Zotac Follows Up with Its Own GTX 580 DirectX 11 Card

Now that NVIDIA has finally made the official announcement of the GeForce GTX 580 video card, those of its partners that didn't jump the gun have started to release their own versions, and Zotac was quick to join in.

For those interested in a reminder, the GeForce GTX 580 is NVIDIA's newest enthusiast-grade card that will eventually replace the GTX 480.

So far, Gigabyte, Palit, PNY, CyberPower and Maingear managed to get their cards or updated PC offers up sooner than NVIDIA's actual press release.

EVGA also released a certain card of its own, one that actually has factory overclocking, something that only one of Palit's cards can brag about.

Now, Zotac has joined the fray with a stock-clocked GTX 580, which will likely have its price as the only determining factor in its competitiveness.

The board uses the 40nm-based Fermi GF110 GPU (graphics processing unit) and, thus, has 512 CUDA cores.

It also integrates 64 texture units, 1,536 MB of GDDR5 VRAM, a memory interface of 384 bits and a dual-slot cooler.

Furthermore, in terms of clock speeds, the card operates at 772 MHz for the GPU, 1,544 MHz for the shaders and 4,008 MHz for the memory. Video output is achieved via dual-DVI and mini HDMI.

“The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 graphics card is the ultimate solution for gamers that crave the absolute best graphics experience,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

For the first time ever, we’re able to push the performance envelope, lower power consumption for best-in-class energy-efficiency and quieter acoustics all at the same time with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 graphics card,” Berger added.

The price suggested by NVIDIA for the GTX 580 was supposed to be $499, but most reference-clocked models so far released have been priced at $550, which means this one card should also hover around that figure.