Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 measures just 11", the GeForce GTX 590 boasts 8 Graphic Processing Clusters, 32 Streaming Multiprocessors, and 1024 CUDA cores. There are also 96 ROP (Raster Operations) units and 128 TAU (Texture Addressing Units). The GeForce GTX 590 is paired with two banks of 1536MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1707MHz (3414MHz DDR) for a total memory capacity of 3072MB.
Fermi
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
1024
Shader Cores
96
ROPs
128
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
3 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
164 GB/s
Bandwidth
365 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Mar 24, 2011Price at Launch:$699
Type:DesktopArchitecture:Fermi
Generation:GeForce GTX 500 seriesProduct Tier:High-end
VRAM Capacity:3 GBTotal Board Power:365 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:1024TMUs:128
ROPs:96L2 Cache:768 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:3 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:3.41 GbpsMemory Bus:384-bit
Bandwidth:164 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:608 MHzFP32 Throughput:1.25 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:40nm
Process Name:TSMC 40nmDie Size:520 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:365 WPower Connectors:2x 8-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 2.0 x16DisplayPort Support:DP 1.2
DSC:NoMax Displays:4
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:5.1
OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

81

Average Score

Based on 12 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Top-of-the-line performance
  • Enough juice for multi monitor gaming
  • Ripe to overclock
  • Not too noisy or bulky
  • Dual GPU on one Board
  • PhysX, DirectX 11
  • Fermi GPUs enable 3D Vision and PhysX functionality
  • Cooling fan operates at very quiet acoustic levels

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • High power requirements
  • DualGPU tech overall should try scaling up better
  • Idle power consumption is a bit higher compared to HD 6990
  • Expensive
  • Performance surpassed by competition
  • An energy hog under load
  • Requires two eight-pin power adapters, hefty PSU

It's impossible to conclude the GeForce GTX 590 is faster than the Radeon HD 6990 as it really depends on the game, and that's precisely why we test with fourteen titles now. Based on our findings, the GTX 590 was just 1% faster than the HD 6990...

By TechSpot on
93

A brutally powerful yet silent videocard that shreds the benchmarks. It’ll also shred your wallet, and it needs a minimum 700W PSU to keep it...

By PC Gamer on
92

Dual-GPU graphics cards occupy the pinnacle of gaming graphics and Nvidia has applied this to come up with the GeForce GTX 590. Does it really stand supreme at the top, and can it fend off the competition in the form of the AMD Radeon 6990?...

By PCWorld India on
80

Although the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 isn't quite as fast and powerful as its direct rival, we actually prefer it to AMD's HD 6990. It is, however, clearly a product for a niche...

By DigitalVersus on
70

Nvidia says the GTX 590 will be priced competitively to counter the HD 6990 so we are looking at something around Rs. 40,000- 45,000. This will differ from different board manufacturers so you can expect the big names to charge anywhere from 45K to...

By TechTree on
60

Hugely powerful yet remarkably cool and quiet, but it can't match AMD's Radeon HD 6990 in multi-monitor setups...

By Expert Reviews on
83

Doesn’t flag even at the most extreme settings, and by remaining relatively cool and quiet it takes the dual-GPU crown from AMD...

By PC Pro on
80

Nvidia's dual-GPU card, the GeForce GTX 590, is undoubtedly powerful. But while it's quieter than AMD's own double-barreled Radeon HD 6990, that card delivers better overall performance for the same price....

By PC Mag on

Fronting up to a Radeon on an equal footing is no easy thing for NVIDIA. At the same excessive maximum energy consumption, the Radeon HD 6990 has an advantage from the start with its slightly better performance/watt ratio. As we imagined, it retains...

By BeHardware on

GeForce GTX 590 is the most strong dual-core flagship of NVIDIA,and Quad SLI established by two GTX 590 graphics cards is supposed to be the luxurious platform.Since NVIDIA announced 4-way SLI technology,we once used,however,the performance...

By Expreview on

Welcome to the fastest written article in the world, merely hours before the GeForce GTX 580 launched the SLI driver finally became available. In this article we'll look into the usual in multi-GPU matters. Given the time we had available, please...

By Guru of 3D on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is a very powerful graphics card, a competitor to the recently announced Radeon HD 6990. Unfortunately, the latter remains the champion, winning in more than half of all tests. But GeForce GTX 590 is much better in terms of...

By iXBT Labs on