Gtx 590 question

[Cory_plays_games]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more

3. Supports current nvidia drivers

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

[TomvanWijnen]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

4. sure

5. I think (not 100% sure) that it in total has 3 GB of VRAM, but that's for both GPUs. Only 1.5GB will be usable.

6. sure

[MrIceCremeLollipop]

yeah all of them just what will you do in the 4 years?
 

[VioDuskar]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years  NO

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more NO

3. Supports current nvidia drivers YES

4. Can do 2 way sli YES

5. at least 3gb of ram NO

6. can be slightly overclocked MAYBE

[don_svetlio]

1 - no
2 - yes
3 - no
4 - it's already in 2-way SLI
5 - no, it has 1.5GB
6 - HELL NO

[Cory_plays_games]

ok... well back to the drawing board.

[theereal]

1. Even a 750Ti will last longer than 4 years, If It will run games well after 4 years thats another question.

2. Depends on the graphical settings.

3. Nobody can know that.

4. Yes

5. No

6. Doubt It

[don_svetlio]

ok... well back to the drawing board.

590 = 2x 580

[FixedDevice]

Hey, Cory.

 

What budget are we looking at here for the entire system?

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more

3. Supports current nvidia drivers

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

 

As a Person who ran a GTX 590 In her old system (GTX 590 + i7 3770K at stock With Windows 7) before PSU shenanigans (afterwords i was running my 4820K with my HD 7950 which ran a lot better)

 

1 Likely not, The 1.5gb Vram cap will hurt the card.

2 Benchmarks im reading at 1080P says the 590 could do 45-55fps on BF4.

3 I think they still roll out nvidia drivers for it, i would get the latest one.

4 590 is a Dual 580 on one card, so it's already SLI, but 2 590's would be 4 way sli and i wouldn't recommend that, plus you probably could afford a 980ti with the cost of both cards + something like an AX1500i to power them.

5 it's 1.5gb vram for each GPU, the 3gb is a good marketing thing that they do for dual cards.

6 GTX 590 without a fancy cooling solution would be the utterly last card i would ever consider overclocking, when i had mine running at stock (around 650Mhz on each core) i was getting well into the 90C's with it.

 

if i can make a recommendation, i would go for a HD 7970/7950 instead, personally i found it has nearish 590 performance but without all the drawbacks, or if you can stretch go for a Used R9 290.

 

Then again i found the 590 to be a pretty unique card to have in a build. but it is quite a hassle to live with...so i'd definately wouldn't use it in a everyday Gaming/Workstation PC but for a PC to build just for playing about with or just trying something different, yeah .

[harrynowl]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more

3. Supports current nvidia drivers

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

1. Probably but not as a card to play trip-As

2. Easily but you'll cap your VRAM fast with good textures.

3. Yes and probably will do for a couple more years.

4. Yes if you dont mind lots of noise, heat and high power consumption.

5. It is 1.5Gb per GPU so it isn't truly a 3gb card

6. Slightly..

[Wardaddy]

1. Well that's more unpredictable than the durability of a relationship....''IT DEPENDS"

2. Yes, considering that you have a decent setup, you can even get more than 60 fps in 1080p at medium to high settings.

3. Yes, its driver support is still pretty OK.

4.  Since its a dual gpu so its basically already in two-way sli, but if you mean to use two 590s in sli, than that would be quad-sli and yes it will support but your heat  and noise output will be significantly high.

5. It has a total of 3gb(1.5gb per gpu) but only 1.5gb effective.

6. Dual gpu cards from NVIDIA are underclocked and are supposed to be fixed at the same clock speed but you can overclock in a non-reference card. BUT I    WOULD STRONGLY  RECOMMEND YOU NOT TO DO IT because that might significantly reduce the life span of the card.

[ManWithBeard1990]

590 = 2x 580

Pretty sure that cooler was on the 480, not the 580.

The 500 series was also fermi but sacrificed some compute performance, and also ECC VRAM, in favor of improved power consumption, thermals and roughly similar graphics performance.

[don_svetlio]

Pretty sure that cooler was on the 480, not the 580.

The 500 series was also fermi but sacrificed some compute performance, and also ECC VRAM, in favor of improved power consumption, thermals and roughly similar graphics performance.

580 was still hot - SLI boiled an egg and the Russian guy ate it on YT

[ManWithBeard1990]

580 was still hot - SLI boiled an egg and the Russian guy ate it on YT

Well, of course it was hot but it wasn't as bad as the 480.

[don_svetlio]

Well, of course it was hot but it wasn't as bad as the 480.

But 2 of them on 1 board with a single 90mm fan were far worse

[ManWithBeard1990]

But 2 of them on 1 board with a single 90mm fan were far worse

That's true but reviewers at the time rated it better then the 6990. That had a centrifugal blower which was much louder. nVidia had been using axial fans since the GTX 295 single board edition.

[don_svetlio]

That's true but reviewers at the time rated it better then the 6990. That had a centrifugal blower which was much louder. nVidia had been using axial fans since the GTX 295 single board edition.

Sound-wise yes but temp wise the 6990 was by far better.

[SoloDolo]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more

3. Supports current nvidia drivers

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

 

1. Nope

2. Maybe?

3. Its still supported

4. Yes

5. Nope. 1.5GB 

6. Very little and prepare to have an oven in your room. 

 

 

The GTX 590 is to old to be considered a value these days. The 590 is was hot and drew a ton of power. What are you currently looking for? 

[Cory_plays_games]

Hey, Cory.

 

What budget are we looking at here for the entire system?

 

About  a thousand dollar build im probably gonna get the r9 380

[FixedDevice]

About  a thousand dollar build im probably gonna get the r9 380

 

Here ya go:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.50 @ Mac Mall) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $941.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 22:15 EDT-0400

 

EDIT: Went with a higher grade case.

[Ostwind]

So I was thinking about buying a gtx 590 but there are some things I need out of it. Will it have these things? 

 

1. Will last at least 4 years

2. Can play bf4 at at least 45-50 fps or more

3. Supports current nvidia drivers

4. Can do 2 way sli

5. at least 3gb of ram 

6. can be slightly overclocked

1. depends on how much you're willing to lower settings over the years

2. idk

3. It does

4. The 590 is a dual GPU card meaning that there are two GPU's on one PCB. this means that the 590 is already running in two way SLI. Adding another card would be running four way SLI and while it is supported it's no recommended.

5.  There is a total of 3GB of VRAM on the PCB but it is split between each GPU, this means that you only have 1.5GB of VRAM that is usable. Generally speaking 1.5GB of VRAM is not enough for 1080p.

6. This depends on the silicon lottery, there are cards that overclock there are cards that overclock well and there are cards that will not overclock. It is simply luck of the draw.

[Cory_plays_games]

 

 

Here ya go:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.50 @ Mac Mall) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-WT 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($13.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $941.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 22:15 EDT-0400

 

EDIT: Went with a higher grade case.

 

I allready got the mboard so yeha