I have a GTX470 and am thinking its time to upgrade the video card. I need to trickle my existing video card down to another workstation so that’s my ‘excuse’ to upgrade and get a new one for my workstation. For my last few 3d jobs i have been having some pretty poor viewport performance. I have b…

3gb is better because u can get more textures at higher resolution to display in viewport…

My video card , a 7950 gx2, just died! Crazy coincidence. So a gtx580 with 3gb is on the way. I hope it’s worth it and not just a small step up from the gtx470. We shall see.

RMA ur 7950 and ask for Nvidia replacement :slight_smile:

Seriously? Thats a great idea. How do i do that? Direct through Nvidia or EVGA? I have had that monster for years and do not remember where i bought it. When i bought it, it was for gaming. Since then i have gotten into 3d and don’t game much on my PC anymore.

Bummer, I tried the EVGA website… The serial number you entered, may be invalid or out of warranty already. Please contact customer service.

EVGA, they give very long warranties so just give them a call, explain what happen and ask if its possible to get nvidia - or just pay up extra and get nvidia… Let me know how it goes… I had ASUS z8pe d18 motherboard that broke and I replaced it for EVGA SR2 so I’m sure u can replace GPU too.. If …

Which GTX 580 model should i get?

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Dariusz_Makowski_Dadal May 6, 2012, 9:22am 4

RMA ur 7950 and ask for Nvidia replacement

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