GTX 590 reviews

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This is why you should read multiple reviews.

And I do. I'm just questioning the discrepancy between the tPU! test scores and the final results that the two cards got. Just that.

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As for the second part, no i dont have a study.But as you said yourself, people buy stuff thats expensive (if theyre uneducated) ,so they wont pair a 590 with a 17" crt from 1995 to play it at 1024x .Theyre gonna get best of the best, thats 2560x or multimonitor setup.

The "best of the best" for gaming are screens that work @ 2560...? Isn't 2560 a resolution where the majority of screens are IPS? IPS and gaming? Sure...

And even if they choose just the most common denominator, its gonna be Full HD aka 1920x .

As I said, you have no hard data to back that statement.

If you really believe that such a card will be paired with a low res monitor be it an joe enthusiast or joe gold teeth.I guess youre just out of touch with reality.

Again, show me a study or a statistic and then we'll talk. In the meanwhile you're just (wrongly) assuming that everyone who spends money on dual GPUs is a connaisseur.

But getting back to the review score, they almost definitely took the highest res results only for consideration of the performance, because thats the target audience of this kind of cards.Ultra high end.

So why did they test it @ four resolutions? If the lower resolutions aren't relevant, why do it at all? And if they did it, why ignore those results? ...

Again, back from fairy land.It didnt get "all round" better results.

Mate, you've got some serious comprehension issues. The "all round" performance result chart gives the GTX590 a 4% lead over the 6990. Stop trying to spin that, it's a fact.

It got worse results in high res scenarios (which are the most important ones for the reviewer i guess).

S-c-e-n-a-r-i-o. Cause it was one resolution only.

It blew up ,and wasnt alone in it.

It blew up highly overvolted and with voltages way above the limits recommended by Asus.

As for the price, they listed MSRP, because thats what they got from Nv.Real price is different.And they take into consideration real price not the imaginary one.

Stop making stuff up...

Price-wise both HD 6990 and GTX 590 are tied around $700 which is a lot of money to spend on a graphics card.

(http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...TX_590/27.html)

And most importantly the score, isnt just a mathematical calculation of all the single results.Its a reviewers opinion based on what HE thinks is important for a buyer of such card.

Sure... He can (and he did) toss all the results up in the sky and give it the mark he wishers (and the, very subtle, EPIC FAIL anagram).

The card blew up on the guy. He wasnt particurarly impressed by that it seems.

The card blew up on him during testing @ stock? No. The card blew up on him while OCing? No. The card blew up on him while overvolting the out of it to run... stock clocks. That's a really interesting test.

As for the drivers and blewing up, for one, its nvidias fault and second ,asus gtx590 blew up in pclab.pl with the non-blewing drivers.

There's no reference to that on their review.

But yes, if you take only points you like, then the card is awesome.
-Massive 11% performance advantage (in 1024x768)
-Quieter (from very loud to loud)
-Most of them dont blow up!
-Overclocks higher! (with a big chance of not blowing up using semi correct drivers!)

1- 11% advantage @ 1024x768, 7% advantage @ 1280x1024, 3% advantage @ 1680x1050, and same performance @ 1920x1200. But hey the 6990 got a 3% advantage @ 2560x1600, so it clearly deserves 2.1 more points.

2- If the GTX590 is loud imagine the 6990, but I'm sure that's a plus for the 6990.

3- Overclocks higher is certainly a con, right? No comments.

I strongly believe all TPU`s results are fair.As to the conclusion, reviewer has different opinion then yours, but given all the info this review gives out.Its up to you to really decide.
If he would be on AMDs payroll as you faintly suggest, they would choose specific amd only benchmarks and do them most favorably to AMD.Theres nothing fishy about the results.

Good luck picking a red t-shirt among other t-shirts of other colors. It would be quite the feat for you.