Official GTX 590 Review Thread (23 reviews at this time)

[MrK6]

Wizzard's GTX 590 blew up on him -
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/27.html

 

[1h4x4s3x]

Potential buyers should read W1zzard's overclocking attempt.
D'oh, Mrk was faster ;p

 

[Zanovar]

Ive only skimmed the reviews but performance seems similar to the 6990,the noise levels are impressive,but is it worth the £60+ over the 6990(uk prices) i dont think so.

 

[Zanovar]

Wizzard's GTX 590 blew up on him -
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/27.html

wow

 

[notty22]

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1098
Video review :
GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990 Comparison - PC Perspective

 

[Jionix]

That's an Nvidia slide, isn't it?

Anandtech's testings showed them to be much closer in terms of real-world noise than that.

Heck, most reviews are showing them much closer..

5db difference.

 

[GaiaHunter]

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1098
Video review :
GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990 Comparison - PC Perspective

The NVIDIA slides are pretty.

 

[Grooveriding]

wow

'As a first step, I increased the voltage from 0.938 V default to 1.000 V, maximum stable clock was 815 MHz - faster than GTX 580! Moving on, I tried 1.2 V to see how much could be gained here, at default clocks and with NVIDIA's power limiter enabled. I went to heat up the card and then *boom*, a sound like popcorn cracking, the system turned off and a burnt electronics smell started to fill up the room. Card dead! Even with NVIDIA power limiter enabled. Now the pretty looking, backlit GeForce logo was blinking helplessly and the fan did not spin, both indicate an error with the card's 12V supply.
After talking to several other reviewers, this does not seem to be an isolated case, and many of them have killed their cards with similar testing, which is far from being an extreme test.



With the card dead, I looked for any damage and found one of the 12V input resistors acting as fuses to be damaged (1st pic, no visible damage), so I soldered a bridge on it to bypass it, the card then "exploded" again, this time one of the MOSFETs blew up as shown in the second picture above. This was just an experimental fix to potentially revive the card. If only the resistor was damaged then it should be working fine again, looks like something else was broken and the "fuse" resistor merely blew to protect the card.

Thanks to the kind people at ASUS, I was lucky enough to have two cards for an SLI review - for which NVIDIA could still not provide a Quad-SLI supporting driver. So at least I could finish the rest of this review. I most strongly advise anyone to stay away from overclocking this product and use extremely conservative settings, maybe up to 650 MHz and no voltage adjustments.

According to NVIDIA this should not happen. In their official reviewer driver (which I used), the NVIDIA Power limit is designed to be active for all applications, not only Furmark.'


Card go BOOM. Maybe they don't like extra voltage like the reference 570s.

 

[insurgent]

Lol notty, you're amusing bordering on annoying... When GTX480 came out did you condemn it because it was noisier and only a bit faster? Those games don't paint the whole picture... desperate indeed.


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[Zanovar]

'As a first step, I increased the voltage from 0.938 V default to 1.000 V, maximum stable clock was 815 MHz - faster than GTX 580! Moving on, I tried 1.2 V to see how much could be gained here, at default clocks and with NVIDIA's power limiter enabled. I went to heat up the card and then *boom*, a sound like popcorn cracking, the system turned off and a burnt electronics smell started to fill up the room. Card dead! Even with NVIDIA power limiter enabled. Now the pretty looking, backlit GeForce logo was blinking helplessly and the fan did not spin, both indicate an error with the card's 12V supply.
After talking to several other reviewers, this does not seem to be an isolated case, and many of them have killed their cards with similar testing, which is far from being an extreme test.



With the card dead, I looked for any damage and found one of the 12V input resistors acting as fuses to be damaged (1st pic, no visible damage), so I soldered a bridge on it to bypass it, the card then "exploded" again, this time one of the MOSFETs blew up as shown in the second picture above. This was just an experimental fix to potentially revive the card. If only the resistor was damaged then it should be working fine again, looks like something else was broken and the "fuse" resistor merely blew to protect the card.

Thanks to the kind people at ASUS, I was lucky enough to have two cards for an SLI review - for which NVIDIA could still not provide a Quad-SLI supporting driver. So at least I could finish the rest of this review. I most strongly advise anyone to stay away from overclocking this product and use extremely conservative settings, maybe up to 650 MHz and no voltage adjustments.

According to NVIDIA this should not happen. In their official reviewer driver (which I used), the NVIDIA Power limit is designed to be active for all applications, not only Furmark.'


Card go BOOM. Maybe they don't like extra voltage like the reference 570s.

I wonder which other reviewers have killed their cards

 

[96Firebird]

Any review site that keeps the 6990's OC results doesn't deserve to be read, IMO. I don't get why people are saying this card is any worse than the 6990... Looking at TPU's review (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/23.html), it performs better (albeit by only a couple percentage) for all resolutions together. And don't tell me these cards are only for people who have 2560x1600, because you don't know that. I'd say the card is on par with the 6990, runs quieter but uses more power.

 

[notty22]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/03/24/nvidia-geforce-gtx-590-3gb-review/10

A card such as this is almost solely judged on its performance – whether it bashes every game known to man into submission with its brutal graphics power, or cringes at the likes of Arma II. The GTX 590 3GB is definitely of the former persuasion, topping our performance charts in almost every test, no matter what resolution or game we used. In some games the lead over even AMD’s massive Radeon HD 6990 4GB was substantial and in others only marginal, but the GTX 590 3GB is the king of the graphics cards based on the performance we saw.

 

[GaiaHunter]

Any review site that keeps the 6990's OC results doesn't deserve to be read, IMO. I don't get why people are saying this card is any worse than the 6990... Looking at TPU's review (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/23.html), it performs better (albeit by only a couple percentage) for all resolutions together. And don't tell me these cards are only for people who have 2560x1600, because you don't know that. I'd say the card is on par with the 6990, runs quieter but uses more power.

Are you sure you are posting in the right thread?

It seems to me the majority of people are acknowledging that it is quite a wash.

 

[insurgent]

Any review site that keeps the 6990's OC results doesn't deserve to be read, IMO. I don't get why people are saying this card is any worse than the 6990... Looking at TPU's review (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/23.html), it performs better (albeit by only a couple percentage) for all resolutions together. And don't tell me these cards are only for people who have 2560x1600, because you don't know that. I'd say the card is on par with the 6990, runs quieter but uses more power.

It's only better at 1680x1050 and less, where it doesn't make any sense to use these cards, and the 6990 is faster on more demanding games except Civ V. No, it's not on par.

 

[tincart]

7 it performs better (albeit by only a couple percentage) for all resolutions together. And don't tell me these cards are only for people who have 2560x1600, because you don't know that. I'd say the card is on par with the 6990, runs quieter but uses more power.

Yes, we know that. The total performance chart on TPU is not relevant. The 1920 x 1200 is barely relevant since a single 580 or 6970 is already more than enough at that resolution. The 2560 x 1600 results and higher are what people on the market for these cards are looking at and AMD holds a narrow performance victory there and above. Given the minor performance delta, I would probably choose the GTX 590 on account of the noise differences, but that's not saying much since I wouldn't readily buy any dual-GPU card, ever.

 

[Wag]

I still kind of want one of these, but I know 3 unlocked 6950s would probably be a better choice. Decisions, decisions...

 

[notty22]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Gemini Video Card
Benchmarkreviews.com
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=716&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=18
Pros:

+ Best total package for DX11 video games
+ Short profile fits into standard size computer cases
+ One card drives four displays or 3D Vision Surround
+ Fermi GPUs enable 3D Vision and PhysX functionality
+ Cooling fan operates at very quiet acoustic levels
+ Includes DisplayPort connectivity for future display tech
+ Supports quad-SLI for unmatched potential​

Cons:

- Extremely expensive enthusiast product
- Heated exhaust vents out to computer case
- Does not include HDMI output for HDTVs​

 

[SlowSpyder]

Wizzard's GTX 590 blew up on him -
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/27.html

It seems 570's and 590's may not care for overclocking.

 

[SlowSpyder]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Gemini Video Card
Benchmarkreviews.com
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=716&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=18
Pros:

+ Best total package for DX11 video games
+ Short profile fits into standard size computer cases
+ One card drives four displays or 3D Vision Surround
+ Fermi GPUs enable 3D Vision and PhysX functionality
+ Cooling fan operates at very quiet acoustic levels
+ Includes DisplayPort connectivity for future display tech
+ Supports quad-SLI for unmatched potential​

Cons:

- Extremely expensive enthusiast product
- Heated exhaust vents out to computer case
- Does not include HDMI output for HDTVs​

Are you just going through the conclusions and posting the ones that show Nvidia in a positive light? Why?

 

[Zanovar]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Gemini Video Card
Benchmarkreviews.com
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=716&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=18
Pros:

+ Best total package for DX11 video games

+ Short profile fits into standard size computer cases
+ One card drives four displays or 3D Vision Surround
+ Fermi GPUs enable 3D Vision and PhysX functionality
+ Cooling fan operates at very quiet acoustic levels
+ Includes DisplayPort connectivity for future display tech
+ Supports quad-SLI for unmatched potential​

Cons:

- Extremely expensive enthusiast product

- Heated exhaust vents out to computer case
- Does not include HDMI output for HDTVs​

Jeez,give it a rest ffs


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[PingviN]

Sweclockers overclocked GTX590

2 cards (worth roughly 12000sek or $1714) got fried. One might say they went down in flames xD.

http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/13...sweclockers-testlabb-drivrutin-boven-i-dramat

Use google translate if you don't speak Swedish =)

Highlight:

Jonas (tester 1): Owww f'ck!
Emil (tester 2): Brinner det, eller? ("is it on fire?")

Tough luck, Nvidia.

edit 3: Review too: http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/13695-nvidia-geforce-gtx-590/1

 

[SirPauly]

It's good to see strong competition from both IHV's; both with strengths and both engineering marvels.

 

[badb0y]

Won't rest till the world knows that it's a ........ wash lol.

 

[tincart]

What these reviews are really showing me is that 6870 and 6950 crossfire are in a class of their own. The Tech Report scatter plot shows that pretty well: http://techreport.com/articles.x/20629/12

The Hexus bang4buck chart shows pretty much the same thing. The 6950 CF in particular is making its own price/performance bracket while the 6970CF, 6990, 570SLI and 590 are all clustered together.

The 580 SLI is, of course, also in a class of its own.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Sweclockers overclocked GTX590

2 cards (worth roughly 12000sek or $1714) got fried. One might say they went down in flames xD.

http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/13...sweclockers-testlabb-drivrutin-boven-i-dramat

Use google translate if you don't speak Swedish =)

Highlight:

Jonas (tester 1): Owww f'ck!
Emil (tester 2): Brinner det, eller? ("is it on fire?")

Tough luck, Nvidia.

edit 3: Review too: http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/13695-nvidia-geforce-gtx-590/1

Maybe they should have gone with a bigger PCB afterall, to fit some more power circuitry.