Which 580 should I get?

[Ataros]

Go for 3 GB one o save for 680

[Jaws2002]

Any 580 with less then 3GB of ram is waste of money now. EVGA also makes some good cards, and have awesome waranty.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Any 580 with less then 3GB of ram is waste of money now.

and you think so because ..... ?

a few facts and pointers might be useful there, as many other people here are looking at the next gen cards

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Any 580 with less then 3GB of ram is waste of money now. EVGA also makes some good cards, and have awesome waranty.

Good info Jaws, I'll add a little more.

To the OP

EVGA has a lifetime waranty with overclocking promoted(so dont waste $ on o.c. cards), register your card with in 30 days and add the 3 day cross shipping for $30 (you call on the phone tell them you want a new card, 3 days later viola)and future issues are all but forgotten.

The step up program offered by EVGA means you can purchase a 580 today and "step up" to a 680 within 90 days if you decide to later.(read all faqs so you know how it works).

Many pc games will use more than 1.5 gb today @1080p(last year for that matter), the reason you have not seen any games use more is they cant on your pc or they are console ports or the settings are turned down.

Here are some games that can use more than 1.5gb and up to 2.5gb vram @1920x1080p:

Crysis 2(hd texture pack)
Shogun2
Metro 2033
Civ5
Il2 Cliffs of Dover

See ya in the air!

[priller26]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Any 580 with less then 3GB of ram is waste of money now. EVGA also makes some good cards, and have awesome waranty.

Would be my choice, have one myself. Lifetime warranty as long as you register the product. Works great, never had a hiccup.

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Go for 3 GB one o save for 680

Well is the 680 with two gigs better than the 580 with 3 gigs? I havent seen any game that uses more than 1gig... What about power consumption?!

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by Anders_And

Well is the 680 with two gigs better than the 580 with 3 gigs? I havent seen any game that uses more than 1gig... What about power consumption?!

Do you play this game? If you do, you'll see it uses more than 1GB. That if you have it.
My game is using close to 1.5GB of video ram, because the game can't see the other 1.5GB on the second GPU in my dual GPU card.

People that have 2GB cards can confirm that their game is using close to two GB of video memory.
I think with 2GB you should be fine, but now, with all this 3GB cards on the market, I wouldn't spend a penny on a card with less then two GB per GPU.

The more you have, for this game, the better.

[Jaws2002]

I forgot. I would get the 2GB 680 over the 3GB 580 any day of the week. I would get the EVGA version and sign up for step up program and if the next best thing is released within 90 days, I'd just switch to that by paying the difference.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

I forgot. I would get the 2GB 680 over the 3GB 580 any day of the week. I would get the EVGA version and sign up for step up program and if the next best thing is released within 90 days, I'd just switch to that by paying the difference.

Only thing Jaws is I dont think you can "step up" from a 680 to a 680.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

Only thing Jaws is I dont think you can "step up" from a 680 to a 680.

Ah. You are right. I forgot.
Nvidia are such bastards. They won't release the flagship card until August, because the lower power version (680) beats the best Radeon.

Hopefully sometimes after that one comes out, my old GTX590 dies.