Trading my gtx 590 for gtx 680

Good trade. Who did you find that would make that deal?

some guy locally. It's basically trading him 2 gpu's for one monster one. I've been running that gtx 590 on 750 Antec HCG and didn't feel like spending to buy a high psu. This 680 would be perfect for my build. Only thing is I wish the geforce logo would light up on the 680 like it does on the 590 =( lol

Wow. Good deal for you - just make sure everything about the 680 is good, because I'm having trouble imagining who would actually want a 590 over a 680.

because 1 590 gtx is almost 1.5 times faster than a single 680

 



Note the difference of just a few %... easily fixable by an OC on the 680.

i'm just concerned about msaa and fxaa. i've seen in benches that 590 get about 8-10fps when msaa is enabled.

This shows that the 590 gtx is constantly getting about 15-20 fps higher than the 680 gtx 2gb.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-690-ben...

It's quite possible a lot of the results at that resolution are getting bottlenecked by the CPU. A higher resolution might show a wider gap. Though it won't be a lot wider.

Nah no CPU bottlenecking going on:



Performance gap widens a whopping 1-2% at 1600p. GTX 590 is at best 10% faster on average than a 680, and that should be easily recoverable by an OC on the 680. The fact is that the 590 is just barely faster for more issues with drivers and way more power/heat/noise than the 680. Unless you need compute performance, I see no reason the 590 isn't a downgrade from a 680.

Also, mightymaxio, you are cherry picking tests. When you can show that on average a 590 beats a 680 by a meaningful margin as you claim, come back and see me.