Nordichardware: GeForce GTX 580 will most likely be the most powerful single-GPU graphcis card on the market in 2010. Now that we have the complete specifications for NVIDIA's GF110 GPU it becomes clear that NVIDIA is attempting to do what it failed to with GTX 480 - going all in - to win the performance war against AMD.
Looks like history is repeating itself. AMD has always been first to the market with new tech, but falls short on performance. nVidia has always released products after AMD, but always have better performance. Raw power is the GTX 580's middle name.
So in other words, they're squeezing out the last bit of power from the 480 and calling it a NEW card? No thank you. Better off making it a 480 Ultra or FTW version.