ZOTAC Reveals Overclocked GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition

NVIDIA's been in the news quite often this week, primarily due to the release of the newest GPU in the GeForce Fermi desmtop series. Now, ZOTAC is offering another new graphics card: the GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition. As with all of the AMP! cards, this one is also turbocharged and ready to crank through today's latest titles.


It is overclocked from the factory, and it fully supports DirectX 11. There's an 815MHz clock speed, 512 unified shaders, a 1630MHz shader clock, 1536MB of GDDR5 memory, a 384-bit memory interface, 4100MHz memory clock and a PCIe 2.0 interface. Of course, NVIDIA's 3D Vision is supported, and there's HDMI 1.4 compliance and a fully copy of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. No need in buying a new GPU without a game to test it out!

ZOTAC hasn't confirmed pricing yet, but these should be making it out to retail soon.

 ZOTAC® Introduces Supercharged GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition

New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP! Edition combines performance, energy-efficiency and reliability

HONG KONG – Dec. 8, 2010 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today introduces the tweaked and tuned ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition graphics card. The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP! ® Edition is engineered for maximum gaming performance.
    An overclocked graphics processor and memory amplifies the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition to uncharted performance heights for a stunning visual adventure with smooth-as-butter frame rates. Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11 with hardware tessellation technology enables the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition to bring landscapes and in-game objects to life with phenomenal realism.
    “ZOTAC® continues to push the limits of our graphics cards without compromising reliability. We found the perfect combination of performance, energy-efficiency and reliability with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC® International.
    To instantly take advantage of the unrivalled performance a full copy of Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ is included with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition. Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ combines outstanding visuals with a captivating storyline that takes gamers on an epic adventure to save the kingdom of Azad.
    It’s time to play with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition.

General details
•   New ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition graphics card
•   NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580 graphics processor
•   Engine clock: 815 MHz
•   512 unified shaders
•   Shader clock: 1630 MHz
•   1536MB of GDDR5 memory
•   384-bit memory interface
•   Memory clock: 4100 MHz
•   PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
•   Microsoft DirectX® 11 & OpenGL® 4.1 compatible
•   NVIDIA® CUDA™, 3D Vision™ Surround & SLI™ ready
•   HDMI 1.4 compliant (xvYCC Color & DeepColor compatible)
•   Hardware-accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready
•   ZOTAC® Boost Premium software bundle included
•   Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ game bundle included
Tags:  Nvidia, GeForce, Zotac, Fermi