News Old driver blows up GeForce GTX 590 cards

I like how calm the guys in the video were...

*sparks*

"Oh."

*Walks over*

I'd have thought there would be a little more verbal...

I don't really know why either AMD or Nvidia bothered with multi GPU cards this gen, they can both be beaten comprehensively by cheaper crossfire or SLI set-ups, and both have quite frankly embarrassing features (warrenty voiding OC switch - although some vendors have said they'll honour the warrenty, high power consumption, much downclocking, loud, hot, break...)

 

Soooooo, and engineering sample goes phut when it's overvolted and using old drivers. I guess that's why overvolting voids your warranty then.

The way the computer seems to reset just before it burns looks to me like it just takes a second or so for the power circuitry to burn through the chip pakage.

Unless you're a green/red fanboi in which case the video clearly shows a stitch up from a pro AMD site or that nVidia can't build a graphics card. Take your pick fanbois

 

Very true , I've had a psu blow up on me & it scared the sheet out of me with a massive flash bang, I wouldn't have even noticed anything happen from the gpu explosion other than it being knackered & maybe a whiff of the smoke lol .

 

k I've been googling and youtubing my a$$ off for the last 15 minutes. Are you talking about the Toms Hardware vid where they remove the heatsink while running quake 3? more info please.

EDIT:

did anyone besides catch themselves staring at the word "daft" for 20 seconds and then realize they had no idea who or what a daft is?

//test if this is then what is :rofl: "Hey guyyys, you missed a spot"

 

You do realize that I said I DIDN'T think it was a driver issue, right?

 

I love the smell of burning silicon in the morning.

 

Nvidias claim that the card was running at 1.2 volts is an absolute lie. The Card was running at 1.025 volts and nothing else.

 

this is really bad rep for nvidia, seeing the cards has only been released too early then this.lol

 

lol fail

 

Websites selling the 590 clearly state not to use the supplied driver, this would indicate it is not solely related to 'pebcak'. I certainly wouldn't try running furmark on any of these cards if i'd just spent £600 on one.

 

From what i've understood, the newer driver has OCP on all executables, its always on.
The older driver only had OCP enabled for Furmark and maybe another couple of EXEs.

Basically, the 590 is not a very stable card, and another 'driver mishap' like the one with fan problems, would kill the card. You're relying on the driver to save the card from thermal/electric death.
Watercooled cards should be pretty safe from any of this, and I think highly recommended for any purchasers of this card.

 

lol

 

Wow all the AMD fanboys jump all over this. LMAO. Old driver + Huge overclock.....asking for trouble.

But ppl wana see what they wana see.......Oh look an Nvidia card blowing up...herpdurp....

GO AMD!!!!!!!

LMAO.

If you havnt seen enough proof that Nvidia cards are just flat out faster......then your a closed minded fool.

 

You realize i didn't contradict you, but supported your statement ? I meant exactly that this cannot be a driver issue. The VRM did blow up at subsequent restart, and still no one explained it to me how can any driver play role before Windows is loaded.

 

The video clearly states it was at 1.025v... not 1.2..

but still, this is what happens when cards are over spec for PCIe2. I'm sure you could get the same result with the 6990 if you raised the voltage a similar amount.

 

that could be true.. they are pulling way over spec

the 6990 doesn't have the same stories though- nvidia probably needs a revision

 

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...tilles/18.html

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/i...c=183386&st=36

At least 4 6990's have also blown up, not looking good for both companies first foray passed 300w limit is it...

 

Both of those links have been pulled dude!

AMD conspiracy? hahaha, just kidding before you fanbois start to light up again.

 

'tis my fail ability to copy/paste.

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/AMD_HD_6990_Antilles/18.html

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=183386&st=36

Interesting conversation elsewhere - seems that *AMD* might well have put pressure on some review sites not to announce there cards failed during testing - along the lines of 'say anything and you'll never get another card again'... apparently.

And fanboy? You're having a giraffe - I have a 6850.

 

Bad links with "..." in them.