NVIDIA GTX 590 Review

ccokeman - March 24, 2011

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Specifications:

	Graphics Card	GTX 590
Processing Units	Graphics Processing Clusters	8
	Streaming Multiprocessors	32
	CUDA Cores	1024 512x2
	Texture Units	128
	ROP Units	96
Clock Speeds	Graphics Clock (Fixed Function Units)	612 MHz
	Processor Clock (CUDA Cores)	1224 MHz
	Memory Clock (Clock rate / Data rate)	3420 MHz (855 MHz)
Memory	L2 Cache Size	768KB x 2
	Total Video Memory	3072MB GDDR5
	Memory Interface	384-bit
	Total Memory Bandwidth	327.7 GB/s
Fillrate	Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)	77.7 GigaTexels/sec
Physical & Thermal	Fabrication Process	40 nm
	Transistor Count	3 Billion x 2
	Connectors	3 x Dual-Link DVI-I 1 x Mini DisplayPort
	Form Factor	Dual Slot
	Power Connectors	2 x 8 pin
	Recommended Power Supply	700 Watts
	Thermal Design Power (TDP)1	365 Watts
	Thermal Threshold	97 C

Features:

Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support: DirectX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround Ready*: Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA® Surround™ also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.
Interactive Ray Tracing: By tracing the path of light through a 3D scene, ray tracing uses the power of the GPU to create spectacular, photo-realistic visuals. Get a glimpse into the future of gaming with ray tracing.
4-way NVIDIA SLI® Technology*:
NVIDIA PhysX® Technology: Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology: CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.
64x Anti-aliasing Technology: Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 64x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology: The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
PCI Express 2.0 Support: Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing