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Release Period	-	May-2011

GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition Review

GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition is a special edition of the powerful GeForce GTX 580. See the standard version for more information about it.
The differences include increased memory and core clocks, from 4008MHz to 4200MHz and from 772MHz to 832MHz, respectively. It also includes a better cooling system to reduce the heat that resulted from the huge overclocking. The amount of video memory was doubled and is quite handy, if gaming at extreme resolutions with image improving techniques.
Benchmarks indicate a performance boost of about 3% when compared to the standard GeForce GTX 580.
All games, including demanding one's, will run on the highest settings.
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GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

832 MHz

Fermi GF110

3072 MB

1050 MHz

384 Bit

GDDR5

201.6GB/sec

40nm

53.248 GTexel/s

39.936 GPixel/s

512

DX 11

5.0

4.2

2560x1600

244 Watts

600 Watt & 40 Amps

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

GD RATING

GPU Features

No the GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

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8 GB

1920 x 1080

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