Benchmark Results: Metro 2033 (DX11)
The GeForce GTX 590 flexes its muscle in Metro 2033, particularly with no anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering enabled. It’s even playable-ish at up to 2560x1600. Why are these frame rates so low? We have the debilitating DirectCompute-based depth-of-field filter enabled, which essentially halves frame rates. If you turn that off, all of these numbers jump substantially.
We see the GeForce GTX 590 stumble in one situation: 2560x1600 with AA and AF turned on. The assumption here is that 1.5 GB of graphics memory isn’t enough for such taxing options, given the Radeon HD 6990’s relative success, the GeForce GTX 580’s predictable finish, and the Radeon HD 5970’s outright failure to turn back reasonable frame rates with 1 GB of memory per Cypress processor.
The only problem with running out of steam at the top end is that’s where this card is intended to dominate. We wouldn’t have thought this setting playable anyway, given the 39 FPS results without AA/AF; however, that doesn’t necessarily bode well for quad-GPU comparisons between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990.
Nevertheless, at 1920x1080, the GTX 590 takes first place and serves up amply-quick results to qualify as playable.
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Nvidia like ATI should have gone full copper for their coolers instead of using aluminum for the fins.
The clock speeds are a bit of a disappointment as well the high power draw and the performance is not that better than a 6990. Bleh !
Very comprehensive article! Nice job!
I'm impressed, good to see Nvida has started to care about the "livable experience" of their high end products.
Great card. But low clocks.
GREAT for overclocking!
Wow @ low noise
Draw! Win some loose some. What is the fastest card? Some will say GTX590 others HD6990 and they are both right.
MMMM... HD 6990.... OR GTX 590... HMMM I'll go with a HD 5770 CF setup because im cheap.
You can't say Nvidia wins based on the sound level of the cards. That's just flat out favoritism.
I'll be buying a 6990 and water cooling it. Nothing will beat it.
Draw! Win some loose some. What is the fastest card? Some will say GTX590 others HD6990 and they are both right.
Thats more or less how I feel. They both trade blows depending on the game.
I think both cards are faster in their own niches, for example in acoustics 590 wins, but in power which is the main issue to tackle as days go by, your bill will certainly go high, but you don't pay anything for the noise, so in that case AMD STILL has the fastest single graphic card on the planet.
AMD is still the winner, whichever you look at it though
You can't say Nvidia wins based on the sound level of the cards. That's just flat out favoritism. I'll be buying a 6990 and water cooling it. Nothing will beat it.
I think 2 GTX 580 will beat it. And costs about the same too, if you look hard enough.
I think both cards are faster in their own niches, for example in acoustics 590 wins, but in power which is the main issue to tackle as days go by, your bill will certainly go high, but you don't pay anything for the noise, so in that case AMD STILL has the fastest single graphic card on the planet. AMD is still the winner, whichever you look at it though
The 590 uses less than 10W more compared to 6990 in AUSUM. Compare that to 430W, and it's small change, really.
Well, at the moment 590s are not available to buy, so it does not exist beyond benchmarks and reviews...It is not a competition till we see real world pricing. Let the battle begin! btw 5870 price is hard to beat right now.
"Nevertheless, in a comparison between GeForce GTX 590 versus Radeon HD 6990, Nvidia wins."
"Not hearing it is a requisite"
Done a survey? How many says it's a requisite?
Also at performance preset, the GTX590 leads, wondering why there's no benchmark for extreme preset?
This is no nVidia victory, I'm sure of it, but it's such a small margin it sucks. That 1.5GB per GPU hurts the card where you'll be using it most: high res. It's like a tech KO by AMD, not a flat out punch-KO though.
Cheers!
The card blew up during testing at tech power up.Power limiting system does not work reliably
i wonder how long until AMD board partners use a fan instead of blower(blowers win on air flow, but they can be louder), i have seen several such coolers on other amd and nvidia cards.
Either way, the lower noise is impressive.
Does anyone else think that the 1680 benchmarks shouldn't be used in cards like this?
Paying >$600 for a GPU almost certainly means you have multiple monitor setups and/or high res monitor(s). Otherwise why not buy a better monitor and a lower costing card to use its full potential?
Thank you for posting the audio samples of both dual GPU cards. Getting to hear each one really made the difference telling. I'll be sticking with single gpu card arrangements, thank you very much. ^ ^ b