14 DAY TRIAL // While there are still a few days left until Nvidia's GeForce GTX 590 makes its official debut, the card has already been listed online as one overzealous Canadian e-tailer has added an Asus-built GTX 590 to its offer together with complete specifications and price.
These seem to confirm the previous rumors that hit the Web as the card is powered by two fully enabled GF110 cores that packs no less than 1024 CUDA processors, 128 texturing units, 96 ROP units as well as dual 384-bit memory buses. Each one of these will be connected to 1.5GB of video buffer.
Given the high power consumption of the GPUs, Nvidia was forced to downclock the GF110 cores used inside the GTX 590, so these will run at 612MHz while the GDDR5 memory runs at 855MHz (3420MHz effective).
To handle all the heat generated while in operation, the cooling system uses a special design that splits the graphics card into two distinct areas, each housing a GF110 GPU with the help of a centrally positioned fan.
This provides enough airflow to cool the two separate vapor chambers that sit on top of the GPUs as well as the 10-phase power supply.
According to VR-Zone, the GTX 590 measures 11 inches in length and is 4.5 inch thick, and the card has a power consumption of 375W.
Other features include 3D Surround support and no less than three DVI ports, one HDMI and one mini-DisplayPort video outputs.
The Asus ENGTX590, which by now was removed from the website, has been listed at CA$799, making it $100 more expensive than the Radeon HD 6990.
However, the price should be taken with a grain of salt since the official price hasn't been announced yet. The Nvidia GTX 590 is expected to be released on March 24.