EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified Quad-SLI Bundle Pack - Unboxing and Setup

**AuDioFreaK39** · 03-26-2011, 02:11 AM

So I've been pretty quiet around these forums for the past twelve months. Nvidia's first-generation GF100 Fermi architecture came and went, from March 2010 and onwards. Product cycles were fulfilled across all market segments, consumers were consuming, enthusiasts were being enthusiasts, and product managers were striving to squeeze every last ounce of marketing out of the Fermi lineup as they saw appealing.

But it wasn't enough for some of us. The first-generation GF100 was plagued with low wafer yields, leaky power transistors and low clockspeed gains followed by rugged thermal dynamics and inadequate heatsink ventilation. Nvidia was trying too hard at its own game, striving to work against the grain of TSMC's supply chain and engineering an overcrowded architecture outside of its competitive means. The final result was a generation of products with an uncertain future, with a composition that required not only a metal-layer respin, but a base-layer respin that took nearly six months to complete.

Today, it's time for me to break the silence. The time has come for a new generation of Dual-GPU extreme enthusiast SLI configurations based on a revised 40nm architecture so dense with positive characteristics and performance gains that even leaked Chinese benchmarks won't do them any justice.

Earlier this afternoon, I received a long-anticipated EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified Quad-SLI Bundle Pack from EVGA. The cards were just installed, and my machine was just massively reconfigured with four 8-pin PCI-E power cables flowing hundreds of watts into these power-hungry GPUs. Now, the cards could have been in my possession on launch-day, seeing that EVGA is not far from my residence in Southern California, but shipping procedure states that the cards need to be shipped out and given tracking numbers. Regardless, I am INCREDIBLY excited to have this extreme Nvidia 40nm GF110 Quad-SLI configuration in my possession, and after many months of waiting, the dream has finally become a reality. This is by far one of the best Spring breaks I've ever had.

Benchmarks in the morning!

**Kvickstick** · 03-26-2011, 02:30 AM

Sexyness! *jealous*

**Scubar** · 03-26-2011, 02:34 AM

wow now thats packaging, special box for 2 Cards

**CryptiK** · 03-26-2011, 06:33 AM

Nice pack, you must be stoked. Interested to see your results

**PatRaceTin** · 03-26-2011, 07:49 AM

Wow that look great!!!

Does classified version come with higher clock rate?

**Strafe** · 03-26-2011, 08:44 AM

Sounds like nvidia is holding everyone back from quad sli reviews. Anxiously awaiting.

**Ket** · 03-26-2011, 02:12 PM

Fk me..

**tool_462** · 03-26-2011, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by "Your 590's to you

Please feed us water!

.,.

**gelatinousfury** · 03-26-2011, 03:04 PM

OP, any benchmark results yet? Thanks

**Hondacity** · 03-26-2011, 03:08 PM

what is your psu?

nice hw

**Scubar** · 03-26-2011, 03:37 PM

Its the Silverstone 1500W Strider thats listed in his Sig.

**[XC] Synthetickiller** · 03-26-2011, 03:44 PM

Can you even list idle temps in the Raven 02? Curious to see how well that case does w/ those 4 heaters (I mean GPUs) in there!

Interesting the 1500w can't run both those cards. I'd have figured it would!

**gelatinousfury** · 03-26-2011, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

Interesting the 1500w can't run both those cards. I'd have figured it would!

I thought the Strider 1500w came with 4x 8-pin PCIe connectors and 4x 6-pin PCIe connectors?

**AuDioFreaK39** · 03-26-2011, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

Can you even list idle temps in the Raven 02? Curious to see how well that case does w/ those 4 heaters (I mean GPUs) in there!

Interesting the 1500w can't run both those cards. I'd have figured it would!

The Strider ST1500 1500W is perfectly capable of running these four GF110 GPUs. However, I accidentally left the extra eight-pin PCI-E cables in my power supply box a few hundred miles away and must wait until they are shipped over here and delivered.

So in the meantime, I'm using my trusty FSP Booster X5 450W supplementary PSU to provide the extra eight-pin PCI-E power that I don't have cables for.

By the way, benchmarks are underway!

**Ket** · 03-27-2011, 03:39 AM

I've seen results showing a 590 eating 600w+ under load, so I woouldn't be quite so confident quite yet

**rjkoneill** · 03-27-2011, 06:23 AM

bandwidth exceeded, shame. i wanted to see the pics

**Kal-EL** · 03-27-2011, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by rjkoneill

bandwidth exceeded, shame. i wanted to see the pics

PHotobucket pwned

I wanna see dem pics too

**gatecrasherlok** · 03-27-2011, 07:26 AM

I'd love to see thos pics too but same situation above.

**AuDioFreaK39** · 03-27-2011, 01:49 PM

Images are back online.

**theseeker** · 03-27-2011, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by AuDioFreaK39

Images are back online.

Yes, and you need to resize them!

**runmc** · 03-27-2011, 04:19 PM

I saw these same pictures posted at another forum. Resize your pictures please

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