Graphic Cards gtx 590 or hd6990 which one sould i go for???

[Lord Nemesis]

Please correct me if i'm wrong but as far i know , ati does not support their products with better drivers...

Nvidia always have better driver support so performance agin of 20% in a few months...

1. Drivers from both sides have occasional glitches and its not like one has better drivers than the other. I don't really understand where people came up with this since I have personally never observed it in the past 11 years that I have been using nVidia and ATi Graphics cards.

2. Performance optimizations are always possible in software and every software developer indulges in it. But if someone tells me that an avg 20% optimization has been achieved via updates, then its a prime indication to me that poorly optimized software is being released by that company. Any software (be it a driver) that is well optimized would not see more 3~5% optimization on avg via updates and that is pretty good figure to achieve for any company that produces good software. There may always be drastic improvements in certain areas/scenarios, but a 20% avg improvement to me is an indicator of shit poor software. So don't insult nVidia by saying that because that simply means that they are in the habit of releasing unoptimized drivers.

 

[babloos]

don't get 590 gtx

do some research.it has cheap vrams.lot of cards are blown up when overclocked.get 590 gtx if u only want to run on stock settings.

also it seems nvidia is going release new drivers to down clock 590 gtx

 

[comp@ddict]

Please correct me if i'm wrong but as far i know , ati does not support their products with better drivers...

Nvidia always have better driver support so performance agin of 20% in a few months...

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 480: Before And After A Year Of Driver Updates : One Year Of GeForce Drivers

Little or no improvement. Whereas if you check out in between 1 year AMD drivers, you are bound to find 1 if not 2 releases which give a big boost in performance.

Last year it was 10.3, this year the 11.4 preview did amazing.

 

[xOVErClOcKeRx]

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 480: Before And After A Year Of Driver Updates : One Year Of GeForce Drivers

Little or no improvement. Whereas if you check out in between 1 year AMD drivers, you are bound to find 1 if not 2 releases which give a big boost in performance.

Last year it was 10.3, this year the 11.4 preview did amazing.

That's because Nvidia released their best drivers offering the maximum performance possible, right after the launch of their cards...Unlike the crappy ATI drivers...Though, currently if its a choice between the stated cards, then 6990 ALL THE WAY....and anyways ati drivers are no more problematic..

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And can anyone please tell me how do I display my specs as an image just like the OP......PLEASE REPLY

 

[Lord Nemesis]

That's because Nvidia released their best drivers offering the maximum performance possible, right after the launch of their cards...Unlike the crappy ATI drivers...Though, currently if its a choice between the stated cards, then 6990 ALL THE WAY....and anyways ati drivers are no more problematic..

Considering the time that nVidia took (especially the way they had to skip a series in naming the cards) to get the original Fermi out and how crappy the hardware was (in terms of performance per watt and thermal envelope), they better have had the best optimized drivers straight from launch. Otherwise, there was no way they could have hoped to sell Fermi other than to Fanboi's. GTX580 is what GTX480 should have been.

 

[l33t]

Reposting TPU's initial opinion on the GTX590, they've censored it somewhat now, here you go (due to the price cut)...

Instead of both 6890 and GTX590 going with a 6950*2 is pure PWNAGE ! It runs cooler compared to both the GPUs+ is more VFM + is CfX (bling) consider all that , and a monster resolution, I'll give up my studies and settle in front of that rig

(Image credits to gannu,fb and tpu)

 

[xOVErClOcKeRx]

Reposting TPU's initial opinion on the GTX590, they've censored it somewhat now, here you go (due to the price cut)...

Instead of both 6890 and GTX590 going with a 6950*2 is pure PWNAGE ! It runs cooler compared to both the GPUs+ is more VFM + is CfX (bling) consider all that , and a monster resolution, I'll give up my studies and settle in front of that rig

(Image credits to gannu,fb and tpu)

I think you havn't read the initial posts, the OP already has a gtx 580 sli setup (sandwich) , but now wants to a have a single card to eliminate the overheating prob.

 

[l33t]

I think you havn't read the initial posts, the OP already has a gtx 580 sli setup (sandwich) , but now wants to a have a single card to eliminate the overheating prob.

I did read the posts and then commented, The top card heating would be due to the space between the cards and not because of the cards themselves, I think we need clear the air about that, also from what I know (everybody in TE knows) is that sankha has a full tower lian li, where ventilation is not going to be an Issue, so if he's going for an upgrade as said earlier going to 0 from 1 is not really justifiable , since the OP would have to sell the existing the GPUs (or bury it).

And the fact that a single card will come at the price of two (well almost) is going to be something hard to digest (atleast for me) that is why I'd go with either a motherboard change or 2*6950 + 2 fans or so, or, the OP could spend a bit of his money and time and get the rig W/Ced , which sounds like a good option too (costly one)

 

[hellgate]

afaik OP no longer has a SLI setup.

 

[l33t]

afaik OP no longer has a SLI setup.

He doesnt ? Then what's the problem ? He needs a new GPU setup, going ATi is WIN, well going SLi on 560+580 is pretty good too.

OP sold his GPU / GPU went Kaput ? :O

 

[xOVErClOcKeRx]

I did read the posts and then commented, The top card heating would be due to the space between the cards and not because of the cards themselves, I think we need clear the air about that, also from what I know (everybody in TE knows) is that sankha has a full tower lian li, where ventilation is not going to be an Issue, so if he's going for an upgrade as said earlier going to 0 from 1 is not really justifiable , since the OP would have to sell the existing the GPUs (or bury it).

And the fact that a single card will come at the price of two (well almost) is going to be something hard to digest (atleast for me) that is why I'd go with either a motherboard change or 2*6950 + 2 fans or so, or, the OP could spend a bit of his money and time and get the rig W/Ced , which sounds like a good option too (costly one)

That's exactly what I had suggested the OP...Have a look(Though I got banned for this[sms lingo])>

OMG.....just coz of high temps, you're wanting to downgrade....FAIL...why not go for another mobo with better spacing b/w pcie slots...just like the Asus Rampage III extreme...OR switch to water cooling

But, the cheap solution is to mount a high rpm/cfm fan blowing air perpendicular to ur sli setup....