Despite each card's different shipping specifications, they all demonstrate similar maximum stable overclocks:
As you can see, the overclocking results fall very close across the playing field, except for the strange advantage shown by MSI’s Twin Frozr II/OC at 2560x1600. This is an odd and inexplicable result that manifested itself with repeated testing.
Summary
- Different Is Good
- Gigabyte GV-N580SO-15I Super Overclock
- MSI N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC
- Sparkle X580 Captain
- Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP²! Edition
- Test System And Benchmarks
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11 And Crysis 2
- Benchmark Results: Aliens Vs. Predator And Metro 2033
- Overclocking Benchmarks
- Power, Temperature, And Noise Benchmarks
- Conclusion
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