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GIGABYTE 590

lake2k

lake2k

lake2k

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I have just ordered a gigabyte 590 as am replacing my 580 reason going this route is not got room for 2 580 cards and am wanting it for 3d vision and i will be overclocking it although the oc will be to test its capabilitys i do this when getting new hardware

I have paid 470 its used and few month old and i just started reading about them burning out and now paranoid and thinking of canceling it and waiting few months am just asking advice pref good advice and no abuse which you sometimes get on here lol
PS i no i got enough power as i got a 1200 watt corsair pro psu
 
You can overclock but just don't mess with the voltage.

Try and get the best clocks without voltage increase and you should be some what safe.
 
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I tried by trying my 580 i already got in the next pci e slot and it would not fit due to resting on the psu i got

Am using a asus p6t deluxe v1
 
ive got a gigabyte gtx590.

Runs sweet as a nut and very quiet compared to my gtx480 SOC.

Temps are good and so far *touch wood* never had an issue. Have owned since launch.

Not tried to oc the card as to be honest it performs spot on at 2560 x 1600. Settings maxed out on any game Ive through at it.

I was previously rocking 3 x dell 2011s but upgraded to the 30"er lol
 
As Mattjd says for the love of god don't mess with the GPU voltage. There have been stories of the 590 dying at stock voltages, but they are far less likely to than those when overclocked/overvolted. I'd be wary of overclocking anyway, preventive Nvidia driver revisions have had the 590 underclocked to 500mhz to prevent such problems occurring.

Both Dual-GPU solutions this generation have been dodgy I'm afraid: the 590 is unreliable and underwhelming speed-wise (two GTX580 GPUs should steamroller the 6990. The 590 is slower than said 6990), and the 6990 is very loud and very hot due to an inadequate cooler. Is there no other way for you to go multi-GPU? Maybe get another GTX580+new Motherboard?
 
Why the need to overclock a 'potentially' indignant piece of hardware that is fast enough in the first place?

Safer to run it at stock than be left with a piece of smoking metal that has no warranty, is it not?
 
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