PNY Quadro FX 580, (512 MB) GDDR3 128-bit PCI-E 2.0 x16 Professional Video Card Reviews

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Pros: Powered completely by PCI-X slot without need for a six-pin hookup. Very compact. from Newegg.com Pros: The price is great for a card of this capacity. I have owned and used several Quadro cards and never had any issues. Cons: I am writing this review because of Nvidia's decision to have two display ports and only one DVI. from Newegg.com Cons: This card failed after about 45 days with no output from ports 2 or 3. I'm running Vista 64 on an ASUS board with an i7 processor and 12 GB ram. The main issue I have is the real slow support process with PNY. After registering the card, then doing the rma submission request on-line, it took them 5 days to send an e-mail. from Newegg.com Pros: This card works great. I don't play games, so I can't vouch for game performance, but I've had no trouble with DVD playback or other video sources. Performance is about what I expected, with the exception that rotated displays seem to have diminished performance (some jitter/shear) when windows that span a rotated display and a non-rotated display are moved around. from Newegg.com Pros: Works well with Solidworks 09 (64), Rhino4 and CS4. Seems faster than my old Quadro 3400. Installation is easy, doesn't need an additional power connection. from Newegg.com Pros: Outstanding card. Fast as hell. Have an FX1700 in one machine and this card in my newest machine and the $180 FX580 is quicker. Much quicker. from Newegg.com Pros: faster than the fx1700 for less than 1/2 the price... if you use 3DSMAX, SOLIDWORKS, ACAD etc this is the card to get.small and quiet even @100% fan and only draws 40w max this card peforms Cons: spec's equal a 80 dollar gaming card, but GAMING CARDS DO NOT WORK WITH THESE PROGRAMS.... from Newegg.com Install the NVidia Control Panel from the CD but download the latest driver from [...]. Note that it will not work with an ATI GPU in another PCIe slot. I tested it against the ATI Firestream 9270 which is a whopping monster compared to this card on Photoshop Batch Image processing. It was just a bit slower. from Amazon.com Pros: faster than the fx1700 for less than 1/2 the price... if you use 3DSMAX, SOLIDWORKS, ACAD etc this is the card to get.small and quiet even @100% fan and only draws 40w max this card peforms from Newegg.com Pros: For those who want a workstation card, do not be hesitant to buy this card. This is the top of the entry level line and to get the next level mid range card, you'll have to shell out another $200. from Newegg.com

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Released	7 months ago
Installed Memory	512 MB
Graphic Processor	NVIDIA Quadro
Display Interface	VGA - 15 pin D-Sub x 1 DVI-I (dual link) x 1
Memory Tech	DDR3 SDRAM
Card Interface	PCI Express
Compatibility	PC, Unix, Linux
Form Factor	Plug-in card
Installed Memory / Technology	512 MB (DDR3 SDRAM)
MPN	VCQFX580-PCIE-PB
Max. Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600
Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/sec
Memory Data Width	128-bit
Operating System	Linux Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista x64
Package Type	Retail
RAMDAC Speed	400 MHz
Refresh Rate at Max Res	60 Hz @ 2560 x 1600
UPC	751492411682

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PNY Quadro FX 580, (512 MB) GDDR3 128-bit PCI-E 2.0 x16 Professional Video Card Reviews

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