***Revised GeForce GTX 590 Cards In June***

[Final8y]

Remember the horror of GeForce GTX 590 going up in smoke while benching? Well, apparently NVIDIA has found a way to solve this issue completely without doing a quick fix through the drivers. The solution : a much needed hardware fix where the new inductors are added to the card. However, the new inductors are larger in size therefore a change to the baseplate is needed.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/revised-geforce-gtx-590-cards-in-june/12222.html#

 

[Gerard]

So whats that mean for current 590 owners? A recall and replacement?

 

[ajones32]

Took them long enough to fix it, but I'm happy that they did.

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

i knew they were waiting until i bought 480's ffs

 

[Stripes]

I thought it was fairly conclusively shown that the 590's going up in smoke were a result of some pesky reviewers deliberately going well beyond the voltage limits, using the inflammatory videos as link-bait.

 

[An Exception]

^^^
No it wasn't, they blew up at stock as well, one user on this forum even posted the pic's of his dead 590, which he strongly confirmed was running stock.

 

[deusexlumina]

The fact nvidia is revamping these cards is evidence there was a serious problem with them. Still, at least they are fixing it.

 

[wentalong]

good that they've done this but will it now be able to compare to a 6990?

 

[scrlk]

good that they've done this but will it now be able to compare to a 6990?

It's just a component to prevent it going up in smoke. I doubt it will have any effect.

 

[drunkenmaster]

It's just a component to prevent it going up in smoke. I doubt it will have any effect.

well if they put a whole £20's worth of better quality VRM's on the card, as in an appropriate amount for 2xgf110's, then they thing could finally be safe to overclock to "proper" 580gtx speeds, and potentially even higher.

Doesn't sound like they are doing that, which is very weird, better quality VRM's and a 3rd party triple slot cooler from MSI or someone and the thing shouldn't have any issue doing 850-900Mhz on both cores, safely, at decent temps and noise and being a ridiculously good card.

Theres better value cards out now, but the point is to be able to say the 590gtx is good, rather than a complete waste of time. Its insanely stupid to skimp on VRM's which massively limits the cards potential. Nvidia flat out lied about power usage anyway, so who really cares if it used another 100W, officially, tell the world it uses 50W, a lie is a lie, it doesn't really matter how big of a lie it is.

IT sounds like rather than put in proper VRM's, they are putting in a real hardware limit that physically prevents the VRM's using enough power to fry themselves.

 

[Ezyryder]

I really feel sorry of those who bought a 590 GTX at the beginning. Lets hope that they get a replacement at least

 

[sand_dune]

6990 is £100 cheaper and doesn't go up in smoke, why should anyone consider nvidia? and new cards from amd will probably be out about the same time.

 

[Stanners]

6990 is £100 cheaper and doesn't go up in smoke, why should anyone consider nvidia? and new cards from amd will probably be out about the same time.

New cards from AMD out at the same time? what cards are we talking about here or is it just what you think with nothing to back it up.

 

[opethdisciple]

New cards from AMD out at the same time? what cards are we talking about here or is it just what you think with nothing to back it up.

Nah this is just Nvidia rejigging the existing GTX 590, fixing its flaws, as basically its broken at the moment.

 

[Mr Krugga]

Should have released working models to compete with AMD when the time was right.

That's not to say that the AMD's card wasn't the loudest of the lot either.

We're living in the times where the absolute high-end is for enthusiast only as it has no real-world use in games any more.

Damn consoles, holding us "true gamers" back

 

[DeadMan]

Hit the nail on the proverbal head there, why do we need this much graphics processor power to run a console ported game?

 

[wentalong]

Hit the nail on the proverbal head there, why do we need this much graphics processor power to run a console ported game?

because bigger is betteerrrrrrrr hehe narr i dont know tbh, seems a lot of money lol my 4670 happy ate any gate thrown at it at 1440x900 on good quality, and even getting near maxed out on crysis with 0xAA...

 

[Predicament]

Hit the nail on the proverbal head there, why do we need this much graphics processor power to run a console ported game?

multi monitors, 30" monitors, 3D, or frivilous amounts of AA

 

[233]

Hit the nail on the proverbal head there, why do we need this much graphics processor power to run a console ported game?

epeen

 

[Arcane]

Hit the nail on the proverbal head there, why do we need this much graphics processor power to run a console ported game?

3D Vision can cane my 580's.