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

[Silverforce11]

6990 doesn't sound as horrific as I'd imagined in that video.

Of course it could have been the Billy Mays diction on the guy deadening my eardrums.

Thats what i noticed building a few rigs for buddies, the 6990 in default mode runs quiet. The fan is noiseless, all the noise there is come from airflow, inside a case it's not loud, no where near 65 dB that AT benched it (did they leave it in open benchtop setup, with sound meter next to the rear exhaust??). More realistic would be guru3d or other sites which have it ~46 dB. That's the biggest difference to other noisy solutions where the fan is making a lot of noise.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

The 6990 is big compared to the 590. Its all over your Pci-e slots

 

[happy medium]

when I see 1x590 OCed to its max beating 1x6990 Oced to its max in games / resolutions where cards struggle to push 60FPS then I will give 590 a single card crown.

I'm gonna hold you to that, I'll see you in about 11 days.

 

[badb0y]

I'm gonna hold you to that, I'll see you in about 11 days.

What happens in 11 days? :ninja:

 

[3DVagabond]

They are still the same GPUs.

Does the GPU on my 6950 change into a different one when its at 2d clocks?

There were a lot of people who insisted that the 5970 was a 5850x2 because of the clocks.

 

[3DVagabond]

The gtx 590 is 729.00 at tiger direct and newegg.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...p?EdpNo=128723
Don't know about price comparisons in Europe etc

Wanna sh!t yourself? In NZ the 6990 is $1132.00, including 15%GST. The 590, (sit down )... $1800.00 including GST.

The Kiwi dollar is worth about 75 cents compared to the USD. That makes pre tax price on the 6990 equal to ~$738USD. Not bad at all considering our small market and being at the end of civilization. The 590 is ~$1174.00USD!

Gee, if I was in the market for one of these cards which one should I buy? LOL

 

[Dark Shroud]

There were a lot of people who insisted that the 5970 was a 5850x2 because of the clocks.

Yes and they were wrong. Just as people who say the GTX 590 should have been two GTX 570 cores are wrong.

 

[3DVagabond]

Yes and they were wrong.

I agree with you. Try and get one of them to change their stance though is fruitless. I ignore that sort of logic. There's just some things that don't need to be proven wrong. Everyone with any common sense already knows the truth.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

We have come to a point where we would say its process shrinking time. Those pcb and components on it barely scraped it through.

 

[pcm81]

I'm gonna hold you to that, I'll see you in about 11 days.

Jut remember that 880MHz is not the max for 6990, that's the factory OC.

 

[Kenmitch]

Jut remember that 880MHz is not the max for 6990, that's the factory OC.

I couldn't find any data on it....At what point does the 6990 PCB explode at?

Make sure you takes lots of pictures of the transition from air to water on those babies!

 

[Arkadrel]

Jut remember that 880MHz is not the max for 6990, that's the factory OC.

Yeah a OCed 6990 is like 1,000mhz core ^-^

I couldn't find any data on it....At what point does the 6990 PCB explode at?

I havnt heard of one doing so yet.... or dieing due to overclock.

 

[pcm81]

Yeah a OCed 6990 is like 1,000mhz core ^-^



I havnt heard of one doing so yet.... or dieing due to overclock.

I guess 6990 is not as big of a bang for the buck as 590 is; it just works better.

 

[wahdangun]

oh come on guys, i know GTX 590 deserve it but isn't it a bit excessive ?

can we discuss another aspect of the card beside it can blow up ???

 

[pcm81]

oh come on guys, i know GTX 590 deserve it but isn't it a bit excessive ?

can we discuss another aspect of the card beside it can blow up ???

Its a very quiet card with a little voltage mod. I guess that's a plus.

 

[Gloomy]

What happens in 11 days? :ninja:

Most likely a non-reference design that isn't faulty.

 

[pcm81]

Most likely a non-reference design that isn't faulty.

I am actually very curious to see a non-reference design, simply because it has a potential of being MUCH better than 6990, but it will be very costly performance in terms of electric power and cooling.

 

[wahdangun]

Its a very quiet card with a little voltage mod. I guess that's a plus.

btw i'm really curious, what the fan in GTX 590 that make it quite ?? and since you have HD 6990, what do you think about the card ? is that card really loud ?

 

[pcm81]

btw i'm really curious, what the fan in GTX 590 that make it quite ?? and since you have HD 6990, what do you think about the card ? is that card really loud ?

Its the voltage mod that makes the GTX fan quite.
6990 at 830Hz is not as loud as 4870x2 was, but its not a quite card...
To be honest the noise of these cards is irrelevant, because any one who runs them without water cooling should not be running them...

 

[Zanovar]

Wanna sh!t yourself? In NZ the 6990 is $1132.00, including 15%GST. The 590, (sit down )... $1800.00 including GST.

The Kiwi dollar is worth about 75 cents compared to the USD. That makes pre tax price on the 6990 equal to ~$738USD. Not bad at all considering our small market and being at the end of civilization. The 590 is ~$1174.00USD!

Gee, if I was in the market for one of these cards which one should I buy? LOL

Nvidia cards are always more expensive in the U.K,but that NZ price difference is just insane

 

[Kenmitch]

Wanna sh!t yourself? In NZ the 6990 is $1132.00, including 15%GST. The 590, (sit down )... $1800.00 including GST.

The Kiwi dollar is worth about 75 cents compared to the USD. That makes pre tax price on the 6990 equal to ~$738USD. Not bad at all considering our small market and being at the end of civilization. The 590 is ~$1174.00USD!

Gee, if I was in the market for one of these cards which one should I buy? LOL

Ouch....So I guess in the UK the high end way to go would be to purchase a 6990 and a 6950(modded)/6970 and go for the threesome for the same price as a 590

 

[wahdangun]

Its the voltage mod that makes the GTX fan quite.
6990 at 830Hz is not as loud as 4870x2 was, but its not a quite card...
To be honest the noise of these cards is irrelevant, because any one who runs them without water cooling should not be running them...

so are you running the card with water cooling ??

btw if anyone know where i can buy phase change thermal paste like in HD 6990 ??

 

[pcm81]

so are you running the card with water cooling ??

btw if anyone know where i can buy phase change thermal paste like in HD 6990 ??

I am waiting for water blocks for my 2x6990s; should be here on wed. The only way I would run 590 is if they gave it to me for free and payed my electric bill... Although a non-reference design may be worth looking at, if it has better VRMs...

 

[wahdangun]

I am waiting for water blocks for my 2x6990s; should be here on wed. The only way I would run 590 is if they gave it to me for free and payed my electric bill... Although a non-reference design may be worth looking at, if it has better VRMs...

yeah but i guess the price will be over $1000,

 

[pcm81]

yeah but i guess the price will be over $1000,

None reference design for $1000? Sounds about right, may be $900. I bet they will beat 6990s, but not on the per dollar basis.