Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCu 2 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Quiet and highly effective DirectCU II cooling solution.
ASUS Super Alloy Power.
NVIDIA PhysX.

Cons:

Limited overclocking potential (on our sample).
Out of the box overclock is minimal.

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Last revision on February 15, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Quiet and highly effective DirectCU II cooling solution
ASUS Super Alloy Power
NVIDIA PhysX
NVIDIA 3D Vision
New ASUS GPU Tweak Software
Double Overcurrent Protection
Premium Packaging
EMI Shield
Dustproof Fan
ASUS GPU Guard
Rear Display Port

Reviewers Didn't Like

Limited overclocking potential (on our sample)
Out of the box overclock is minimal
Triple slot cooler might take up too much space for multiGPU configurations
Still limited to two active display outputs per card
DirectX 11 relevance limited

Expert reviews and ratings

Big, beastly and powerful - but a tad spendy for...

By Atomic MPC on May 20, 2011

At Rs. 31,000, it’s expensive but it’s a card made specifically for gamers who want to be able to play games with the details and settings turned up. Our only issue is that the card maybe a little too large if you use a microATX board and...

By Tech2 on May 11, 2011

Visually the most important feature of the ASUS GTX 580 Direct CU II is its huge cooler that occupies three slots in your system. Yes, three slots. ASUS promises that this will add more cooling capability to their beast, so the card can run cooler and...

By techPowerUp! on February 10, 2011

If you have £500 to spare and you want the highest frame rates possible across a single high resolution display, then this is the card to...

By Kitguru.net on February 08, 2011

100

The ASUS GTX 580 DirectCU 2 takes a more extreme approach and the result is a fantastic version of the card. As well as providing the lowest temperatures and noise levels we have seen on a GTX 580 to date it also overclocks higher than any model we have...

By HardwareHeaven on February 04, 2011

There's not a whole lot that can be said about the ASUS GTX 580 that I didn't already cover with the 560, sheer performance aside. But then again, performance is what we are here for and the 580 delivers. On average, we saw anywhere from 10-20...

By OverClock Intelligence Agency on October 03, 2011

ASUS continues to impress with the ENGTX580 DirectCU II. It's not so much the stock performance, but the potential that exists with all the enhancements ASUS has made to the PCB design and build philosophies. These things make this card the weapon...

By Overclockers Club on August 18, 2011

As we saw in testing, both the ASUS GTX 580 and GTX 570 DirectCU II models are extremely impressive gaming cards and will provide more than enough horsepower in modern game titles. The GTX 580 topped the framerate charts, soundly thrashing the...

By Pureoverclock on April 26, 2011

ASUS is a company reputed for going all the way through with its ideas; once they’ve decided to create a special product (or product series, for that matter) and present it to the market, they achieve what they had in mind. This is the case with...

By InsideHW on April 11, 2011

There's big, there's large, there's huge and then there's just downright colossal -- well that sums up the review for today as in all fronts (features, performance and sure yeah, size) the product tested today is simply put ... HUGE....

By Guru of 3D on February 28, 2011

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