NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

GeForce GTX 590 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 24 March 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $699. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF110.

Core clock speed - 1215 MHz. Texture fill rate - 77.7 billion / sec. Pipelines - 1024. Floating-point performance - 2x 1,244.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 3,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 365 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU). Memory bus width - 768-bit (384-bit per GPU). Memory clock speed - 1707 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 327.7 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
3341
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
394
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
30.921 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1116.126 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.799 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
49.114 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
107.239 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4118 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3683 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3330 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4118.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3683.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3330.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark 394
Geekbench - OpenCL 12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 30.921 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1116.126 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.799 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 49.114 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 107.239 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4118 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3683 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3330 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4118.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3683.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3330.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF110
Launch date 24 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 789
Price now $184
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 30.41

Technical info

Core clock speed 1215 MHz
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1024
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 365 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround