[Wilcke]

Well not a good weekend, last November I purchased a GTX 470 card, good performance, they run hot and loud with SH4 and SH5. I fried it this past weekend attempting to install a quieter and more efficient cooling solution.

So in a fit of anger I broke my own rule and purchased an EVGA GTX 580 superclocked! WOW!

My CPU is a AMD Phenom II 955 BE, so I really thought that this would be the choke point to the performance of a top line video card solution.

OS is Win 7 Pro 64 bit with 8 gigs of ram.

So here are my results using FRAPS, this is SH4 UBM plus OM and OMEGU.

Were plying the Atlantic in a full blown storm, wind and rain.

On the bridge, 160 FPS

Inside the boat and at the map 240 FPS

The GTX 470 would render a nice 30 to 40 FPS in similar circumstances.

Conclusion: If you can afford it and are an Nvidia fanboi (I is one!) this thing is the answer to a bad marriage. Plus it runs much cooler and much quieter!

Happy Hunting!