red1776
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The Tech Report has issued a follow up on what they think is the problem that caused the GTX 590 to get smoked on review day.
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20677
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20677
Follow up on the GTX 590 burn outs
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dividebyzero
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Well that clears that up.......maybe
We'll soon know.
If GTX590's start dropping like flies using the 91 driver then it will be attributal to hardware- 4+1 power delivery seems pretty skinny imo, although if the card is a Ralph Nader special (unsafe at any speed) -it makes you wonder how PoV/TGT manage to ship a 13.8% overclock card as standard
Clears up a couple of other matters also. The fud from B3D/SA and the like regarding the new driver hobbling clockspeed, and the dodgy thermograph reading from Hardware.fr (since pulled from the review I think) of 112-113°C* -that was parsed by a certain Minneapolis based tech blogger as 119°C- and thereby being passed as authentic by his minions.
*Hardware.france's thermograph of the HD 5770 shows almost 91°C under the same testing regime as comparison.
We'll soon know.
If GTX590's start dropping like flies using the 91 driver then it will be attributal to hardware- 4+1 power delivery seems pretty skinny imo, although if the card is a Ralph Nader special (unsafe at any speed) -it makes you wonder how PoV/TGT manage to ship a 13.8% overclock card as standard
Clears up a couple of other matters also. The fud from B3D/SA and the like regarding the new driver hobbling clockspeed, and the dodgy thermograph reading from Hardware.fr (since pulled from the review I think) of 112-113°C* -that was parsed by a certain Minneapolis based tech blogger as 119°C- and thereby being passed as authentic by his minions.
*Hardware.france's thermograph of the HD 5770 shows almost 91°C under the same testing regime as comparison.
red1776
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Yes it seems that on a card of this much strain on the VRM, you might go with something like this:
http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=948935
Hell even my 5850's are 8+1 power phase
dividebyzero
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Yup.
The GTX 580 Lightning looks just as beefy.
The ~1k GHz core looks quite enticing as well....balanced of course by the likely price.
The GTX 580 Lightning looks just as beefy.
The ~1k GHz core looks quite enticing as well....balanced of course by the likely price.
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