WEBVTT 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:08.240 From MSI, we have the brand new GeForce 00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:10.160 GTX 580. This is an NVIDIA GPU. Features 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:16.720 all of the latest technologies including GeForce CUDA, NVIDIA SLI, Physics, 3D 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:20.400 Vision, including 3D Vision Surround with up to three monitors. We've also 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:24.640 got some other cool points here. Check this out. So, this is a special sticker 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:28.400 that goes on USA, Canada, and Mexican models. So, they've got a three-year 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:33.440 warranty in all of those countries. And this particular MSI card features all 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:37.200 solid capacitors for improved lifespan. So we can actually find some more 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:41.120 details about that on the back. So 10 years ultraong lifetime with no 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:45.600 explosion. I think what they actually mean to say is no leaking because 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:49.120 typically capacitors although they can explode typically they're just going to 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:53.280 leak. So you've also got lower temperatures, higher efficiency, but 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:57.760 bear in mind your car will not explode. Very good. So we've got a little list of 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:03.760 the features here. So that is DirectX11, SLI that is up to three-way and even 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.320 four-way SLI, surround physics, CUDA, 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:09.920 direct compute, NVIDIA pure video, HD technology. It is a PCI Express 2.0 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:14.400 card. You can read this, I'm sure. Oh, hey, cool. We got uh HDMI 1.4A. So that 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:19.360 means that you are able to play with appropriate software. 3D Blu-ray, oh, 00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:24.320 appropriate software and appropriate TV. That's going to cost you. Minimum system 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.400 requirements are as follows here. So, 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:31.439 NVIDIA recommends a minimum 600 watt greater power supply with a minimum of 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:35.759 42 amps on the 12volt rail. And up here, this is one of the coolest things about 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:41.040 MSI video cards is that they all come compatible with MSI Afterburner, which 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:46.159 is, if you follow my blog, an outstanding little overclocking utility 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:50.560 that I personally use very frequently and I really, really like. And MSI's 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:54.479 just done a great job in their partnership with Rivet Tuner of uh 00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:59.280 basically well they've reskinned the program and they've uh added a couple 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:05.200 features. They've made it really simple to use and uh they've also added their 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:07.360 little combuster utility which is uh in 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:12.000 partnership with the Firmark guys. So they've given you the all the means to 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:16.480 overclock and test your graphics card out of the box which is pretty cool. So, 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:21.280 accessory-wise, we've got a six pin to 8 pin power connector. We've also got a 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:24.959 dual four pin Molex to single six pin power connector. And then we have Oh, 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:30.959 that's a nice long cable, too. Look at that. So, we've got what looks to be 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:32.480 about a 6 ft uh mini HDMI to HDMI cable. 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:35.760 Let me just see what else we've got included here, and then I'll stop 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:40.879 teasing you guys, and we'll look at the card itself. Next, we've got a DVI to 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:46.080 VGA adapter. Finally, we have a uh utilities and 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.120 driver DVD or CD. I don't know what it is, but either way, throw it away. 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.680 Download the latest from the MSI website. We've got a quick users guide, 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:57.680 which is big. There we are. So, they show some other 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:02.400 MSI products, how to plug it into your computer, all that good stuff. Just kind 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:06.959 of throw that back together. And then finally, we've got the 580 GTX series. 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:11.360 So, this shows you how to use their live update for uh the drivers and also 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:17.440 access well once again a quick start guide. So, there you have it. Two quick 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:18.800 start guides. Two for the price of one. 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:23.840 You know, someone should run that promo on GTX 580s. I bet they'd sell a lot of 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.519 GTX 580s if they did two for the price of one. So, one of MSI's kind of unique 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:31.599 little things is they include these little blue uh covers on all of your 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.519 connectors, which means that people like me can safely handle the card without 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:41.280 touching the contacts. Actually, everyone gives me a hard time about this, but I'm finally going to explain 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:45.440 why I don't care about touching the contacts like this. Okay, here. Let me 00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:52.239 show you guys. So, you see where my finger touches the side of the PCB? I 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:57.439 actually am not making contact with the little golden contacts along the edge of 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:01.519 the PCI Express 16X connector. Look at that. See, no matter how hard I press on 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:06.400 there, I'm not going to touch them. So, I'm only touching a completely inert 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:10.159 part of the PCB when I handle a video card like this. So, there you go. Now, 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:13.760 you know, let's have a look at the back of this video card. So, you can see here 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:18.799 where the GPU is situated. So, that's going to be where most of the bulky 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:24.000 cooling power is done. Now bear in mind the GTX 580 in the reference design does 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:30.160 use a vapor chamber design. So it's not using standard heat pipes. Next we have 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:32.080 some VRM cooling or VRM VRMs here. So 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:37.600 that is uh delivering the power from these six pin and 8 pin power connectors 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:42.320 over to all the power hungry parts that need them. Speaking of power hungry, the 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:47.040 GTX 580 improves over the 480 in a lot of ways. One of which is performance, 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:51.600 another of which is heat. That is to say, it gives off less heat than the 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:57.600 580. And last but not least is power consumption. So the 580 performs better, 00:04:54.320 --> 00:05:01.360 runs cooler, and doesn't consume as much 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:03.120 power as the GTX 480. So I think we've 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:06.639 looked at the back of the card fairly indepth here. So oh, you can actually 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:10.479 see there's a little vent here. So, when this fan spins, it's going to exhaust 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:16.400 just a little bit of air out the back, cool off those solid caps, and make sure 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:18.400 that they're all staying nice and not 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:22.080 toasty. So, that is performing very well. So, MSI has put on their 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:25.520 customized branding on the card here. So, we've got an MSI logo to go along 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.000 with the GeForce One on the top. And then we've got a little uh looks like 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:33.600 some kind of like a jet or something. What is this here? There's a bigger one 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:37.600 here. If you guys can tell me what that is, I would very much appreciate it. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:41.759 Maybe it's like a spaceship. I'm not actually sure. Anyway, so it's got 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:45.120 afterurner branding on it as well as MSI branding on it. And they've called out 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:49.440 the name of the N580 GTX right there. You've got a standard fan, that is to 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:53.520 say a rear exhaust fan, which NVIDIA has been using on their reference high-end 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:57.840 cards for quite some time because it does allow you to remove the heat from 00:05:55.280 --> 00:06:01.440 the card and exhaust it out the back of your case rather than exhaust it into 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:05.120 your case where it's just going to mean that all of the other components are 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:08.319 going to run hotter, which isn't to say that it's the only approach that works, 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.600 but it's worked quite well for NVIDIA over the last little while, so they've 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:16.479 continued to use it. On the back, we've got two DVI ports as well as a mini 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:21.199 HDMI. And MSI has generally generously included the mini HDMI to HDMI cable 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:26.800 because not many people have televisions that run off mini HDMI. So, thank you 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:33.840 for checking out my unboxing of the MSI GTX 580. So, this is a 1.5 Gigabyte 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:41.199 graphics card. That's the amount of memory. And it also has the fastest 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:43.680 graphics processor in the world right 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.680 there.