So Nvidia’s newest card has hit the street, the new GeForce GTX590 dual-GPU card. Meant to compete against AMD’s Radeon 6990 offering, it simply can’t keep up. NVidia makes some excellent single-GPU chips but once you start packing multiples onto a PCB, the heat and power dissipation become a liability, letting their competitors take the lead.
NVIDIA’s new flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX 590 3GB, is without a doubt the fastest NVIDIA product we have ever tested and competes in the super-high-end market very well against the Radeon HD 6990 4GB. The downside to this release is that quite clearly the GTX 590 isn’t up to the task of beating the performance of the HD 6990 at the highest resolution tested, 2560×1600. At both 1680×1050 and 1920×1200, the GTX 590 was either better than or equal to the results from AMD’s new flagship. The problem as I see it is that most users willing to shell out the $700 for either option are more likely to be planning for a 30-in panel or an Eyefinity/Surround monitor configuration than they are comfortable sticking at the 1080p single display resolution. If my hypothesis is true, then most will lean towards the Radeon HD 6990 than the GeForce GTX 590, all else being equal.
Check out their video review below, and hit their website for all the charts and details.
PC Perspective – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 3GB Dual-GPU Fermi Graphics Card Review.
It is a good news for game lovers.