GTX 580 question

[Insuber]

Look at my signature ... 200 h of CloD and not a single power issue ... with a three years old 550W PSU.
Believe me, the power calculations done by PSU manufacturers have only one goal: sell more expensive units.
Your PSU is OK.

[ingsoc84]

I should be upgrading to a gtx 580 with 3 gig soon..figure..more ram the better...but will wait till around xmas or right thereafter and hopefully catch some sales.

[Forcavitale]

Thank you all for your help guys. Actually i been reading a lot about this as well and i have found lots of users with GTX 580 and a PSU like mine, so i think im gonna give it a try, but it is gonna have to be the 1.5 GB Version the 3GB is to expensive

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Forcavitale

it is gonna have to be the 1.5 GB Version the 3GB is to expensive

What is the price difference???


And how much does the GTX570 2.57Gb VRAM cost???


~S~

[GOZR]

Very good alternative and better IMO .. more Vram the better.
GTX570 2.57Gb

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Forcavitale

Thank you all for your help guys. Actually i been reading a lot about this as well and i have found lots of users with GTX 580 and a PSU like mine, so i think im gonna give it a try, but it is gonna have to be the 1.5 GB Version the 3GB is to expensive

Remember for correct performance from your system you need stable quality voltage,
some here complain their pc's dont run CoD properly with the equipment they have,
its no surprise listening to them and the comments.

I have repaired many PC's with PSU faults because the user was told it will be "ok",
toasted motherboards, hard drives, CPU's & GPU's are not funny when all you have to say is "some one on the internet told me it was ok",
then dig into your wallet because of their wonderful advice.

The CX600 is a budget PSU

The GTX570/580 are high end GPU's

Just a heads up.

[Forcavitale]

So In other words i will buy this as well it about 100 euros over here:
http://www.inet.se/produkt/6911321/c...bronze-modular

[Jatta Raso]

Originally Posted by Forcavitale

So In other words i will buy this as well it about 100 euros over here:
http://www.inet.se/produkt/6911321/c...bronze-modular

that's an excellent PSU, if you ain't gonna do SLI anywhere in the future, you're set up for life

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Remember for correct performance from your system you need stable quality voltage,
some here complain their pc's dont run CoD properly with the equipment they have,
its no surprise listening to them and the comments.

I have repaired many PC's with PSU faults because the user was told it will be "ok",
toasted motherboards, hard drives, CPU's & GPU's are not funny when all you have to say is "some one on the internet told me it was ok",
then dig into your wallet because of their wonderful advice.

The CX600 is a budget PSU

The GTX570/580 are high end GPU's

Just a heads up.

You are right, and advising for the most expensive solution you cannot be wrong, considering that there are no statistics about this kind of issues. Everyone makes his choices and takes his responsibilities. I'm happy with my VX550 and GTX580 after 6 months of intensive use, but maybe I'm just lucky.

By the way, I was speaking about power/amps, not quality of the PSU, which MUST be of a good brand such as Corsair.

[Jatta Raso]

take a look

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

gives results a little over the top imho but it's on the safe side, a good guide nevertheless; just remember that Watts don't make up for Amps