GeForce GTX 590 Review Thread

[Rollo]

Originally Posted by Muppet

I must admit it is getting old that video. They could have made something more original at least.

Heh- someone should make one where Hitler is complaining about becoming cliche and overdone.

Next up: A dubbed commercial where a guy says " The 590 is too hot!" and then 6 guys start yelling "WaaaasssssuuuupppppPP?!?!?!?" or an old lady that yells "Where's the beef?!" in our cavalcade of things no one should ever have to see or hear again.

[Rollo]

Originally Posted by john19055

I am still dissapointed in both cards ,why could'nt they add a extra 8 pin power plug ,so that it would have plenty of power ,most people who can aford a GTX 590 or a HD 6990 already have a power supply with three 8 pin PCIe power plugs.They already new the spec's were going to be over the limmit any way.Plus they know people are going to what to over clock it to get the most out of it since two GTX 570's in SLI is faster and cost less. I will just stick with my three GTX 470's even tho I would love to have just one card like the GTX 590 but only if it had enough power to really run it all out.And as of cooling it, they could have made it three slots with two fans over it .Just my opinion.

My 570s are on the shelf, because I ran into a few games where the 1.25GB framebuffer was a limitation at 57X10. I also don't think it would take much of an OC to put a 590 dead even or faster than a GTX570SLi set across the board, but of course 570s can be OCd as well

The few benches I've done with my 590 put it even with my GTX480 Sli set at 57X10.

The GTX480s and 590 have not had an issue, or the 2GB GTX560s. I think 1.5GB is to be preferred for 1080P multi monitor. (and that 3GB is for 75X16)

[K007]

[sammy sung]

Originally Posted by soterrible

Flamebait

Nice trollin' so you joined just to post that ? Amazing, gz ! It's a capable card, it's not fastest in a majority of games but it is in a few. ATI has had faster dual gpu cards for a very long time now, nothing have changed apart from the fact that a few 590's have gone up in smoke. No one expected this card to beat the 6990, well it didn't so why the surprise ?

Originally Posted by sammy sung

Nice trollin' so you joined just to post that ? Amazing, gz ! It's a capable card, it's not fastest in a majority of games but it is in a few. ATI has had faster dual gpu cards for a very long time now, nothing have changed apart from the fact that a few 590's have gone up in smoke. No one expected this card to beat the 6990, well it didn't so why the surprise ?

Stop being level headed and reasonable sammy. You know that's not allowed here.

[Johnny C]

Originally Posted by K007

WTF is this?

[Johnny C]

Originally Posted by Rollo

My 570s are on the shelf, because I ran into a few games where the 1.25GB framebuffer was a limitation at 57X10. I also don't think it would take much of an OC to put a 590 dead even or faster than a GTX570SLi set across the board, but of course 570s can be OCd as well

The few benches I've done with my 590 put it even with my GTX480 Sli set at 57X10.

The GTX480s and 590 have not had an issue, or the 2GB GTX560s. I think 1.5GB is to be preferred for 1080P multi monitor. (and that 3GB is for 75X16)

Do you have crysis 2, have you tried running it yet? How does it run? What res etc. ?

[sammy sung]

Originally Posted by grey_1

Stop being level headed and reasonable sammy. You know that's not allowed here.

Yea i know but in all honesty this thread has lost all sense of proportion and has run it's course imo. Everyone said that this card could never deliver true 580 sli power and still draw anything close to the wattage the 6990 does, that it would have to be massively downclocked etc . Guess what, it is. Granted, it's unfortunate that some cards have died but a LOT of 8800 GTX's were faulty and died aswell but that didn't get the same kind of negativity surrounding it because of how great that card performed. Double standards ? Hell yes

Originally Posted by sammy sung

Yea i know but in all honesty this thread has lost all sense of proportion and has run it's course imo. Everyone said that this card could never deliver true 580 sli power and still draw anything close to the wattage the 6990 does, that it would have to be massively downclocked etc . Guess what, it is. Granted, it's unfortunate that some cards have died but a LOT of 8800 GTX's were faulty and died aswell but that didn't get the same kind of negativity surrounding it because of how great that card performed. Double standards ? Hell yes

I think this thread has run it's course too.

Both cards are beasts, but both also have their issues. Personally I would go for the more powerful card strictly for the fact that I wouldn't even consider buying one without good aftermarket cooling being available at the time of or shortly after purchase, just like I did with my 480, which hasn't dissapointed yet in spite of all the negative press the card got on release.

[john19055]

I guess this thread has ran it coarse.I know the card is already made ,BUt what I have been asking ,Was it possible for nvidia to put Three 8 pin power connectors on the card,so it could have drawn the power it needed to run at 772/2004.,or is it just a rule that you can't go over 375 watts on a single card.I know it would have ran hotter but they could have made it with two fans and maybe it would have took up 2.5 slots ,but this is the kind of card where you would just want one ,I just use my LG 42" monitor so all I would run would be 1920x1080,I just don't get into the multi-monitor or 3D stuff ,but it is nice it has all these features for people who do.

[Rollo]

Originally Posted by Johnny C

Do you have crysis 2, have you tried running it yet? How does it run? What res etc. ?

I don't have the game yet, was waiting till it's not $60 to buy it. I just sent $30 to some guy in the UK for an EADM key, if that pans out I'll let you know!

[K007]

Originally Posted by Rollo

I don't have the game yet, was waiting till it's not $60 to buy it. I just sent $30 to some guy in the UK for an EADM key, if that pans out I'll let you know!

You...can't afford Crysis 2?...Shouldn't you have free access with your 590 for testing? Especially considering that it is a game backed up by nvidia...

then again....i wish i didn't buy this game -.-!...

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