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Are these being phased out or is there simply no stock anywhere at the moment? I see OCUK have 1 'value' version in stock, but at £700 I think the description might be wrong!
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Where are all the 590s?
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They're crap so people don't buy them so Nvidia don't make them.
What exactly is wrong with them? I've heard they used to 'splode but I wouldn't mind learning the specifics.
Weak vrm circuitry on the 590's I'm afraid.
The launch driver caused the vrm's to blow, but since launch Nvidia has enforced power regulation into the driver to stop this happening at a cost of limiting overclocks.
You would be better off just getting a 580 or 2.
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LOL.. IMO get a 580 or 2 580's...
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so this happened to every 590 that used those drivers? Assuming it was a reference card?
the problem should be solved. I think it had to do with 10 the drivers and 20 the component manufacturers, not EVGA, Gigabyte etc, but the people who manufacture each of the other bits on the card.
It only happened when people overclocked them
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Ah. Thanks for the info.
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Not from user feedback.
There was a guy here that had one(can't remember who), that iirc, he said his done it without oc'ing.
As I said earlier I think the card throttles down now if the power delivery is too much with an adverse effect on performance which can be a huge hit.
In light of the fact that too many blew up, I don't think Nvidia partners manufacture very many as it's not cost effective to keep replacing them.
As I said earlier I think the card throttles down now if the power delivery is too much with an adverse effect on performance which can be a huge hit.
In light of the fact that too many blew up, I don't think Nvidia partners manufacture very many as it's not cost effective to keep replacing them.
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I think stock is low everywhere, we have 2 at work on backorder from a distributor for what seems like 2 months.
That video was supposedly staged, as they'd broken the earlier one by overclocking, so got another and setup the system to prime it to perform for the camera the second time. So, yeah, I think the problem was overclocking, so Nvidia imposed a core voltage limit via the drivers - see the news here from the time.
Then, there were rumours that it was going to be redesigned, but these were quashed as the manufacturers replied and said the current design was 'just fine'.
Never the less, it's been an unpopular card, probably mostly down to cost and the above video, so I'd steer clear and go GTX 580 or GTX 580 SLI if you need it.
Then, there were rumours that it was going to be redesigned, but these were quashed as the manufacturers replied and said the current design was 'just fine'.
Never the less, it's been an unpopular card, probably mostly down to cost and the above video, so I'd steer clear and go GTX 580 or GTX 580 SLI if you need it.
Regardless, the fact remains that if they'd got the power circuitry right it could have overclocked to the max and been a beast of a card. Massively high end stuff like that should be bomb proof, not have driver limits to stop it going pop.