Metro 2033
Metro 2033 (DirectX 11)
Metro 2033 is one of the best looking PC games in years. By utilizing some advanced DX11 features as well as impressively high-quality shading routines this title pushes our graphics in way we have seen since the first days of Crysis.
We ran Metro 2033 with Advance DOF disabled because it continues to bring cards to their knees.
The Gigabyte GTX 580 Super Overclock model has a consistent and reliable 8% advantage over the reference card but it still can’t keep up with the HD 7970. At 1920×1080 the HD 7970 is a solid 17-18% faster than the overclocked GTX 580.
Great review, judging by the
Great review, judging by the results i think the 40$ price tag is worth it for the cooling. Its overclocked AND runs cooler than the reference, sounds like a good deal to me. I think you forgot the sound levels, it was mentioned in the beginning of the article.
Also, why havnt I seen any reviews of the 3GB 580? Is it because its not reference?
It was due to my ignorance,
It was due to my ignorance, but my cards were over heating because I thought my motherboard was best suited to have the cards right on top of each other. After reading the motherboard manual, I realized that spacing them into slots 1 & 3 were recommended for top speed. Not 1 & 2. Now the cards seem to be peaking around 72 degrees celcius. NIGHT AND DAY is the different.
So if you plan on going SLI with these, make sure you have a motherboard that can support spacing them. As they run too hot (even when downclocked to 600 mhz) to have them sitting on top of each other.
http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-mini-HDMI-Graphics-GV-N580SO-15I/dp/B0052XXCEG?tag=emjay2d-20
GTX 580 has much life left in
GTX 580 has much life left in it. Not bad for 15 months old GPU. 7970 is great overlocker and that is the only thing that cen really make a difference. Nice review..
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