14 DAY TRIAL // Quite some time has passed since we first laid our eyes on EVGA's GTX 580 Classified, so many of you should be glad to hear that the graphics card is now available for ordering from the company's online store with prices starting at $549.99 (401 EUR).
For this much money, users can get the 1.5GB air-cooled version of the GTX 580 Classified, while the 3GB version is available for $599.99 (437 EUR).
However, those who require more overclocking headroom can also opt for the water-cooled version of the card, which goes for $679.99 or $729.99 (495 or 531 EUR), depending on the amount of video memory installed.
Sadly, only the 3GB air-cooled version seems to be ready for shipping at the moment, while the other three models are either available for pre-order only or marked as “Out of Stock”.
The GeForce GTX 580 Classified was spotted for the first time at the beginning of July, in a series of teaser images released by EVGA which depicted several of the features supported by the upcoming graphics card.
As all of the company's Classified products, this is also geared towards extreme enthusiasts and overclockers and sports a distinctive higher-than-average PCB that is required in order to accommodate the beefed-up power delivery circuit.
This decision was made as the PCB needed to accommodate a series of high-performance components and a couple of Nec/Tokkin proadlizer film capacitors for added voltage stability.
In order to deliver the power required by this beast of a graphics card, EVGA has included two 8-pin and one 6-pin PCI Express connectors, the latter most probably being used to feed the memory chips as it was the case with the GTX 285 Classified.
In addition to the impressive PWM, EVGA's upcoming creation will also pack a series of other overclocking features, such as on-board voltage read points, dual BIOS chips, three power monitoring pin headers and a series of status LEDs for the main operating voltages.
Outside of EVGA, Newegg also lists the 3GB air- and water-cooled versions of the GTX 580 Classified, but they are also “Out of Stock.”