Gainward Announces 3GB GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom"
Gainward Announces 3GB GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom"
Posted 01/21/2011 at 9:53am
| by Paul Lilly
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Taking a cue from its parent company Palit, which itself has been known to slap more video RAM on a graphics card than the stock configuration calls for, Gainward today introduced its GeForce GTX 580 3072MB Phantom3.
According to Gainward, that superscript is supposed to denote the "Phantom power of 3," which refers to the use of three PWM cooling fans underneath the ginormous heatsink. These are flanked by six "Gainward Grand Prix Heatpipes," each one 6mm in size. Gainward claims you'll see up to 12C lower temps compared to a stock GTX 580 during 3D heavy tasks, and up to 54 percent less noise during standby.
Other specs look more familiar, including 512 CUDA cores, 783MHz GPU, 1566MHz shader, 4020MHz memory, 384-bit bus, DX11 support, dual-DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Gainward
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LatiosXT
January 23, 2011 at 1:52am
3GB? And I think to myself "You know you have excess when even your VRAM size is excessive for most computers today"
Fecal Face
January 21, 2011 at 2:30pm
Dang, 3GB. :P
Also, liking the new site, nice job (to whoever did it)
jamesm3015
January 21, 2011 at 3:00pm
i love the new site also but i wish they had a mobile version.
994196003
January 22, 2011 at 2:59pm
That would be sweet but this new layout makes all the artiuicles stand out
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