Nvidia pulls GTX 590 to March 24th

Neil79 · 18 Mar 2011 at 16:58

http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/22152-nvidia-pulls-gtx-590-to-march-24th

So no new official nvidia drivers till next week

jigger · 18 Mar 2011 at 17:51

So Nvidia have announced the card ?

cjgardens · 18 Mar 2011 at 18:02

jigger said:
So Nvidia have announced the card ?

By the looks of it 24th of this month

maddness · 18 Mar 2011 at 23:31

or maybe 22nd, seen it listed on other sites

IvanDobskey · 18 Mar 2011 at 23:37

Dread to think how much it will cost

Andrei23 · 19 Mar 2011 at 01:35

IvanDobskey said:
Dread to think how much it will cost

My bet is that it will cost as least as much as 2 gtx 580s, if not a bit more

joxang · 19 Mar 2011 at 01:46

Andrei23 said:
My bet is that it will cost as least as much as 2 gtx 580s, if not a bit more

Or quite a bit more

...

stulid · 19 Mar 2011 at 03:40

still 22nd here

www.digitimes.com/news/a20110317PD215.html

cjgardens · 19 Mar 2011 at 06:21

I think it will cost 50quid less than 2 580's or they will not sell

FlukeRogi · 19 Mar 2011 at 07:25

cjgardens said:
I think it will cost 50quid less than 2 580's or they will not sell

Would be surprised. People thought the same with the price of the 6990 vs 2x6970s, and look what happened there.

Cleeecooo · 19 Mar 2011 at 11:11

FlukeRogi said:
Would be surprised. People thought the same with the price of the 6990 vs 2x6970s, and look what happened there.

The 6990 is less than two 6970's. Its more than two 6950's tho

JonnyGLC · 19 Mar 2011 at 11:16

Cleeecooo said:
The 6990 is less than two 6970's. Its more than two 6950's tho

No, it's not :confused:

trisp · 19 Mar 2011 at 13:09

A random name said:
No, it's not

agreed^

Cheapest ati 6970 is 265 x 2 = 530 pounds, Cheapest 6990 is 550 pounds so its 20 pounds more for less performance and hotter temps...

Vanquished007 · 19 Mar 2011 at 15:00

Any benches out yet?

jrwagh333 · 19 Mar 2011 at 16:23

trisp said:
agreed^

Cheapest ati 6970 is 265 x 2 = 530 pounds, Cheapest 6990 is 550 pounds so its 20 pounds more for less performance and hotter temps...

Yes 2x 6970's would be better in all cases. I suppose a 6990 is only good if you want 2x 6970's but only have 1 PCIe slot. Like say a mini ITX rig

jigger · 19 Mar 2011 at 17:01

I'm not sure if the article is talking about the Nvidia release or just some kind of announcement. Either way I cant see why a day driver delay would make any difference.

Andrei23 · 23 Mar 2011 at 04:21

what do they mean by next gen? is it going to be on 32 or 28 nm litography? if not, then it's not really next gen, it's more like two current gen gpu's slapped together in unholy matrimony

old gamer · 23 Mar 2011 at 04:36

i saw a guy on fleabay importing from hong kong £533, my guess is its not going to be anything like 580 crossfire but more like 570 or even 560

drunkenmaster · 23 Mar 2011 at 05:44

jrwagh333 said:
Yes 2x 6970's would be better in all cases. I suppose a 6990 is only good if you want 2x 6970's but only have 1 PCIe slot. Like say a mini ITX rig

The problem being that the vast vast majority of all tiny rigs wouldn't come close to fitting a 6990 in terms of length/size anyway and noise in a tiny less well ventilated rig will be awful with the fan ramping up all the way.

Really the only reason I can see for getting 2x6990's is if you intend to go quadfire and then have 2 cards with a bit of space between, where as 4x 6970's will be a right pain in the arse. More so when you get "proper" 6990's, as in with triple slot cooling, 20-30c lower temps, almost silent fans then 2 custom cooled 6990's will be a heck of a lot less hassle and fit way easier than 4 custom cooled 6970's.

I think we'll see 6990's from MSI, Asus, XFX with daft huge coolers on that work pretty well and due to 590gtx prices(probably) there will be a bit of a drop in price and increase in competitiveness , cooler, quieter and £450 and they become really really good cards, now, meh.

The 590gtx does look like its got a "proper" fan, which even though its not designed for exactly how its being used, should provide much higher cfm for any given sound level.

The real question is why AMD again opted for a daft radial fan with horrible airflow when there was plenty of room to put in the exact same fan Nvidia went with, the only difference is a bigger hole in the shroud.