On several occasions we’ve dug up information on NVIDIA’s coming flagship GeForce GTX 590. In the latest GeForce 266.7 beta drivers from NVIDIA we find traces of not just the dual-GPU GTX 590 but also a new mid-range card, GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
The coming drivers contain strings for identifyingboth cards, which is usually a good sign for a close launch. Our sources tell us NVIDIA is aiming for a launch by the end of February, but as with GeForce GTX 580 details are scarce.
NVIDIA_DEV.1244.01 = “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti”
NVIDIA_DEV.1083.01 = “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590”
Our previous reports points to that GeForce GTX 590 will sport dual GF110 circuits, for a total of 1024 CUDA cores and a combined memory bus of at 2 x 384-bit. The graphics card will probaby get 3GB GDDR5 memory and relatively low clock frequencies for keeping the power consumption in check.
| GTX 590 | GTX 580 | GTX 480 | GTX 285 | |
| Node |
40nm | 40nm | 40nm | 55nm |
| Die sie |
2 x 529 mm2* | 529 mm2* | 529 mm2* | 470 mm2 |
| Transistors | 2 x 3000 M | 3000 M | 3200 M | 1400 M |
| Shaders | 1 024 | 512 | 480. | 240 |
| Texture units | 128 | 64 | 60 | 80 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 | 48 | 28 |
| Memory tyype |
GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory buffer |
3072 MB | 1536 MB | 1536 MB | 1024 MB |
| Bus width |
2 x 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 512-bit |
| DirectX |
DX11 | DX11 | DX11 | DX10 |
| Max. output | A lot | 244W | 250W | 183W |
As we have also stated GeForce GTX 590 is more or less a PR stunt where both price and limited availability will limit the spread on the market.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is said to be based on NVIDIA’s new GF116-400 GPU paired with 1GB GDDR5 memory and is quite similar to GeForce GTX 560 Ti with dual-slot cooler and dual dubbla DVI-I outputs and mini-HDMI port.
Exact launch dates still uncertain.
Source: VR-Zone
