GTX 590 reviews

[Zoran]

I had 2 4870's X2 die and I made a thread on Guru3D that alot of people have the same issue. Even though they can run hot it isn't desirable and lead to early death of alot of cards. I always kept my fan speed cranked up and it keep it 65-75C on the GPU. The problem is that the VRM's had insufficient (or no) cooling. This causes them to go bad. I had both my original and RMA replacement have the VRMs go bad and there are dozens of people on Guru3D that had the same issue.

How long did they run before they died?

[STEvil]

my 4870x2 is still kicking. Have run it 24/7 since I got it.

Yes, the cooling solution on the 4870x2 left a LOT to be desired..

[BeepBeep2]

I've had my 4870X2 up around 1.35v no problems :/

But then again I've only ran it 3-4 times for less than a week.

[PatRaceTin]

I wish to see no power limiter ICs for both AMD / NVIDIA

[BeepBeep2]

I wish to see no power limiter ICs for both AMD / NVIDIA

We already have 590's, and 570's blowing up, why would you want to remove the chip that attempts to stop some of them sometimes when it feels like it depending on the day, driver, and tilt of the galaxy from blowing up, catching fire or smoke....

[killerxp100]

VERY quiet
Not all that bad on power consumption
Low temperatures

These three things together take it a few steps beyond past dual GPU cards.

Not everything is about performance....

How can you call this "very quiet" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAADf...layer_embedded

Sure its quieter than a 6990 but its still loud as hell.

[Johnny87au]

Looks like i made the right choice picking upo the 6990 over the 590, Now just a matter of time till i pick up a koolance block for it since i dont like the noise

[Carbon_Unit]

Did you read the review? I mean actually READ it? I thought I was quite transparent about the card's shortcomings.

Is the innovation award you gave the 590 the highest you dish out? I enjoyed your review BTW.

[flippin_waffles]

As for 590 running cooler and quieter, I thought this was pretty interesting.

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...53&postcount=1

No doubt a future driver version will have a default fan speed increase, and make this quieter card not so quiet anymore. After all the initial reviews are done, and first impressions of a quiet card are cast of course.

[spursindonesia]

This card blows, literally.

[FischOderAal]

After all the initial reviews are done, and first impressions of a quiet card are cast of course.

That would be despicable.

[cowie]

As for 590 running cooler and quieter, I thought this was pretty interesting.

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...53&postcount=1

No doubt a future driver version will have a default fan speed increase, and make this quieter card not so quiet anymore. After all the initial reviews are done, and first impressions of a quiet card are cast of course.

Those pics only show the hotter vrm area of the 590 not the cores and on the 6990 shows only the core.

IMHO F these x2 cored cards no matter amd or nv

[onethreehill]

Anyone notice this?
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=47

[Lanek]

wow, when W1zzard want make some " funny things " ... well im not right with all the conclusion but that's another story.

[hurrdurr]

Anyone notice this?
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=47

hahahahaha

dunno why this card would be called "epic fail" though... especially when compared to 6990 I think it would be the better card if not for the exploding card syndrome, obviously it's a huge issue but it's not mentioned in the TPU review, so I don't know what basis they have for calling it epic fail.

[Dami3n]

Here the 590 costs 100€ more than the HD6990. I think that this is a good reason to call it epic fail

[Nintendork]

We can also add that in the things that matter with this gpu's (higher resolution, multimonitor, 3d) HD6990 is the better choice performance wise.

1920x1080/1920x1200 --> too low for a dual gpu.

They need a more expensive "6GB" 590 to do something. And thats another problem of not using 256bit, if they want to compete they need to put more memory than necessary.

[Aten-Ra]

We can also add that in the things that matter with this gpu's (higher resolution, multimonitor, 3d) HD6990 is the better choice performance wise.

1920x1080/1920x1200 --> too low for a dual gpu.

They need a more expensive "6GB" 590 to do something. And thats another problem of not using 256bit, if they want to compete they need to put more memory than necessary.

Really ???

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/..._card_review/3











Another triple monitor review. Again both cards perform the same

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...lletstorm.html


Another one with both cards O/C and again both perform the same.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html

I will agree at 2560x1600 HD6990 is the fastest card.

[DuraN]

Dunno if this is previously posted, but:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...p?p_faqid=2947

[jam2k]

[h0bbes]

hahahahaha

dunno why this card would be called "epic fail" though... especially when compared to 6990 I think it would be the better card if not for the exploding card syndrome, obviously it's a huge issue but it's not mentioned in the TPU review, so I don't know what basis they have for calling it epic fail.

Im pretty sure it was simply an unlucky coincidence

[squawker]

Anyone notice this?
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=47

thanks oth

[RSC]

Im pretty sure it was simply an unlucky coincidence

Like the unlucky coincidende of his review showing the GTX590 being faster (all resolutions), cooler, quieter, more OCable (22% vs 10% of the 6990) and consuming less power and still it got a final score of... 7.0, versus the 9.1 of the 6990. Oh, and then he blew the card up with 1.2v and... stock clocks.

I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidende.

[thatdude90210]

He probably took off points for the card dying. It's a lot harder to win a decathlon if you drop dead during one of the events.

[DarthShader]

Like the unlucky coincidende of his review showing the GTX590 being faster (all resolutions), cooler, quieter, more OCable (22% vs 10% of the 6990) and consuming less power and still it got a final score of... 7.0, versus the 9.1 of the 6990.

I think you need to read that review once again, more carefully and apply a bit of logic too (to the "all resolutions" part).