Four Overclocked GeForce GTX 580 Cards, Rounded Up
Today we put four factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 580 cards to the test: Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 580 Super Overclock, MSI’s N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC, Calibre’s X580 Captain, and Zotac’s GeForce GTX 580 AMP²! Edition. Which one is worth its premium price?
Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11 And Crysis 2
3DMark scales linearly with clock rates here. Although there’s a definite relationship between frequency and performance, the difference between the fastest overclocked model and reference isn’t as significant as the price spread.
Crysis 2 demonstrates a spread similar to 3DMark 11. The degree of overclocking applies has less effect as the resolution increases, which is, unfortunately, the opposite of what someone buying a high-end card would want to see.
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