14 DAY TRIAL // An EVGA official has recently announced that the company is developing a waterblock for the custom-designed GeForce GTX 580 Classified graphics card, which will add to an already impressive set of overclocking-oriented features.
“Waterblock is in the works for the upcoming GTX 580 Classified,” said one Twitter post added by Jacob Freeman, product manager at EVGA, during this weekend.
Right now we don't know if EVGA plans to release a special version of the GeForce GTX 580 Classified that will come with the waterblock as standard or if this is offered as a standalone component for DIY-ers.
The first pictures of the GeForce GTX 580 Classified were released by EVGA just a couple of days ago and the most distinctive feature of the graphics card is the higher-than-average PCB that is required by the beefed-up power delivery circuit.
This uses top-end components and a couple of Nec/Tokkin proadlizer film capacitors for added voltage stability.
Power is drawn from the PSU via two 8-pin and one 6-pin PCI Express connectors. EVGA has used a similar configuration for the GTX 285 Classified, where the 6-pin plug was dedicated to the memory.
Just as is the case with most other overclocking-oriented graphics cards, the EVGA GTX 580 Classified includes a series of on-board voltage read points as well as dual BIOS chips.
Users can change between the various settings saved in the BIOS files via a switch that is placed on the back of the PCB.
Other overclocking friendly features include three power monitoring pin headers and a series of status LEDs for the card's main voltages.
No details regarding the operating clocks of the GTX 580 Classified have been revealed, but the graphics card is expected to come factory overclocked. Pricing and availability are also unknown at this time.