NVIDIA's Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 Video Card

The GeForce GTX 590 video card launched by NVIDIA is an immediate release after the AMD's recently released Radeon HD 6990. The video card is the first dual-GPU by the brand since the last outcome GTX 295 in early 2009. The new product holds a pair of GF110 GPU’s (like the ones used in GTX 580, which is the faster GPU card available) on a single video card. As a result, what you get is a 1,024 CUDA processing cores, 128 texture units, 96 ROP units, and 32 tessellation engines. The graphic rate at which the card works is 607MHz, with its processor rating to 1,215 MHz and its memory rating to 3,414 MHz. The device comes with 3,072MB of GDDR5 memory which is for the frame buffer and operates over a 384-bit memory interface.

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Functionality:

The all new GTX 590 is equipped with a fan placed in the centre for the purpose of cooling along with a different kind of display output through three DVI ports and one Mini Display Port jack. The mentioned ports and jacks let you to connect up to three monitors together that can be used with NVIDIA’s Surround system or 3D vision surround, if stereoscopic 3D is to be added to the mix at all. The card comes with a head turning performance, is quieter and shorter than the AMD’s Radeon HD 6990. The NVIDIA GTX 590 is efficient to deliver the world’s fastest performance for DX11 games, like the “DX11 Done Right” GPU’s. The brand’s SLI technology can do wonders, as it’s the industry’s most scalable multi-GPU platform with the help of which the gamers can increase their PC’s gaming performance by adding a second newly launched product for marvelous Quad SLI gaming mode. NVIDIA’s new offering has a unique cooling system with dual vapor chambers, which makes it work better for performance and acoustics.

What to expect:

A resolution of 2560x1600 and higher can be provided by the GTX 590’s 32 tessellation engines as they can power today's techno designed DX11 games. Also, a resolution of 5760x1080 can be displayed as there are four separate video outputs on each card and consumers can notice that simultaneously all the displays work independently or the gaming can be spanned over three 3D displays, Quad SLI and an acoustic envelope that speaks itself for how quite it is. The card represents itself of how a dual graphics card looks, performs, and sounds like. The card has a 2 x 384-bit memory interface and a 3GB GDDR5 memory. There is 40nm fabrication process that the card works on and supports DirectX 11.

What not to expect:

The power requirement of the card is high depending on its size. Also, a high wattage of atleast 700 watts should be pushed from the PSU and there should be two 8-pin power connectors that are free.

Wrap up:

The dual-GPU card by NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 590, is surely the most updated graphics card launched by any company recently. The gamers would presumably spend even the hefty amount levied to buy this card. Having said that the card is quite and has an excellent performance, isn’t it priced high compared to the AMD’s Radeon HD 6990?

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NVIDIA unveils a new Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 Video Card