Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
yeah but... that still doesnt explain why the card blew...
he increased voltage from 1v to 1.2v and used stock clocks... and that blew the card? then the pwm seems to be pretty whimpy, no?

if it blows almost instantly with 1.2v and stock clocks, how safe is it to overclock the card and run it at 1.1v? how long until it pops?

hmmm curious about more info on why some 590s blew up...
Could simply be a bad component on that particular unit, no way to know if there is a overload situation unless there are others seeing the same failure.