NVIDIA GTX 595 (picture+Details)

[BababooeyHTJ]

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.

With all of the issues with burnt up vrms on GTX570 I'm really not surprised. I just don't understand why Nvidia is cheaping out on the voltage regulation on expensive, power hungry, high end cards

I would say pumping the voltage on any component poses risks, your mb has enough voltage range to toast your OC marketed cpu or OC markted memory if you use enough juice, or even the pwm on the mb itself.

Just because you can doesn't mean it's going to be ok if you do juice a part.

If people are popping cards with a minimal voltage boost then who is to say how this will hold up to long term day to day use. I also think that a $700 video card should be built with enthusiasts in mind like 6990. There is no reason that there isn't some sort of hardware over current protection like we saw kick in on 4870, etc with OCCT.