NVIDIA's dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 emerges, can't slay the Radeon HD 6990 titan

1,024 total CUDA cores, 94 ROPs, and 3GB of GDDR5 RAM on board. Yup, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is indeed a pair of GTX 580 chips spliced together, however power constraints have meant that each of those chips is running at a tamer pace that their single-card variant. The core clock speed is down to 607MHz, shaders are only doing 1.2GHz, and the memory clocks in at 3.4GHz. Still, there's a ton of grunt under that oversized shroud and reviewers have put it to the test against AMD's incumbent single-card performance leader, the Radeon HD 6990. Just like the GTX 590, it sports a pair of AMD's finest GPUs and costs a wallet-eviscerating $699. Alas, after much benchmarking, testing, and staring at extremely beautiful graphics, the conclusion was that AMD retains its title. But only just. And, as Tech Report points out, the GTX 590 has a remarkably quiet cooler for a heavy duty pixel pusher of its kind.

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EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 pricing leaked, yours for $719?

The card's NDA is about to be lifted anytime now, but the mystery of Nvidia's latest flagship graphic card is still surrounding us, with more so called 'leaked' fake pictures surfacing onto the Internet. Here's a leaked photo of an unknown internal inventory system listing the GTX 590 from EVGA for $719. Tiger Direct has also listed the card for a whopping $730. If you're seriously considering the card, do remember that a single GF110 GTX 590 easily consumes about 300W of power, and 350W after overclocking. The GTX 590 will contain two GF110 chips, so you'll need about 700W at least for the card alone. Having a MSRP of above $700 seemed fair enough, which is close to AMD's Radeon HD 6990 and Radeon HD 5970.

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