Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City (DirectX 11)
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.
Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
Our Settings for Batman: Arkham City, PhysX disabled
Performance between the Gigabyte and reference GTX 580 sits around 7-8% here in Batman: Arkham City though the AMD Radeon HD 7970 is still fastest option out there.
Great review, judging by the
Great review, judging by the results i think the 40$ price tag is worth it for the cooling. Its overclocked AND runs cooler than the reference, sounds like a good deal to me. I think you forgot the sound levels, it was mentioned in the beginning of the article.
Also, why havnt I seen any reviews of the 3GB 580? Is it because its not reference?
It was due to my ignorance,
It was due to my ignorance, but my cards were over heating because I thought my motherboard was best suited to have the cards right on top of each other. After reading the motherboard manual, I realized that spacing them into slots 1 & 3 were recommended for top speed. Not 1 & 2. Now the cards seem to be peaking around 72 degrees celcius. NIGHT AND DAY is the different.
So if you plan on going SLI with these, make sure you have a motherboard that can support spacing them. As they run too hot (even when downclocked to 600 mhz) to have them sitting on top of each other.
http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-mini-HDMI-Graphics-GV-N580SO-15I/dp/B0052XXCEG?tag=emjay2d-20
GTX 580 has much life left in
GTX 580 has much life left in it. Not bad for 15 months old GPU. 7970 is great overlocker and that is the only thing that cen really make a difference. Nice review..
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