• GTX 590 Launches March 22nd
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[QUOTE=GunFox;28576505]Hmm, perhaps it is time to upgrade. SLI 8800's have gotten me much further than I'd expected, but they are starting to show their age. I'll keep one of them though. Nvidia allows you to use a second, non-matched, video card to handle physics. Awesome feature.[/QUOTE] 88U's are still viable up to 2560x1600 if you forgo antialiasing.
My guesses are it will get more frames than the 6990. It will preform slightly better all around but will produce more heat and require more power. It will cost $799.99 US DOLLARS
[QUOTE=SomeGuest;28577527]My guesses are it will get more frames than the 6990. It will preform slightly better all around but will produce more heat and require more power. It will cost $799.99 US DOLLARS[/QUOTE] Sounds about right.
[QUOTE=SomeGuest;28577527]My guesses are it will get more frames than the 6990. It will preform slightly better all around but will produce more heat and require more power. It will cost $799.99 US DOLLARS[/QUOTE] this sums up appropriately comparative nvidia vs ati cards quite nicely
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[QUOTE=SomeGuest;28577527]My guesses are it will get more frames than the 6990. It will preform slightly better all around but will produce more heat and require more power. It will cost $799.99 US DOLLARS[/QUOTE] if it produces more heat than the 6990 I doubt it'll be functional even on an open test bench, let alone in a sealed case
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28582458]if it produces more heat than the 6990 I doubt it'll be functional even on an open test bench, let alone in a sealed case[/QUOTE] I'm just going on Nvidia's track record. So far every card they have produced to beat out ATI has always produced a little more heat and draw a bit more power, but with the 6990 already hitting 450w with the OC switch, it's going to be interesting to see what Nvidia has lined up. They need to optimize more without going the easy way out. I really can't wait to see what the next generation will bring. The 600 and 7000 series will definitely be the ones to hold out for. Nvidia and ATI are really going to be put to the test when it comes to optimization of the hardware and software. There's not much more hardware they can put into these cards without having length issues.
If you SLI two of these beasts you will need a monster of a PSU to get shit going.
I wonder how much the 460 GTXs price will drop when this drops. Right now, I'm seeing a average of 199-159.
[QUOTE=Kommunist;28586888]If you SLI two of these beasts you will need a monster of a PSU to get shit going.[/QUOTE] Can't wait for people to say you need 2 1000w psus
[QUOTE=Sodisna;28587982]I wonder how much the 460 GTXs price will drop when this drops. Right now, I'm seeing a average of 199-159.[/QUOTE]Probably won't
[QUOTE=Sodisna;28587982]I wonder how much the 460 GTXs price will drop when this drops. Right now, I'm seeing a average of 199-159.[/QUOTE] i doubt it will be effected any more than maybe $5 on average, if that. this is a higher end of the spectrum of a totally different series. the 460 is upper middle end of the previous series.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28582458]if it produces more heat than the 6990 I doubt it'll be functional even on an open test bench, let alone in a sealed case[/QUOTE] Which is why they should have really used dual GF114 chips and not GF110's.
I have been living with a GTX 275 card for about 1 year now i think. An ok graphics card, but this looks awesome. And it is possible running 3 monitors without SLI? Maybe i'll buy this some time in the future
I'd buy one of these, but in 2 months another one will come out that's even better for the same price.
not 2 months, more like a year or two. 400 series doesn't even have a dual-gpu card, and the 460 2win thing is unofficial.
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;28589446]Which is why they should have really used dual GF114 chips and not GF110's.[/QUOTE] 90% of enthusiasts who buy this will watercool it
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[quote][B]GeForce GTX 590 Cooler Shroud Design Surfaces[/B] VR-Zone got a hold of the cooler shroud design of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce GTX 590 graphics card. The drawing reveals something very similar to that of the GeForce GTX 295 rev. 2 (or single-slot), and tells us a bit about the cooler. The cooler will use a large fan (probably 80 mm in diameter) to blow air on to two heatsinks on its either sides. Channels, and the heatsinks themselves will guide air across both ends of the cooler. Hot air from the first GPU (closest to the display connectors) will exhaust from the rear bracket, while that from the second GPU (farthest from the display connectors), will exhaust into the case. There are spaces on either sides of the fan for partner product artwork. There is more space on top. Next to the cutout for the power connectors, is the GeForce logo. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 590 is a dual-GPU graphics card based on two GF110 cores. It will be released on the 22nd of March. [/quote] [url]http://www.techpowerup.com/142144/GeForce-GTX-590-Cooler-Shroud-Design-Surfaces.html[/url] [media]http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-03-14/78a.png[/media]
Great! I can't wait to not afford it!
I can't wait to not afford it for the next 5 years.
[quote][B]GeForce GTX 590 Key Features Revealed[/B] An alleged partner presentation slide leaked to the internet reveals quite a bit more about the GeForce GTX 590 than what we already know. To begin with, it lays to rest speculations surrounding the shader configuration, each of the two GF110 GPUs have all 512 CUDA cores enabled. Next, the full width of the memory interface is utilized, giving you 1536 MB per GPU, or 3 GB of total memory on the card. The rest are fascinating features, such as a removable cooler shroud that lets you clean the card from time to time (you might need to clean it now and then for the best cooling performance), heatsinks that use vapor-chamber technology, getting rid of those pesky heat-pipes, high-grade 12-layer PCB that uses 2 oz copper layers, and a 10-phase VRM (looks like 4+1 phase per GPU). As expected, the final iteration of the card needs to draw power from two 8-pin PCI-E power connectors. "Barely Street Legal"? Is it because they'll throw you out of LAN parties for having too much of a performance advantage? Hmmm. [/quote] [url]http://www.techpowerup.com/142153/GeForce-GTX-590-Key-Features-Revealed.html[/url] [media]http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-03-14/80a.jpg[/media]
Now that's awesome. I really like the removable cover.
note the not-quite-double-slot for better SLi cooling and the regular style, not blower fan
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28598199][url]http://www.techpowerup.com/142153/GeForce-GTX-590-Key-Features-Revealed.html[/url] [media]http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-03-14/80a.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] i hope all but "Barely Street Legal..." are true/official
[QUOTE=M_B;28600807]i hope all but "Barely Street Legal..." are true/official[/QUOTE] You want to buy it from the black market then?
not my point, that's a retarded tag line
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28598199][url]http://www.techpowerup.com/142153/GeForce-GTX-590-Key-Features-Revealed.html[/url] [media]http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-03-14/80a.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] That's pretty impressive.
What I can't believe is that it's two 580 GPUs on one PCB. Those vapour chambers better be good.
[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;28603666]What I can't believe is that it's two 580 GPUs on one PCB. Those vapour chambers better be good.[/QUOTE] I'd be more concerned with power consumption. [editline]14th March 2011[/editline] Honestly, looking at the specs on paper, I would assume this card is going to overtake the 6990 by quite a large margin.
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