Bit the bullet & boy am I glad!!!!

[ATAG_Septic]

Originally Posted by regen70

I'll second that. I've just changed my HD 5870 for a GTX 580 (1.5gb version).

FPS at mainly medium settings and grass off has shot up from 25-30 to 65-70. I wasn't expecting that

Time now to start experimenting with max settings I think.

On the negative side, the 580 does run a lot hotter. 5870 was low 60s; 580 is mid 70s

My 590 runs a bit too hot for my liking on the stock fan settings. It will go to 80c, which isn't excessive but I do worry a bit about solder-melt on these dual GPU cards so use a program such as MSI Afterburner to just up the fans a bit. They never go over 61c now and I don't experience any troublesome noise levels.

Septic.