Using 266.58 on Win 7 64 SP1 I have verified Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 7 works with no other adjustments. Confirmed in GPU-Z with an increase in VDDC and temperature.  

7601.17514.101119-1850 is the last build of the SP1 line and was signed off as RTM in november.

the presence of 7 hotfixes on windows update for SP1 7601.17514.101119-1850 leak pretty much confirms it as the RTM.

thats understandable :), i was hoping they would've fixed the moving task bar, the broken lock on the task bar (right clicking on a pinned or unpinned app lets you drag the taskbar when locked) and the DDraw deadlocks.

tm95ern

To access the voltagecontrol on Gainward GTX580 Phantom 3GB with Afterburner 2.1.0.beta 7 all i did was to check in Unlock Voltage control and Unlock Voltage monitoring under saftey property in settingsmeny and i can now raise from 1000 mVolt to 1150 on the card.

lol, I know "how" to access the voltage control, however for me it's just not letting me with my cards. As I said above, after I check the box for "unlock voltage control" my voltage slider is still blank. I'm going to be doing a fresh install of Windows soon as I'm switching motherboards so maybe whatever is buggering it up will be corrected.

Afterburner

I so hate you now...

Good thing we are in the middle of buying a new home right now or I would get three of these badboys...

nyah, nyah,.....
 
I'm here to help LOL

farthestkris

okay maybe some of you surround junkies can help me decide. 5760x1080 is the res im gonna run (monitors are in hand :D) i currently have the 1.5 gb 580s and was wondering if i should sell them for the 3 gb 580s ? thoughts ??

 
I run the BC 6010x1080 and I crank the eye candy in everything I play, but then I lower AA if needed. Most of the time it's needed and I find myself at 4xMSAA a lot. If you want high amounts of AA, get the 3Giggers. If you want max candy and can do without the higher AA levels, you're fine as you are.
 
Craps results don't mislead. Great job Craps!

Hi,im just in process to slowly upgrade my old Asus Striker Extreme MB/Asus 8800 Ultra GPU/4GB 800 mhz 4-4-4-11 T2 DDR2 Ram,WD Raptor 150 GB Hdd/Zalman CNP9700LED/HP LP2475w/Zalman ZM600-HP PSU in bad vibrating midi steel case into something faster.(Though i cut 3x120 mm cooler vents into case,and it runned cool,but loud).First i bought Lian-Li 2120 Black case,and Silverstone Strider 1200w gold+ PSU,installed old system into it.Its way more silent,though i need to bought for my pc table new legs,case is so huge,it just dont fit under table otherwise.My next step was either Gainward or Palit GTX580 with 3 GB Vram.....BUT,preferrably with Thermalright Shaman or Arctic Cooling Extreme Pro installed.Starting with one GPU,adding second about Christmas for SLI (aiming for 30" monitor with maxed settings for gaming/later 3x 1920x1200 in portrait mode{maybe}).
 
What you think,are those cards close to reference card layout?To use either of those coolers.Shaman is 4 -slotter,Arctic cooling 2 slotter....and probably still mutch quieter,then Palits 2 cooler,or Gainwards Phanthom cooling design.Maybe usable with extra heatsinks on extra Vram chips or something.What about watercooling them?I asked both companies,but i doupt,i will get answer.
What about 3x ATI 6970 in Cf mode?Should be enough for 3x1920x1200?Way cheaper though.

@ romkoot, no the PCB on these cards is definitely not reference. The mounting holes are in different places as well as a different PCB layout.
 
@ al_bo, it seems that some have got voltage control to work with these cards, I however have not been so lucky yet. I'm going to do a reinstall of Windows in the coming days and see if that helps. I'll post back here when I have done so.

And what about full load card temperatures in SLI mode, compare with reference Nvidia card coolers? Is it lower or higher? Especially 1st card (upper)?

If your not running surround, you don't need this card. The 3GB GTX580 sole purpose in life is surround. Yet no review sites actually do surround tests lol. 

Those boasts aren't incorrect. They are just using super high amount of AA that the 1.5GB cards would choke on. Notice Crysis says 16x AA and Starcraft 2 32x AA. Those numbers would easily surpass 1.5GB. Amounts of AA not tested by the review sites. Don't get AA confused with AF.  

romkoot

Hi,just asking,are you THE Vega from Hardforum?

The Vega?  Ya thats my screen name on [H].

I decided to hold off because the current generation hardware's performance levels aren't quite adequate enough to warrant the upgrade.  If Kepler is as powerful as they say it is, having ample video memory for it would be ideal.  CraptacularOne's breakdown of the performance differences showed that the extra leg room did help, but it didn't seem to provide enough oomph to satisfy my interests. 

Just an update to this thread regarding voltage adjustment for the Palit 3GB cards. After a re-installation of Windows I can adjust voltage on the cards up to 1150mv using MSI Afterburner beta 7. It appears something in Windows was buggering up the works, but it works now.