ASUS GeForce GTX 590 3 GB

[erocker]

Fair enough, but i'm talking about people that when nvidia has the perf lead, they don't care about acustics, temps, power, because it is the absolute best and "enthusiasts" only care about perf, but when ati has the lead, oh! they magically prefer the nvidia card because is quieter, etc, etc, such hypocrisy....
i've had both camps, from gf mx440, to hd4870 and both camps have had their good and not so good cards, fanboys prefer nvidia or ati no matter how full of crap they may be....
The only reason that kind of people will accept losing is if for example 6990 were like 500% faster than gtx 590 AND they still prefer gtx 590 because is smaller and quieter LOL hilarious

I don't see how any of it matters or is relevant.

 

[wolf]

Fair enough, but i'm talking about people that when nvidia has the perf lead... *snip*

I can definitely see what your saying is true for some people, but screw them they're idiots anyway. if I were to buy either of the two today it would be a 6990, however for a single GPU card I'd take the GTX580, go figure

 

[Kreij]

Before this thread gets closed I would just like to say ...
"omgz lul why so old drivers wizz you noob?"

This is an inside joke, and a pre-emptive strike for the pain we are going to endure during this years April Fools joke.

That being said, this thread is being watched closely so be aware that if you incur infractions from being out of line, you brought it upon yourself. You've been warned by W1zz already.

 

[qubit]

No, it isn't.




Obviously he doesn't, at least in terms of the 590. He jacked the thing up to 1.2v without understanding what the cards limit is. Nvidia clearly states the cards are not supposed to be run anywhere near that voltage.

You aren't even supposed to run a 580 at 1.2v, what made him think you could do that to two sandwiched together is baffling.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/19192...590_why_some_have_gone_up_in_smoke/index.html

Calling a card junk because someone ran it will over voltage specification and blew it up is idiotic.

I've just read that article. Well, it seems fairly conclusive then that putting 1.2v on the GPU is gonna kill something. No wonder the poor 590 expired.

Its not two gpu's sandwiched, its side by side. I dont think Nvidia have used the sandwich design since the 7950gx2.

The GTX 295 first revision was made with a sandwhich design and so was the 9800 GX2 before it.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

What about these? were these before the Gtx295 and 9800 gx2?

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/hirez.asp?file=/hardware/geforce_7950_gx2_preview/images/03.jpg

 

[cowie]

What about these? were these before the Gtx295 and 9800 gx2?

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/hirez.asp?file=/hardware/geforce_7950_gx2_preview/images/03.jpg

That 7900x2 and 7950x2(better) were more of a lol "layer cake" with two pcb's but not sharing the same heatsink and the cores were not face to face.
the gx2 and first revision 295 have a sandwhich design and shared a common heatsink.
later as said nv came out with i think the 295+ it was called that was built on single pcb side by side cores.
oh and other duel cored cards in the(giga) 6 sieres(66 for sure,68?limited to none) were made also, they were sorta side by side with huge pcb's
darn i almost forgot the asus 78gt duel side by side core card
ok back to pictures of stuff blowing up or fighting depending on where i am lol

 

[Akrian]

Oh almost forgot. Before they close the thread. I just have to put this out ( old, but hey, it's always relavent). Bitchin Fast 2000

 

[JATownes]

There is an Easter egg in the review. First to find gets a cookie.

Nope. Keep trying.

First spotter gets a custom title. If you already have a custom title, you can animate your avatar as long as it doesn't pose an epileptic hazard.

Before the thread is closed, did anyone ever find the Easter Egg?

Custom title on the line and no one has spotted it?

Oh and BTW, the 6990 and 590 are WAY OVERKILL for any games out today. But IMHO, both are pretty bad ass cards.

 

[erocker]

This thread will not be closed. People posting in this thread will be accountable for their actions. Keep on topic.

Thank you.

 

[entropy13]

Before the thread is closed, did anyone ever find the Easter Egg?

Custom title on the line and no one has spotted it?

This is actually the only reason I still read this thread, to see if someone have made a guess and if they're correct. lol

I'm still looking though (although none of the guesses have been deemed "wrong" yet? I think?)

 

[yogurt_21]

This is actually the only reason I still read this thread, to see if someone have made a guess and if they're correct. lol

I'm still looking though (although none of the guesses have been deemed "wrong" yet? I think?)

yeah I'm still curious as well, but bta hasn't been back wince the infighting escalated.


I still find it funny that everyone focused on the blown card issue and failed to see that even if that had worked the card is still slower than the 6990 and much MUCH slower than 580sli. I mean shoot my 480sli is tearing the crap outta this card.

I'm sure nv will address the overvolt limiter issue I just don't think it matters as for 700$ 570sli will tear the crap outta this card.

 

[entropy13]

Some WMG here, but maybe, just maybe, the "stock" clocks are actually overclocked clocks already?

 

[newtekie1]

yeah I'm still curious as well, but bta hasn't been back wince the infighting escalated.


I still find it funny that everyone focused on the blown card issue and failed to see that even if that had worked the card is still slower than the 6990 and much MUCH slower than 580sli. I mean shoot my 480sli is tearing the crap outta this card.

I'm sure nv will address the overvolt limiter issue I just don't think it matters as for 700$ 570sli will tear the crap outta this card.

Well of course, but when was the last time the dual-GPU card was actually a better performance for the cash than two single GPU cards? I mean GTX570/580 SLi also outperforms the HD6990, that won't stop people from buying that.

And considering it hit GTX580 clocks without a voltage bump, it isn't as bad as the stock clocks make it seem. And that is a 25% overclock on stock voltage, what did the HD6990 overclock with the stock voltage? It only managed a 10% overclock.

 

[btarunr]

I will reveal the easter egg in an hour. Last chance, keep trying.

 

[Maban]

I will reveal the easter egg in an hour. Last chance, keep trying.

QC Passed? Torx screws? 94V-0 rating?

 

[entropy13]

I will reveal the easter egg in an hour. Last chance, keep trying.

It's the card with the lowest score in TPU?

 

[btarunr]

It's the card with the lowest score in TPU?

You're close.

 

[Maban]

Lowest score of anything on TPU?

 

[btarunr]

Answer:

http://www.generalnonsense.net/showthread.php?p=113340#post113340

Thanks for playing.

 

[Maban]

Now that's just silly.

 

[entropy13]

Answer:

http://www.generalnonsense.net/showthread.php?p=113340#post113340

Thanks for playing.

NOOOOOOOOOOO I was too late LOL

 

[pantherx12]

Really, you stuck the stock cooler on your processor, selected the maximum voltage available for everything in the BIOS, and then ran a stess testing program, and nothing blew up? I doubt it.
.

Ran 1.7-1.8 volts through an e5200 under an Arctic freezer 7 pro. (4.24ghz)

Not only did it not die, but it's still alive and kicking to this day. ( I did this around when I first joined TPU, I got into the 4ghz club safely, but wanted to see how far I could push the chip, and I was trying to beat JRacingfan I think, because he taught me how to fiddle with that chip pretty much himself XD )

Hell it could boot into windows, hell I could open CPU-z and take a screen shot.

If I ran a bit of a heavier program though, system just crashed. No damage.



Has to be said, that was a good "Easter egg"

 

[qubit]

Oh, I'd found the easter egg and was simply giving everyone else a chance.

 

[Mussels]

LOL epic fail was well done.

 

[cheesy999]

look what i just found - AMD is challenging NVidia to beat it score in 3dmark

http://blogs.amd.com/play/2011/03/25/2056/

Yesterday our competitor also issued a press release, announcing the launch of what they claim to be the “World’s Fastest Graphics Card”– the Nvidia GTX 590. We combed through their announcement to understand how it was that such a claim could be made and why there was no substantiation based on industry-standard benchmarks, similar to what AMD did with industry benchmark 3DMark 11, the latest DirectX 11 benchmark from FutureMark. So now I issue a challenge to our competitor: prove it, don’t just say it. Show us the substantiation. Because as it stands today, leading reviewers agree with us here, here and here that the AMD Radeon HD 6990 sits on the top as the world’s fastest graphics card.