Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3 GB Review: Firing Back With 1024 CUDA Cores
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Today, the worst-kept secret in technology officially gets the spotlight. Hot on the heels of AMD’s Radeon HD 6990 4 GB introduction three weeks ago, Nvidia is following up with its GeForce GTX 590 3 GB. According to Nvidia, it could have introduced this card more than a month ago. However, we know it continued revising its plans for a new flagship well into March. The result is a board deliberately intended to emphasize elegance, immediately after the Radeon HD 6990 bludgeoned us over the head with abrasive acoustics.
Pursuing quietness might sound ironic, given that GPUs based on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture are notoriously hot and power-hungry. To think the company could put two on a single PCB and not out-scream AMD’s dual-Cayman-based card is almost ludicrous. And yet, that’s what Nvidia says it did.
It admits that getting there wasn’t an easy task, though. Compromises were made. For example, Nvidia uses the same mid-mounted fan design for which we chided AMD. It dropped the clocks on its GPUs to help keep thermals under control. And the card still uses more power than any graphics product we’ve ever tested.
And in the other corner…
But it’s quiet. Crazy-freaking quiet. The quietest dual-GPU board I’ve tested since ATI’s Rage Fury Maxx (how’s that for back-in-the-day?). Mission accomplished on that front. The question remains, though: was Nvidia forced to give up the farm just to show AMD that hot cards don’t have to make lots of noise?
Under The Hood: Dual GF110s, Both Uncut
In my discussions with Nvidia, the company made it clear that it wanted to use two GF110 processors, and it didn’t want to hack them up. Uncut GF110s, as you probably already know from reading GeForce GTX 580 And GF110: The Way Nvidia Meant It To Be Played, employ four Graphics Processing Clusters, each with four Streaming Multiprocessors.
You’ll find 32 CUDA cores in each SM, totaling 512 cores per GPU. Each SM also offers four texturing units, yielding 64 across the entire chip. Of course, there’s one Polymorph engine per SM as well, though as we’ve seen in the past, Nvidia’s approach to parallelizing geometry doesn’t necessarily scale very well.
As in our GTX 580 review, GF110 doesn’t get cut-back here
The GPU’s back-end features six ROP partitions, each capable of outputting eight 32-bit integer pixels at a time, adding up to 48 pixels per clock. An aggregate 384-bit memory bus is divisible into a sextet of 64-bit interfaces, and you’ll find 256 MB of GDDR5 memory at all six stops. That adds up to 1.5 GB of memory per GPU, which is how you arrive at the GeForce GTX 590’s 3 GB.
Nvidia ties GTX 590’s GF110 processors together using its own NF200 bridge, which takes a single 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 interface and multiplexes it out to two 16-lane paths—one for each GPU.
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| Header Cell — Column 0 | GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon HD 6990 | Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon HD 6950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Process | 40 nm TSMC | 40 nm TSMC | 40 nm TSMC | 40 nm TSMC | 40 nm TSMC |
| Die Size | 2 x 520 mm² | 520 mm² | 2 x 389 mm² | 389 mm² | 389 mm² |
| Transistors | 2 x 3 billion | 3 billion | 2 x 2. 64 billion |
2.64 billion | 2.64 billion |
| Engine Clock | 607 MHz | 772 MHz | 830 MHz | 880 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Stream Processors / CUDA Cores | 1024 | 512 | 3072 | 1536 | 1408 |
| Compute Performance | 2.49 TFLOPS | 1.58 TFLOPS | 5.1 TFLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS | 2.25 TFLOPS |
| Texture Units | 128 | 64 | 192 | 96 | 88 |
| Texture Fillrate | 77.7 Gtex/s | 49.4 Gtex/s | 159.4 Gtex/s | 84.5 Gtex/s | 70. 4 Gtex/s |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 | 64 | 32 | 32 |
| Pixel Fillrate | 58.3 Gpix/s | 37.1 Gpix/s | 53.1 Gpix/s | 28.2 Gpix/s | 25.6 Gpix/s |
| Frame Buffer | 2 x 1.5 GB GDDR5 | 1.5 GB GDDR5 | 2 x 2 GB GDDR5 | 2 GB GDDR5 | 2 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Clock | 853 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1250 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 2 x 163.9 GB/s(384-bit) | 192 GB/s (384-bit) | 2 x 160 GB/s (256-bit) | 176 GB/s (256-bit) | 160 GB/s (256-bit) |
| Maximum Board Power | 365 W | 244 W | 375 W | 250 W | 200 W |
What changed from the ill-received GF100-based GeForce GTX 480 to GF110? From my GeForce GTX 580 review:
“The GPU itself is largely the same.
This isn’t a GF100 to GF104 sort of change, where Shader Multiprocessors get reoriented to improve performance at mainstream price points (read: more texturing horsepower). The emphasis here remains compute muscle. Really, there are only two feature changes: full-speed FP16 filtering and improved Z-cull efficiency.
GF110 can perform FP16 texture filtering in one clock cycle (similar to GF104), while GF100 required two cycles. In texturing-limited applications, this speed-up may translate into performance gains. The culling improvements give GF110 an advantage in titles that suffer lots of overdraw, helping maximize available memory bandwidth. On a clock-for-clock basis, Nvidia claims these enhancements have up to a 14% impact (or so).”
That’s a 12-layer PCB with 10-phase power, and NF200 in the middle
Other than that, we’re still talking about two pieces of silicon manufactured on TSMC’s 40 nm node and composed of roughly 3 billion transistors each. At 520 square millimeters, GF110 is substantially larger than AMD’s Cayman processor, which measures 389 mm² and is made up of 2.
64 billion transistors.
Now, it’s great to get all of those resources (times two) on GeForce GTX 590. However, while the GeForce GTX 580 employs a 772 MHz graphics clock and 1002 MHz memory clock, the GPUs on GTX 590 slow things down to 607 MHz and 853 MHz, respectively.
As a result, this card’s performance isn’t anywhere near what you’d expect from two of Nvidia’s fastest single-GPU flagships. That might be alright, though. After all, AMD launched Radeon HD 6970 as a GeForce GTX 570-contender; the 580 sat in a league of its own. So, although AMD’s Radeon HD 6990 comes very close to doubling the performance of the company’s quickest single-GPU cards, GeForce GTX 590 doesn’t have to do the same thing in order to be competitive at the $700 price point AMD already established and Nvidia plans to match.
We already know what AMD had to do in order to deliver “the fastest graphics card in the world.” Now, how does Nvidia counter?
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 590: Full Review with Features, Price, and More
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Key Points
- The GTX 590 is based on the GF110 graphics processor and was originally designed to be a more powerful upgrade to the GTX 580 graphics card.
- With twice the VRAM and twice the transistor count, the performance offered by the newer GTX 590 is much greater than previous versions.
- the GTX 590 is very power-hungry and shouldn’t be your first choice if budget is a primary concern.
All of this chatter surrounding graphics card prices today makes us long for the days of cheaper GPUs.
With most new GPUs still selling for over MSRP, you might be tempted to look towards an older graphics card just to save some money, and who can blame you? There are plenty of older GPUs out there that still pack a punch and ability to stand up to today’s games.
In today’s article, we are going to be checking out a classic from Nvidia: the Geforce GTX 590. Going on 11 years old, the Geforce GTX 590 is still a relevant graphics card in some aspects. Although not nearly as powerful as a 900-series or 1000-series GPU, the GTX 590 was legendary in its day and may still be good for some users.
We’re going to find out once and for all if the GTX 590 is still good for playing modern games. With a deep dive into specs, features, and benefits, we’re going to see what the GTX 590 is capable of. Most importantly, we’re going to put the GTX 590 to the ultimate test with gaming benchmarks to see if it is still worth buying after all these years.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 uses two processors together.
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Nvidia Geforce GTX 590: A Brief History
The GTX 590 is based on the GF110 graphics processor and was originally designed to be a more powerful upgrade to the GTX 580 graphics card. The GTX 580, which replaced the older and less capable GTX 480, was the first GPU to use the new architecture and was also one of the earliest DirectX 12 capable cards.
Additionally, what really makes the GTX 590 stand out is the fact that it uses two separate GF110 processors in tandem. Using two GPUs at once was popular at the time to increase performance. Known as SLI, using two graphics cards in one PC was often used to double your performance in games and applications that were able to take advantage of it.
Nvidia took this general concept in a new direction when they decided to put two graphics chips on one board, making the new GTX 590 similar to running two older 400-series cards in SLI. With such a massive upgrade in performance, most gamers were ecstatic to hear the news, and the GTX 590 was extremely popular at the time.
In contrast, the closest competition to the GTX 590 was from AMD. With a longstanding rivalry between AMD and Nvidia, the two chip makers were often in fierce competition. AMD released the Radeon HD 6970 on December 15th, 2010, a few months before Nvidia launched the GTX 590. Although the 6970 led the market for a little while, as soon as the GTX 590 was released on March 24th, 2011, it was left in the dust.
Nvidia Geforce GTX 590: What Are the Specs?
The GTX 590 is based on the GF110 graphics processor and was originally designed to be a more powerful upgrade to the GTX 580 graphics card.
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To get a feel for the level of performance offered by the GTX 590, we have to compare it to its predecessor, the GTX 480. Check out the table below to see how the GTX 590 stacks up against the previous generation.
| GTX 480 | GTX 590 | |
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| Graphics Processor: | GF100 | GF110 (x2) |
| Shader Cores: | 480 | 512 (x2) |
| TMUs: | 60 | 64 (x2) |
| ROPs: | 48 | 48 (x2) |
| Process Size: | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 3. 1 billion |
3 billion (x2) |
| L2 Cache: | 768 kb | 768 (x2) |
| VRAM Type: | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| VRAM Capacity: | 1536 MB | 1536 MB (x2) |
| Bus Width: | 384 bit | 384 bit (x2) |
| Graphics Clock: | 701 MHz | 608 MHz |
| Shader Clock: | 1401 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory Clock: | 924 MHz | 854 MHz |
| Pixel Rate: | 21.03 Gpixels | 19.46 Gpixels |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 42.06 GTexel/s | 38.91 GTexels |
| FP-32 Performance: | 1,345 GFLOPS | 1,244 GFLOPS |
As we can see from the specs, the most notable difference between the old and new generations is that the GTX 590 essentially doubles every aspect.
With twice the VRAM and twice the transistor count, the performance offered by the newer card is much greater.
Besides that, the only sacrifice Nvidia made with the newer model is the clock speeds needed to be lowered to combat overheating. With two graphics processors on one board, the thermal output would be too high if the clock speeds had remained the same. Overall, a small price to pay to have an extra processor onboard.
Power, Cooling, and Connections
Compared to newer graphics cards, the GTX 590 uses an astronomical amount of power. If you are trying to put together an energy-efficient PC, then you’ll want to look elsewhere. The GTX 590 will disappoint those who have a low-wattage power supply since you will need something large and hefty to feed this card. With a TDP rating of 365 watts, the GTX 590 is extremely power-hungry. Come prepared with at least a 750-watt or higher power supply and two available 8-pin power connectors.
Additionally, the cooling system in the GTX 590 is top-notch, especially considering it is cooling two separate graphics processors.
You’ll find two large heatsinks sitting atop each processor, drawing heat away from the board via a large central fan. We found that audio testing revealed this card to be quite silent, at least when new. If you have dusty fans or weak thermal paste from years of use, then the GTX 590 is going to work harder to stay cool and may run a little louder.
Furthermore, there are plenty of connections available on the back of the card, if you are hoping to plug in multiple gaming monitors. The GTX 590 supports up to three displays at once with three DVI ports and a mini Display-Port. The dual-link DVI connections ensure you can run your displays at a very high resolution.
Nvidia Geforce GTX 590: How is the Price?
With an original MSRP of $699 in 2011, the good news is that this price has gone down substantially over the past ten years. The GTX 590 is immune to the current craze in the GPU market, and you should be able to find one for under $200 if you really want one.
Furthermore, the used market should have plenty of options for this card.
One thing you want to be careful of when buying a used GPU is that the components can wear out from years of use. The thermal paste between the graphics chip and the heatsink will dry out and become less reliable over time, leading to overheating. If you buy a used GTX 590, just make sure to replace the thermal paste and keep an eye on your temperature.
The Ultimate Question: Can the Nvidia Geforce GTX 590 Still Game?
You shouldn’t get your hopes up for playing the latest games on the GTX 590. Although it is technically a DirectX 12 graphics card, like its predecessor, it only has full support for DirectX 11 games. Newer games that require full DirectX 12 support will either not work at all or simply be unreliable.
We compiled benchmarks from some older games to gain an understanding of this GPU’s true capabilities. Overall, the results are decent, considering the age of this card. With 3GB of total graphics memory, texture-filled and detailed games run better than similar GPUs of the time.
We ran tests in full 1080p resolution since 4K gaming is simply out of the question. Besides that, the performance is not too bad. Have a look at the table to see for yourself.
| Category | Medium Settings | Highest Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Just Cause 2 | 58 + FPS | 45+ FPS |
| Mass Effect 2 | 123+ FPS | 102+ FPS |
| Metro 2033 | 77+ FPS | 46+ FPS |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat | 86+ FPS | 53+ FPS |
| Battlefield Bad Company 2 | 125+ FPS | 79+ FPS |
| Splinter Cell: Conviction | 87+ FPS | 73+ FPS |
As we can tell from the benchmarks, gaming performance is more than sufficient. If you are building a vintage gamer or prefer old games in general, the GTX 590 is fantastic. Furthermore, performance on some less-demanding newer games should be decent as well, thanks to the advanced dual-chip architecture.
The Final Verdict
The answer to the question really depends on your goals and intentions. If you want to play the latest games, there are many other better GPUs that you could buy. In contrast, the GTX 1060-6GB or the GTX 1050-Ti would be a better graphics card if you want to play newer games on a budget. AMD also has some decent budget options that would be better than the GTX 590.
However, if you can find a great deal on this card, and love playing older games, then it may be worth buying. Just keep in mind that the GTX 590 is very power-hungry and takes up a lot of space relative to the level of performance it delivers, so it shouldn’t be your first choice if you want a quality budget GPU.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 590: Full Review with Features, Price, and More FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is the GTX 590?
The GTX 590 is an older graphics card from Nvidia. It is based on the GF110 graphics architecture and is unique in that it packs two graphics processors on a single board.
How much VRAM does the GTX 590 have?
The GTX 590 packs a total of 3072 MB of GDDR5. This much Vram is still decent even by today’s standards, but it was a true behemoth when it was first released.
How much does the GTX 590 cost?
When the GTX 590 was first released in 2011, it shipped with an MSRP of $699. Today you can still find this card for around $200.
Review and test of the video card Point of View GeForce GTX 590 GreenTech_Reviews
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In this review, we will recall the previous generation of video cards, namely the model with two GPUs — GTX 590 from vendor Point of View.
In the first part of testing, we will find out if it is worth changing the GTX 590 on video cards of the current generation (GTX 680, GTX Titan, HD 7970), and in the second (both parts will be in this material) we will see the dependence of performance on monitor screen resolution.
As expected, no technical changes have been made to the GTX 590. The manufacturer’s labels are located on the casing of the cooling system.
On the reverse side of the video card, you can see two backplates, which also remove heat from the memory chips located under them.
The video card receives additional power through two 8-pin connectors.
Video outputs are represented by three DL DVI-I and one mini-DisplayPort.
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GeForce GTX 590 has a dual-slot cooling system option. But if you look at the card from the side, you can see that it is actually a little thinner, which, with proper ventilation of the case, will allow you to install two such cards side by side (although it is still not recommended).
When organizing airflow, it is worth considering that half of the hot air is blown into the case.
Our model GTX 590 has a reference frequency of 608/1215/3416 MHz.
Testing
Test bench:
Motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus V Gene
Processor Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5 GHz
RAM Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer BLT4G3D1869DT2TXOB (2x 4 GB, 1866 MHz, 9-9-9-27)
NZXT Hale82 Power Supply 650W
For the first part of testing, our standard graphics settings in games were applied, which can be found in the corresponding material.
3DMark 11 Performance
3DMark 11, Extreme
Unigine Heaven 3.0, 8xMSAA, Result
Unigine Heaven 3.0, 8xMSAA, fps
Batman: Arkham City
DiRT Showdown
Hitman: Absolution, 8xAA
Hitman: Absolution, 4xAA
Hitman: Absolution, 0xAA
Metro 2033
Sleeping Dogs
Mafia 2
3DMark Ice Storm (0 — card not tested)
3DMark Cloud Gate (0 — card not tested)
3DMark Fire Strike (0 — card not tested)
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (0 — card not tested)
The second part of testing
In this part we will see how much the performance drops when changing the resolution.
In total, we will check in three resolutions — 1280×1024, 1680×1050 and 1920×1080.
Game settings are somewhat different from those used in the first part. Metro 2033 and Batman: Arkham City now include PhysX technology. In BioShock Infinite, preset #2 of the built-in benchmark was tested.
Metro 2033
Batman: Arkham City
Hitman: Absolution
BioShock Infinite
Conclusion
If you are not going to buy a new monitor with a resolution higher than 1920×1200 pixels, then the GeForce GTX 590 still does its job quite well. The only exception was the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme test, which requires over 1.7 GB of video memory. Failures in BioShock Infinite can also be written off, because. this «feature» of the benchmark is valid for all video cards and will be corrected in the drivers for the cards of both camps.
The editors would like to thank Point of View for providing the GeForce GTX 590 video card.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
Quite recently, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card fell into my hands. To be honest, it’s always nice to have such a «monster» inside the system unit. I begin my review in which I will talk about first impressions, tests and prospects.
Supported technologies
DirectX 11, SLI, 3D VISION
First impressions
When you hold one of the best video cards in the world, to be honest, emotions simply overwhelm. You are at a loss for words. I’m not an exception. Immediately after the purchase, I rushed home as quickly as possible. I just couldn’t wait to try out my new acquisition.
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Packaging appearance |
As you can see, the packaging looks pretty nice.
It shows all the technologies that the video card supports. However, I quickly opened the box to enjoy the card itself.
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Oh, how beautiful it is! |
After about 15 minutes, the card was already inside the system unit, so it’s time to move on to the results of the first tests.
Video card testing:
I spent about two days testing it. All my tests agreed with the test results from fcenter. As a result of the tests, I believed the comparative tests of fcenter. Therefore, I will show their test charts, in which you can see comparative tests of the latest video cards, where the GTX 59 is also present.0, and similar to the Radeon HD 6990. I will comment on all graphs, but I will start with the list of tested games.
Crysis (DirectX 10) — version 1.
2.1, «Very High» settings profile, double cycle of «Assault Harbor» demo from Crysis Benchmark Tool version 1.0.0.5;
Far Cry 2 (DirectX 10) — version 1.03, «Ultra High» graphics quality profile, double «Ranch Small» test cycle from Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool v1.0.0.1;
BattleForge: Lost Souls (DirectX 11) — version 1.2 (10.02.2011), maximum graphics quality settings, shadows enabled, SSAO technology enabled, double run of the test built into the game;
Resident Evil 5 (DirectX 10.1) – version 1.2, testing a variable test with maximum graphics settings without motion blur, the average value of the third scene of the test was taken as the result, as the most resource-intensive;
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (DirectX 11) – version 1.6.02, settings profile “Improved dynamic lighting DX11” with additional manual setting of all parameters to the maximum, own demo-recording “cop03” was tested at the “Backwater” level;
Borderlands: the Secret Armory of General Knoxx (DLC) (DirectX 9) — game version 1.
4.1, testing «timedemo1_p» with maximum quality settings;
Grand Theft Auto IV — Episodes From Liberty City (DirectX 9) — version 1.1.2.0, test from «The Ballad of Gay Tony», settings «Very High», «View Distance» = 23%;
Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice (DirectX 9) — game version 2.0.6.0, maximum quality, tested own demo «d60» (two cycles) on map «1. Docks», stage «Victim»;
Metro 2033: The Last Refuge (DirectX 10/11) — version 1.2, official test used, «High» quality settings, tessellation, DOF and MSAA4x disabled, AAA anti-aliasing used, «Frontline» scene double sequential pass;
Just Cause 2 (DirectX 11) – version 1.0.0.2, maximum quality settings, background blur and GPU water simulation methods activated, double sequential pass of the Dark Tower demo;
Aliens vs. Predator (2010) (DirectX 11) — Texture Quality at Very High, Shadow Quality at High, SSAO enabled, two test runs at each resolution;
Lost Planet 2 (DirectX 11) — game version 1.
0, maximum graphics quality settings, motion blur enabled, performance test «B» was used;
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty (DirectX 11) — game version 1.0, all graphics settings to «Ultra», physics «Ultra», reflections on, double two-minute test of own demo «jt1»;
Mafia 2 (DirectX 9) — game version 1.0.0.3, maximum graphics quality settings, double run of the test built into the game;
Sid Meier’s Civilization V (DirectX 11) — game version 1.0.1.135, maximum graphics quality settings, double run of the «diplomatic» test of the five most difficult scenes;
F1 2010 (DirectX 11) — game version 1.01, built-in Ultra-quality test, consisting of one lap on the Silverstone track;
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 (DirectX 11) – version 1.04, maximum graphics quality settings, shadows enabled, tessellation enabled, test scene double run;
Crysis 2 (DirectX 9) — beta version, «Hardcore» graphics quality profile, two-time demo recording on the «CentralPark» stage.
Tests comparing different video cards.
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In Crysis, the video card from NVIDIA loses a little to the Radeon HD 6990. The gap is quite small, so it is not very noticeable.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
Here NVIDIA also loses quite a bit. It’s also not noticeable.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
The output is ambiguous in this game. Without anti-aliasing, Radeon’s product wins for the third time, but with 8x anti-aliasing GTX 590 breaks the opponent’s streak.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
In Resident Evil 5, the advantage of the GTX 590 is simply undeniable. Here the video card takes full advantage and the score becomes 3-2, in favor of the Radeon HD 6990
Review of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Review of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Victory in FPS is again for the green. And now the score is even. 3-3.
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In Borderlands GTX 590 again ahead. Here the red team is significantly behind, as a result of which the game may seem uncomfortable. Finally, NVIDIA gets the advantage and takes the lead with a score of 4-3.
Review of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Review of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
In this game, both cards show approximately the same results, but still NVIDIA is ahead again. The lead is widening.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
Finally, Radeon wins after a long series of defeats. The gap decreases and the score is already 5-4.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
In Metro 2033 the results are very interesting. At 1920×1080 the GTX 590 wins, but at 2560×1600 the results are equal. No matter how it was, but NVIDIA again brings one point to its piggy bank.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
In Just Cause 2, the Radeon HD 6990 wins, but the gap is minimal. It is also worth noting the high performance of both video cards. The gap is minimal. Score 6-5.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
In Aliens vs. Predators the situation is the same as in the previous game. The score is equal again. 6-6.
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Now the GTX 590 wins, although it still loses a little to the GTX 570! 7-6.
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Without anti-aliasing, the results are almost the same, but with anti-aliasing, the Radeon completely fails, showing terribly low FPS. Score 8-6.
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A clear advantage of the GeForce GTX 590 is observed only in the simplest graphics mode — at a resolution of 1920×1080 and without anti-aliasing. The higher the load, the closer the Radeon HD 6990 gets to the opponent, and, finally, at a resolution of 2560×1600 with anti-aliasing, it outperforms the competitor by as much as two frames per second. The account remains the same.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
Radeon HD 6990 wins a little. Score 8-7.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
In the Formula 1 game, the Reds noticeably win and level the score. 8-8.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 video card review
It didn’t take long to wait for the GeForce GTX 590’s revenge for the defeat in F1 2010 — it’s on the diagram. The advantage of NVIDIA in this test is quite significant, but it should be noted that in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 is enough for one Radeon HD 6970 (even for the most resource-intensive graphics modes). 9-8.
Review of video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Review of video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
In our opinion, comments are unnecessary for the results obtained in the beta version of Crysis 2. This game is also not included in the summary diagrams due to the fact that with the release of the official version, testing on a “semi-finished product” has lost even its exclusively cognitive relevance.
AND FINALLY GTX 590 GIVES A VERY HARD VICTORY. 10-8!
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So, in a very difficult fight NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 wins with a score of 10-8. |