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extremely offtopic but: what do you think of the gtx 590 ?
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It's a great card, however it's not designed for average gamer use.
It's fantastic for recording, 3D, and it's northbridge and southbridge have immensely fast processing power. It's a fantastic all-round card.
However, many people buy it thinking it'll give an advantage in terms of pure frame processing, but in reality, if that's all you're looking for, then it's no different to a 570 or a 6950. The only advantage it gives is at huge resolutions such as 2560x1600.
It's seen as the titan of cards, which is sort of unwarranted as it's been outperformed by it's predecessors time and time again.
It's not worth the price difference between that and a 480/570/580, all of which perform higher on PassMark. -
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It's a great card, however it's not designed for average gamer use.
It's fantastic for recording, 3D, and it's northbridge and southbridge have immensely fast processing power. It's a fantastic all-round card.
However, many people buy it thinking it'll give an advantage in terms of pure frame processing, but in reality, if that's all you're looking for, then it's no different to a 570 or a 6950. The only advantage it gives is at huge resolutions such as 2560x1600.
It's seen as the titan of cards, which is sort of unwarranted as it's been outperformed by it's predecessors time and time again.
It's not worth the price difference between that and a 480/570/580, all of which perform higher on PassMark.
thanks alot! one can make soo many mistakes building a pc. it is comparable to Cameras i think. people always tend to go for the Megapixelmonsters, without knowing that it will just cause more distortion, in most cases. -
thanks alot! one can make soo many mistakes building a pc. it is comparable to Cameras i think. people always tend to go for the Megapixelmonsters, without knowing that it will just cause more distortion, in most cases.
I did photography in college, but we very rarely used digital, just the old SLR cameras.
And no problemo, any time. -
On a related to tool note, the 6990 is technically faster than a 590 in raw processing power.
A bit taken from a website explaining the processing differences.
Firstly, AMD designs GPUs with many simple ALUs/shaders (VLIW design) that run at a relatively low frequency clock (typically 1120-3200 ALUs at 625-900 MHz), whereas Nvidia's microarchitecture consists of fewer more complex ALUs and tries to compensate with a higher shader clock (typically 448-1024 ALUs at 1150-1544 MHz). Because of this VLIW vs. non-VLIW difference, Nvidia uses up more square millimeters of die space per ALU, hence can pack fewer of them per chip, and they hit the frequency wall sooner than AMD which prevents them from increasing the clock high enough to match or surpass AMD's performance. This translates to a raw ALU performance advantage for AMD:
AMD Radeon HD 6990: 3072 ALUs x 830 MHz = 2550 billion 32-bit instruction per second
Nvidia GTX 590: 1024 ALUs x 1214 MHz = 1243 billion 32-bit instruction per second -
On a related to tool note, the 6990 is technically faster than a 590 in raw processing power.
A bit taken from a website explaining the processing differences.relatively low frequency clock (typically 1120-3200 ALUs at 625-900 MHz), whereas Nvidia's microarchitecture consists of fewer more complex ALUs and tries to compensate
Firstly, AMD designs GPUs with many simple ALUs/shaders (VLIW design) that run at a with a higher shader clock (typically 448-1024 ALUs at 1150-1544 MHz). Because of this VLIW vs. non-VLIW difference, Nvidia uses up more square millimeters of die space per ALU, hence can pack fewer of them per chip, and they hit the frequency wall sooner than AMD which prevents them from increasing the clock high enough to match or surpass AMD's performance. This translates to a raw ALU performance advantage for AMD:
AMD Radeon HD 6990: 3072 ALUs x 830 MHz = 2550 billion 32-bit instruction per second
Nvidia GTX 590: 1024 ALUs x 1214 MHz = 1243 billion 32-bit instruction per second
hm not really a techfreak but basically i want something that will last a bit and is not too noisy. said 6990 is pretty loud i heard.Not forgetting stock AMD GPUs, in general, run much cooler than stock nVidia cards.
Also, OC'ing is much more direct and simple on most enthusiast AMD cards, so even if you're not sure what you're doing, you'll be able to do it.
still don´t know. i am so bad with decisions, really. either an intel i5 or i7 and a gtx580
or an amd system? sigh.. -
hm not really a techfreak but basically i want something that will last a bit and is not too noisy. said 6990 is pretty loud i heard.
still don´t know. i am so bad with decisions, really. either an intel i5 or i7 and a gtx580
or an amd system? sigh..
i5 and a 6950. -
hm not really a techfreak but basically i want something that will last a bit and is not too noisy. said 6990 is pretty loud i heard.
still don´t know. i am so bad with decisions, really. either an intel i5 or i7 and a gtx580
or an amd system? sigh..
6990 is VERY loud in comparison to most single fan cards.
There's no reason you can't mix and match AMD with Intel.
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A solid build, the 6950 also records like a dream when mixed with a decent CPU.
The motherboard's a great choice, socket 1155, perfect for any upgrades, and AwardBios supports extreme overclocking on all components.
If you have any money left over, I'd recommend getting a decent Creative X-Fi sound card, as Realtek on-board is awful for high quality music and gaming.
You only need 500w for the standard 6950, so 625w would be fine, however if it's not much more expensive, I'd personally go for a 700w+, just in case you decide to switch to nVidia in the future. Generally, cards are starting to consume more and more power. -
A solid build, the 6950 also records like a dream when mixed with a decent CPU.
The motherboard's a great choice, socket 1155, perfect for any upgrades, and AwardBios supports extreme overclocking on all components.
If you have any money left over, I'd recommend getting a decent Creative X-Fi sound card, as Realtek on-board is awful for high quality music and gaming.
You only need 500w for the standard 6950, so 625w would be fine, however if it's not much more expensive, I'd personally go for a 700w+, just in case you decide to switch to nVidia in the future. Generally, cards are starting to consume more and more power.
yeah i almost forgot about that sound card. soo are there cards which are not that good for recording? seems i got it all together now....i still have that gtx 580 on my mind..
don´t know why...;( it gets hot, it is expensive.... -
yeah i almost forgot about that sound card. soo are there cards which are not that good for recording? seems i got it all together now....i still have that gtx 580 on my mind..
don´t know why...;( it gets hot, it is expensive....
Because it has big numbers, no there aren't any cards that are "bad" per se for recording, but there are cards that simply perform better.
Recording video actually uses your CPU and RAM more than anything, but your GPU comes into play with the fact that if your CPU is focused on handling recording software your GPU needs to be capable of putting out enough frame rate for the drop in frames to not be noticeable.
^ Most of that problem is solved by newer multi core processors, the i5 2500k being basically the dominant of those with the exception of the new 2011 socket stuff.
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