(Tested and Burned) EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra Review
EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra review index
- Page 1 – Overview
- Page 2 – Gallery
- Page 3 – Specifications
- Page 4 – OpenGL Tests
- Page 5 – Direct3D Tests
- Page 6 – Gaming Tests
- Page 7 – Power consumption and Temperature
- Page 8 – Conclusion
5 – EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra: Direct3D Tests
5.1 Unigine Heaven (DirectX 11)
OpenGL tests have been finished on Unigine Heaven, what a better transition than starting Direct3D tests with Unigine Heaven 2.1, this time using the Direct3D 11 render path.

Settings: 1920×1080 fullscreen, tessellation: normal, shaders: high, 4X MSAA, 16X anisotropic filtering.
| 56.4 FPS, Scores: 1421 – ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 580 (GPU@926MHz) |
| 55.9 FPS, Scores: 1407 – EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra (GPU@900MHz) |
| 47.9 FPS, Scores: 1208 – EVGA GTX 580 SC |
| 47.6 FPS, Scores: 1200 – ASUS ENGTX580 |
| 42.9 FPS, Scores: 1081 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| 41.6 FPS, Scores: 1048 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| 39.4 FPS, Scores: 991 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| 38.8 FPS, Scores: 979 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 DC2 |
| 38.3 FPS, Scores: 966 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| 36.6 FPS, Scores: 921 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| 34.5 FPS, Scores: 868 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| 26.8 FPS, Scores: 674 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| 25.9 FPS, Scores: 653 – ASUS EAH6870 |
| 25.3 FPS, Scores: 637 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| 25.6 FPS, Scores: 646 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 |
| 16.6 FPS, Scores: 419 – MSI R5770 Hawk |
| 12 FPS, Scores: 301 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| 9.8 FPS, Scores: 247 – ASUS GT 440 |
5.2 3DMark11 (Direct3D 11)
3DMark11, Furturemark’s new Direct3D benchmark (see here for more details: 3DMARK11: New Gamer’s Benchmark for DirectX 11 is There (+ Big Pictures)), has been added in Geeks3D’s benchmarks suite for graphics cards reviews.

3DMARK11 Entry mode (1024×600)
| E9746 – EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra (GPU@900MHz) |
| E9466 – ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 580 (GPU@926MHz) |
| E8463 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| E7931 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| E7598 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| E7481 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| E7287 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| E7137 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| E6957 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| E6837 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| E6692 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| E6285 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| E6206 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| E5270 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| E4166 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| E3030 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| E2204 – ASUS GT 440 |
3DMARK11 Performance mode (1280×720)
| P7159 – EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra (GPU@900MHz) |
| P6901 – ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 580 (GPU@926MHz) |
| P5947 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| P5253 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| P5174 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| P5119 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| P4980 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| P4887 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| P4627 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| P4521 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| P4284 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| P4235 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| P4188 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| P3251 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| P2648 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| P1868 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| P1303 – ASUS GT 440 |
3DMARK11 Extreme mode (1920×1080)
| X2432 – ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX 580 (GPU@926MHz) |
| X2414 – EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra (GPU@900MHz) |
| X2020 – EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SC |
| X1812 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 |
| X1717 – ASUS GTX 570 DirectCU II |
| X1672 – EVGA GeForce GTX 480 |
| X1651 – ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II |
| X1594 – ASUS Radeon HD 6950 |
| X1565 – MSI R5770 Hawk 2-way CrossFire |
| X1565 – ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
| X1518 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP |
| X1415 – ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DCII TOP |
| X1399 – SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 |
| X947 – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5 OC |
| X875 – ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
| X573 – ASUS Radeon HD 6670 |
| X393 – ASUS GT 440 |
EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra review index
- Page 1 – Overview
- Page 2 – Gallery
- Page 3 – Specifications
- Page 4 – OpenGL Tests
- Page 5 – Direct3D Tests
- Page 6 – Gaming Tests
- Page 7 – Power consumption and Temperature
- Page 8 – Conclusion
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Uhmm my 2 GTX 580 (model 1580 reference design) have a higher ASIC quality: 80.5 and 76.5 !
And they overclock nicely at 910/2250 @ 1.138v 24/7
They are also stable at 920 but 910 seems better to me.
(EVGA of course)