If you read our NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Tech Report, you will remember that it was at the GeForce GTS 450 launch that NVIDIA started the rather bizarre scheme of giving their graphics cards pet names. The GeForce GTX 480 was "The Tank", while the GeForce GTX 460 was "The Hunter" and the GeForce GTS 450, "The Sniper". So what nickname did NVIDIA give the new GeForce GTX 580? We would have considered suitably macho ones like "The Titan", or "The Behemoth". Okay, so those conjure up images of bulk and weight but hey, this card is no lightweight, is it? In any case, the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is still called "The Tank" but with "a weapons upgrade, with some shiny new armor to go along with it!" Whatever that means... Link : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Tech Report
