| EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Video Card |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards | |
| Written by Austin Downing | |
| Monday, 03 October 2011 | |
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EVGA GTX 580 Classified Internal DetailsFor graphic cards with custom PCB's like the EVGA GTX 580 Classified a look under the hood can bring new found understanding to the purpose of a card.
Once we remove the plastic shroud surrounding the Classified we start see some of the magic that EVGA has included in its latest iteration of the GTX 580. First we have the large 8cm blower style fan that helps give some much needed extra cooling to the entire card. Following that we have a slightly redesigned heatsink that dissipates part of the heat generated into a user's system but for the most part will exhaust all heat out of the rear of the Classified.
To see the bare PCB of the GTX 580 Classified we must first remove a the heatsink that covers the entire PCB board helping give some much needed cooling to the VRM's and other components. Under that we have what looks like a normal GTX 580 except every component has been overdesigned to take the extra abuse that overclocking can generate.
Rather than Samsung GDDR5 memory that we are typically finding on cards we review on Benchmark Review EVGA has used twelve Hynix H5GQ2H24MFR-T2C 2Gb GDDR5 memory modules to create the 3GB framebuffer the Classified has. Each of these modules is rated for up to 5Gbps at 1.5v.
EVGA has included three NEC/Token 0E907 film capacitors on the Classified. Each capacitor is rated for 2.5v and 900uF and is designed to help provide a cleaner power input to both the GPU and the VRAM.
EVGA claims that the Classified is able to handle 1000w of power. In order to achieve this EVGA has used quite a large number of VRM's and power management circuits to help make sure all of this power is delivered in a safe and clean method so that users can get the best possible overclocks out of the Classified.
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Comments
Also why does it need a HDMI port when you can convert straight from DVI to HDMI?
I want to see how it stands up to the 2GB 6970 OR the regular EVGA 3GB. You do realize that not all the Classifieds come with 3GB of Vram, right? Why not compare apples to apples? Why compare this to last years options?
It was compared to a Stock ASUS GTX 580 1.5GB which provides a pretty nice apples to apples comparison.
Really nice review! Maybe if you could put more pictures in the future which would be really nice :) keep it up!
I wasn't trying to be crass or mean. The review is wonderful.
I am considering purchasing a 3GB Classified HC and was anxious to see how it compared to say the normal EVGA 3GB or the Asus with more Vram, as well as the AMD 2GB 6970. Maybe you can do another review when those are available:)
That means the difference between the regular 3GB and Classy 3GB is the same as between the ASUS 1.5GB GTX 580 and the classy. around 4-6% at stock settings on both.
Except for price I really do recommend this card. It is beautiful, runs cool, and has a lifetime warranty.
Thank you for the compliment. This was a eye opening experience to say the least. I hope in the future to be able to provide for our readers even better.
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Hmm. On one hand, this cooler doesn't exhaust as much air into the case. On the other hand, the MSI Twin Frozr III heatsink is very impressive. I guess overclocking headroom will decide it.
Now THAT would be an article. 580 Classy 3gb vs MSI GTX 580 Lightning 3gb.
Perhaps a overclocking competition between both?
The only other card worth looking at is the Asus ROG Matrix 580 Platinum. Other manufacturers of course have custom non-reference flagships, but the consensus seems to be that the MSI and Asus ones are the top (ex: Gigabyte).
The 580 Lightning Xtreme is at a similar price point and is also oriented for enthusiasts and ROG ... well, the name should say what the target audience is.
That said,......this is really a well thought out design and awesome performer too. I love it.
Also, Austin I think the OC competition between those two cards would be a GREAT article!