It was virtually this fourth dimension last month that Nvidia launched the mighty GeForce GTX 580, securing again their right to claim ownership of the world'south fastest GPU. The flagship carte demonstrated baking fast functioning in the 13 games we tested, as it was on average 22% faster than the GTX 480, and as much equally 46% faster than the Radeon Hard disk drive 5870.

When breaking down the GeForce GTX 580 in terms of cost and operation the card still fabricated sense despite its high asking toll of $500. Keeping in mind the performance margins nosotros just mentioned it was like shooting fish in a barrel to justify the 11% markup when compared to the GeForce GTX 480. On the other paw, the card was a significant 47% more than expensive than the Radeon Hd 5870, merely then again the operation proceeds was of a like effigy.

Nvidia'southward GeForce GTX 580 may be the current king of the hill, but this could modify before the stop of the yr when AMD launches their new Radeon Hd 6900 series. AMD was originally expected to evangelize its Cayman XT and Pro-based Radeon Hard disk 6970 and 6950 graphics cards sometime during November, only they have postponed their arrival until mid-December for undisclosed reasons. If you don't mind belongings off a few short weeks, the look could be worth some savings or potentially more performance for the same dollars, depending on what AMD has reserved for the states.

With the existent high-stop battle still to take identify Nvidia is not sitting effectually waiting for AMD to strike back. Instead, they are getting ready to release their second GF110-based product. The GeForce GTX 570 should exist hit shelves shortly, featuring similar specifications to that of the GTX 480 merely with a lower price at around $350.

As the GeForce GTX 470 was to the GTX 480, the GTX 570 is a cut down version of the recently released GTX 580. Thermals and operating efficiency will remain much the same, as will the features. What has changed is the core configuration, operating frequencies, and memory coach width, all of which take been slightly reduced.

The GeForce GTX 570 is probable targeting the however to be released AMD Radeon Hard disk 6950 – which we still know little well-nigh. The Radeon HD 6870, which is slightly slower than the older 5870 in almost games, costs just $250 and is therefore in a completely dissimilar price subclass. The latter will probably come against the GeForce GTX 560 when Nvidia releases this card early side by side year. For now, though, allow's accept a closer await at the GeForce GTX 570 in our hands and notice out how well it performs.