When the gtx590 and hd6990 out in uk?

jigger · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:51

Because I think Nvidia know its unlikely they could sell enough to make mass production worthwhile.

Jono8 · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:05

Otaku Punk said:
Do you think the release of these new cards will have any affect on the price of existing cards? For example, even though the price difference is so huge, would we see something like the 6970 coming down in price?

I doubt it. These arent replacing anything. They are simply a whole new performance/price bracket.

leinad amme · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:08

Why exactly because of the cost of there gpu chips? I suppose these are enthusiast cards and although there is a demand for them it's still not a high enough number to mass produce but isn't that the same for Ati 6990?

mountaincow · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:16

I see the vram numbers being thrown around but you have to remember it is effectively 1.5 GB on the 590 and 2GB on the 6990, as they are SLI/crossfire solutions.

leinad amme · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:19

Jazzerman said:
I see the vram numbers being thrown around but you have to remember it is effectively 1.5 GB on the 590 and 2GB on the 6990, as they are SLI/crossfire solutions.

Yeah this is gna be my fourth dual gpu so I'm not saying it is. 3870x2. 4870x2 5970 now either 6990 or 590

jigger · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:32

leinad amme said:
Why exactly because of the cost of there gpu chips? I suppose these are enthusiast cards and although there is a demand for them it's still not a high enough number to mass produce but isn't that the same for Ati 6990?

Its not just the cost factor, but realistically Nvidia would have to lose money on every GTX590 sold IMO.

ATI are just in another league in terms of production. The HD6990 has a realistic pricing slot to fill, but the GTX590 slot is already filled by the GTX580.

leinad amme · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:37

jigger said:
Its not just the cost factor, but realistically Nvidia would have to lose money on every GTX590 sold IMO.

ATI are just in another league in terms of production. The HD6990 has a realistic pricing slot to fill, but the GTX590 slot is already filled by the GTX580.

Yeah I actually agree with that tbh good point. I'm torn between the 2 cards so much so I hope they stupidly price the 590 or it's always out of stock so I can make a choice lol

Cleeecooo · 7 Mar 2011 at 07:39

jigger said:
Its not just the cost factor, but realistically Nvidia would have to lose money on every GTX590 sold IMO.

ATI are just in another league in terms of production. The HD6990 has a realistic pricing slot to fill, but the GTX590 slot is already filled by the GTX580.

Why would they lose money. If they did they wouldnt sell it

bru · 7 Mar 2011 at 08:39

Its just certain naysayers have the opinion that Nvidia must sell these GPU's at a loss, when in reality none of us have a clue how much it actually costs to make each die.

[/sarcasm] cue someone with a cost analysis of biscuits per 1000 with only X percent actually having the required amount of chocolate chips per square inch so as to be viable for "Cookies R US" to sell as their premier brand biscuits, but taking into account the cost of each cherry, that has to be strategically placed in the exact center else the biscuit can only be sold as one of the lesser quality biscuits. [/sarcasm]

gareth170 · 7 Mar 2011 at 09:22

WingZero30 said:
6990 has 4GB isn't it? Also if your main system ram is also 4GB, how will it affect the usage of system ram and general computing tasks?

it has 2x 2gb = 2gb usage...

for 4gb usage it needs to have 2x 4gb on it.

RENEG4D3 · 7 Mar 2011 at 10:06

so let me get this staright, nvidia will only produce a limited number of gtx590's due to loss in selling them, this means that the cayman powerd antilles chip(hd6990) will win wont it? is nvidia just making this gtx590 as a final hurrah for the fermi cards?

bru · 7 Mar 2011 at 11:20

this is pure supposition, there is no evidence to support this at all.

Nvidia wont even admit to the GTX590's existence let alone give out any facts about the costing of such cards.

Muzy · 7 Mar 2011 at 11:43

Aedus said:
I heard the 6990 is out in 2 days.

There's already some Euro sites with pre-orders up:
http://www.salland.eu/product/97989...096-mb-90-c3chi0-t0uay0yz.html?tab=2&desc=lim

haha at the price

this is a joke right.

leinad amme · 7 Mar 2011 at 11:46

Muzy said:
haha at the price this is a joke right.

If it's around 600 quid you will hear me crying from across the country for about a week or 2 trying to pull 200 extra quid out my ass

mukhs11 · 7 Mar 2011 at 12:20

thats real expensive if true.

RENEG4D3 · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:45

agreed very expensive, but wasnt there leaks on the internet of the gtx590, which apparently was originally the gtx595, and i have read around ppl saying there is more info on gtx590 than 6990. is that true you guys rekon?

Stanners · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:11

RENEG4D3 said:
agreed very expensive, but wasnt there leaks on the internet of the gtx590, which apparently was originally the gtx595, and i have read around ppl saying there is more info on gtx590 than 6990. is that true you guys rekon?

No

RENEG4D3 · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:27

well like i said its jus what i read, on the net, suppose just have to wait the 4-5 days untill 6990 comes out. and id be very interesd in the benchmarks

RENEG4D3 · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:20

well the nvidia gtx590 are apparently coming out 22nd march if anyones interested.

kylew · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:54

Cleeecooo said:
Why would they lose money. If they did they wouldnt sell it

You clearly don't know nVidia that well, that's pretty much what they did with the GTX480, and the 470 to a lesser extent. To "save face", the most powerful card is seemingly the most important thing to them. I wouldn't put it past them at all to sell something at a loss just to make sure they're perceived as "the best" by having the fastest graphics card. Even if it's actually slower than the 6990, they'll find some way to declare it as the fastest, be that skewed benchmarks using PhysX, or something completely idiotic.