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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Graphics Card



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Design


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 590 (2 x GF110)
  • Interface: PCIe x16
  • GPU clock rate (ROPs/shaders): 607/1214 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 853 (3412) MHz (standard)
  • Bus: 2 x 384-bit
  • Stream processors: 2 x 512
  • TMUs: 2 x 64(BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROPs: 2 x 48
  • Size: 280x111x33 mm
  • PCB color: black
  • RAMDACs/TDMS: integrated into GPU
  • Outputs: 3 x Dual-Link DVI, 4 x mini DisplayPort
  • Multi-GPU mode: hardware SLI

Comparison with the reference design, front view
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparison with the reference design, rear view
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

As you can see, GTX 580 and GTX 590 have nothing in common, except for dimensions. After all, GeForce GTX 590 has twice as many memory chips and GPUs.

The card has two 8-pin supplementary power connectors.

Maximum resolutions and frequencies:

  • 240 Hz maximum refresh rate
  • 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz max. digital resolution
  • 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz max. VGA resolution

Cooling


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

The cooler reminds that of Radeon HD 6990, i.e. it has a cover, two heatsinks, two vaporizing chambers, and a large baseplate that also covers memory chips and supports the massive fan located in the center. The fan drives air in two opposite directions, so a part of it may get to the HDD tray — not good. For this reason you may want to install hard drives higher than the graphics card.

As we already stated, the cooler is surprisingly quiet. This is an obvious advantage over Radeon HD 6990.


Traditionally, we monitored temperatures using EVGA Precision (based on RivaTuner).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590


A great result for such a powerful graphics card. Only 87°C after 8 hours of continuous operation under workload is just excellent. The only question that remains is whether quietness is achieved at the expense of performance. Well, read on.


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