Is PNY Geforce 500 series GTX 580 1536MB worse then other GTX 580s?

[PsychoBat]

Hi,

I have a quick question. I'm shopping for a GeForce GTX 580 and currently PNY Geforce 500 series GTX 580 1536MB is priced the lowest at 381€ while the next cheapest card EVGA Geforce 500 series GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-E comes in at 415€. Most other GTX 580s are at 430-450€ range.

Is there a simple reason for this PNY's cheapness or is it equal to the cards of other providers? Do all GTX580s perform the same (overclocking included) or should I aim for specific names?

Thank you in advance. I would hate to buy this card for it's low price just to discover that I'll never get the same performance from it afterwards.

Sander

 

[purple stain]

It's equal to other GTX580's in quality and performance.It's priced lower probably to better compete with other vendors.

 

[wa1]

all GTX580 is about the same, the different is just the cooler itself and of course quality. EVGA is more pricey than PNY because EVGA tends to have a good quality cards and better costumer service (RMA-ing/warranty).

 

[theuniquegamer]

All the stock gtx 580 have the same 580 gpu but their card quality and cooling design and also quality and warrenty may be different according to their prices

 

[jeffredo]

Most reference Nvidia cards come out of the same Foxconn factory and just have the various vendor labels slapped on them. If its cheapest, go for it.

 

[gnomio]

Because the warranty is the first thing a person look on a gpu. Better warranty a bit more they charge for them. Then its a case of the fancy coolers they throw on them and some cases like Msi change the circuitry. But its till the same chip on the same memory interface.