know if it's the same pcb as gainward/palit. Or if you guys are going to make Your on waterblock cuz it's a must for mé That i Can watercool it.

henrikplum

Would also like to know if evga is using same pcb as gainward. Cuz then i could ude the upcoming ek waterblock?

That means they have to BUY the PCB of Palit/Gainward to pull it of as it is custom PCB from a 570 i belive they enhanced and refitted with GF110 and 3072Mb Vram and a mutch better cooler than stock 580(at least the Gainward is that).
So either EK has to make another to fit IF they find it worth while and that is not a given thing they do as 580 3GB market is mutch smaller when EVGA get their card out that is was when Gainward/Palit released their card and was sold out in 5 min.
Best bet is a EVGA H20 model with a swiftech block on or perhaps Koolance wake up and see a demand for a custom block.
 

NexusPhase

I used step up from a 260 to a 295... Why can"t we step up 580s to 590s again? Seems strange. Soz for off topic 

Limited supply with cherrypicked GPU that wont even last long to even reach stepup and dont be supriced if all 590 made is "overclocked" and that make stepup invalid by the terms aswell. 1000 cards divided by 3-4 vendors(evga not even in top 2 of size and how many card they get most likely) is the limit they speak about so the card is already sold out before hitting the store as the one that really wants/needs them do pay what they cost as they will get them "for free" as the card would have cost 850-1000USD to be a +/-0 deal for nvidia and a long term deal and the title is worth losing a few buck for, but not to mutch.
Nothing strange about that, just common sence and how the stepup works, beside the 800USD+ fee for the card would mean at least 300USD additional per card in stepupfee and by getting another 580 for 200USD more you get what you pay for so that 200USD will pay off as better performance in propotion to the money or not far of as 590 is clocked at only 6xxMhz as default to keep temp and power in control.

How do you know there will only be 1000 made?
The card will be a standard 580 with more memory, the end.
I would assume that the PCB will be very similar to the Palait and Gainward models that are on the market now.  think about it, there aren't that many manufacturers of GPUs in the world, even if it is different, wait a month or so.....EK will have a block for it if there is a demand.
I'm anxious to see this card arrive in hopes it will drive down the cost and demand for the standard 580 so I can snatch up a couple.
As far as step-up goes, I can't see a step-upfrom a standard 580 being available, it's a 580 after all.  I'm sure if the quantity is enough, you'll be able to step up from a lesser card.

DDiaz591

far327

I was loyal to evga for 6 years before saying goodbye. They used to have such great service and support. Not the case anymore. My 790i ftw only got a year of bios updates before evga decided to stop supporting my mono. I wasn't able to run the revodrivex2 andhad requested a bios update. They refused to help. Shame on u evga! Just today I received two palit 580gtx 3072mb cards. Evga blows!

Disrespectful much?

 
Disrespect to a customer garners more disrepect. Why is it we must attack or shun someone who didn't have an easy experience with EVGA. Isn't that the point of these forums? To offload support to a free community?

 You know I like EVGA  their customer service is first class in my opinion. With that out of the way.
From pure speculation and the rumor mill. I hear tell that there won,t be that many to begin with and the profit margin will be slim to non exitstent.
If EVGA wanted to be in a class all it,s own and be the "Belle of the Ball". They should just put all the 590,s in their allotment into the step up program sense this isn,t about money because there isn,t enough to worry about,just the cost of the step up program. It would then become a statement to their loyal fan base that we really do matter and not the bottom line almighty dollar  24/7.

Is Evga gonna make 3 x DVI outputs on GTX 580 3GB? I pray they will.

danny.nguyen

Is Evga gonna make 3 x DVI outputs on GTX 580 3GB? I pray they will.

3 DVI connectors would also prevent the card from being single slot if water cooled.