Monday, May 16th 2011
NVIDIA Revising GeForce GTX 590 Design
No doubt the GeForce GTX 590 is a cracker of a graphics card (no pun intended). It shares a disputed lead with the AMD Radeon HD 6990, where the latter has the reputation of being the more electrically stable of the two. Voltage-assisted overclocking of the GTX 590 has proven to be many an overclocker's $700 misadventure, with the weak VRM circuitry burning up with even the slightest bump in voltages. NVIDIA plans to fix this once and for all with a hardware update of the GTX 590.
In June, NVIDIA plans to release a new revision of the GeForce GTX 590 with a stronger VRM circuitry, stronger inductors, FETs, capacitors, etc. The revision could possibly alter the reference PCB design, at least with the VRM areas, and that could mean water-block manufacturers could have to go back to the drawing boards. Who knows, the new revision of GTX 590 with heightened electrical stability could also create some room for new models from AICs with better overclocked speeds out of the box, to step up competitiveness against the HD 6990.
Source:
VR-Zone
In June, NVIDIA plans to release a new revision of the GeForce GTX 590 with a stronger VRM circuitry, stronger inductors, FETs, capacitors, etc. The revision could possibly alter the reference PCB design, at least with the VRM areas, and that could mean water-block manufacturers could have to go back to the drawing boards. Who knows, the new revision of GTX 590 with heightened electrical stability could also create some room for new models from AICs with better overclocked speeds out of the box, to step up competitiveness against the HD 6990.
29 Comments on NVIDIA Revising GeForce GTX 590 Design
what about the people who bought this card?
could they at least have waited to release it until they were done with it, its not a game FFS
And willingly so.
:ohwell:
Of course it should make it easier to overclock, which could help it to the unofficial crown.
Early adopters get shafted all over the place. I kind of wish I'd waited for the 1GB version of the 6950. Comes with the territory.
man a good .. erm, performing power guggling monster.
That was just useless at stock.
1200mhz on the memory
1050 on the gpu was what I pretty much ran. pretty much over the stock, 743//900They absolutely didnt, weakest components I've seen in years, I thought 4870X2 was poor( which it was) butGTX590 just set a new standard to what bad components on high end videocards is.
Let's hope nV gets back to quality components on high end equipment.
Imagine the hi-fi industry if the high-end premium manufacturers started using cheap caps, inductors, ferrite cores and transistors (and valves)! They would kill their reputation and be bust by the end of the year. nV has it LUCKY it has only one competitor.
Some sources say the 7 series form AMD will have few architectural tweaks as it already has 7 series elements in the 69 series but it will be a splendid piece of power saving GPU design.
Someone remind me to not buy anything until the custom models come out. Must not buy vanilla......
burns my ass too.You know people at nV knew something was wrong and shipped them anyway.
So maybe the new GTX590 rev.B will have a dual PCB :)If you use your head the card works perfectly. Even if you OC+OV a little.
There are plenty of people overclocking/overvolting their GTX590 without any issue.
but overclocking the card to nearly 25% with reference design will only make the card life shorter. so with stock clock i think it's enough..
The most power hungry card on the market and it's still 2 slots. IMO that should make the revision change list.