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kram36

Right, but by the looks of this you seem to be the lady here.

is that a fw900 i see there to the right?

Rukian

@Sir Is that your Halloween Costume :))

SirJamesDDJ

SirWaWa

if evga learned anything from last time hi-flow bracket and backplate need to be standard equipment on the gtx580

Looks like until a backplate is released, the 480 one will fit right?

XrayMan

The GTX 480 is 10.5 inches long? The GTX 580 will be 11.5 inches long, correct?

Brad_Hawthorne

XrayMan

The GTX 480 is 10.5 inches long? The GTX 580 will be 11.5 inches long, correct?

Was it a girl or a guy measuring it for the article?

babyballa

boredgunner
One 6-pin and one 8-pin.  So the TDP is between 250W and 300W.  The GTX 480's is 250W but when pushed in Furmark it can consume about 300W of power. 

TDP isn't how much voltages it uses. It how much heat it generates... A lot of people forget that.
This card max draw is 300w 75+75+150, PCI-e slot. 6 pin and 8 pin connectors. My guess is that the card will be a consuming max of 275w. You have around 25watts for Overclocking, Meaning your overclock probably be cut in half.

The GTX470 TDP is 215w, Each heatpipe (8mm) can handle around 42.3 watts. 
As you can see in this picture 

 

The 470 heatsink has 5 heatpipes at 8mm each The cooler on the card is barely can handle the beast. 

This card has the simaliar cooling setup meaning that this will output more heat then it can dissipate. The fin density and the upped fan size will probably help. But you won't see low, cool temps like the 460 or 470.

I'm guessing Clock for clock you see 10-20fps gain depending on game with this card

[HazMatt ] 

My only questions now are noise and heat. 

Hopefully more info in the weeks to come. 

Boogyman93
The only thing bigger about the 580 fan is the hole around it. The fan itself is as big as the 480 one.

babyballa

boredgunner
One 6-pin and one 8-pin.  So the TDP is between 250W and 300W.  The GTX 480's is 250W but when pushed in Furmark it can consume about 300W of power. 

TDP isn't how much voltages it uses. It how much heat it generates... A lot of people forget that.
This card max draw is 300w 75+75+150, PCI-e slot. 6 pin and 8 pin connectors. My guess is that the card will be a consuming max of 275w. You have around 25watts for Overclocking, Meaning your overclock probably be cut in half.

The GTX470 TDP is 215w, Each heatpipe (8mm) can handle around 42.3 watts. 
As you can see in this picture 

The 470 heatsink has 5 heatpipes at 8mm each The cooler on the card is barely can handle the beast. 

This card has the simaliar cooling setup meaning that this will output more heat then it can dissipate. The fin density and the upped fan size will probably help. But you won't see low, cool temps like the 460 or 470.

I'm guessing Clock for clock you see 10-20fps gain depending on game with this card

[HazMatt]

So if the 580 will possibly generate the same amount of heat and consume around the same amount of power as the standard 480, then do the 'better efficiency' claims stem from the fact that it performs ~10-20% better in the same environment?