580 GTX Lightning Extreme simalar cards?

[eddiep06]

i am buying a bundle of things to add to my system tommorow. one of the things i wanted was a msi 580 lightning extreme edition. but all the websites that sell it suddenly seem to have gone out of stock. i need to get a new card and i was looking into the Gainward Phantom 580 with 3gb vid ram. can someone help me as i need to find a card by tommorow morning to make my order. i am limited to 500 and want an nvidia card. thanks

p.s. im also looking for somewere that sells phanteks PH-TC14PE, if anyone knows of a shop based in the uk please tell me

 

[yassarikhan786]

The Gigabyte GTX 580 Super Overclocked edition has a slightly higher overclock but in performance terms they are very similar. Mostly 1 to 2 fps difference in some games.

I don't think the Phantek cooler is out yet as far as I know.

 

[Dolph123]

What's your monitors resolution?

 

[eddiep06]

ive just been reading up on gaphics cards and what benefits what. im using 1 1080p monitor so as far as i can tell the 3gb card wont acrtually benefit me.

 

[yassarikhan786]

ive just been reading up on gaphics cards and what benefits what. im using 1 1080p monitor so as far as i can tell the 3gb card wont acrtually benefit me.

1.5Gb is enough for 1080p dude. Tom's reviewing the Gigabyte gtx 580 soc in a bit, so if you can wait for that then you will see how good it is. I have one and I am super impressed with it

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[kilobravo]

Maybe you should also have a look at the Kfa2 gtx580 anarchy.

Its silent and the arctic cooler hold temps very low for a gtx580.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Asus 580 Matrix, it's triple slot but beeeeefeeeeee

 

[UFN]

Asus 580 Matrix, it's triple slot but beeeeefeeeeee

Pretty much this =D but if you desperately want the 3gb of ram id go with the phantom

 

[Dolph123]

Zotac also have some 3gb cards

 

[StreekG]

I use a Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC so i'll look forward to Toms review. Sometimes i think i should've got a lightning, i heard it runs a bit cooler, i'll let Toms review tell me. But the only upgrade i will be doing anytime will be an SLI of the same card.

 

[yassarikhan786]

I use a Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC so i'll look forward to Toms review. Sometimes i think i should've got a lightning, i heard it runs a bit cooler, i'll let Toms review tell me. But the only upgrade i will be doing anytime will be an SLI of the same card.

Other reviews show that the lightning runs a few degrees cooler, but the Gigabyte 580 is quieter. In price/performance terms they are very similar so you can't go wrong with either

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[StreekG]

Yeah it is very quiet, even when gaming and pushing the fans to 100% it doesn't seem to overpower the sound of whatever i am playing.

 

[alicarve]

I would be tempted on the gainward phantom could always go for the 1.5gb version?

but if your looking to overclock i reckon the msi lightning or asus matrix or gigabyte soc would be the better bets

 

[cbiltsouris]

msi lightning for sure, dw about the extreme only difference is the ram and that cooler that turns white,

ive got 2 lightnings in sli and its just heaven mate

 

[yassarikhan786]

If you definitely want a lightning, get the 3GB version as sources95 said.

 

[cbiltsouris]

I meant the normal one

the extreme one is mainly for people who are running multiple screens, 1.5gb is a good amount

 

[yassarikhan786]

He can't find the normal one in stock anywhere, which is why he started this thread

. He wants a similar card (probably in terms of clock speed, memory speed, etc).

 

[cbiltsouris]

my bad bro, get the extreme for sure!

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Asus cards also have out the box huge overvolt headroom - which makes a major difference.

If you're not fussed for overclocking though then I'd say the SOC looks better than the Lightning; SOC = aggressive look, Lightning = sleek look

 

[cbiltsouris]

well ive take my lightnings to 1109(lucky chips) on the core, good luck getting an asus to that. honestly I think just get the extreme