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    How good is the GTX 590 on the aurora?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by 3demons, Oct 14, 2011.

  1. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    im just curious to see how good this 3gb card is. im trying to find review on it, but i cant find any good ones. anybody have one of these?
     
    3demons, Oct 14, 2011
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  2. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    I think the 590 is overkill man, Just look at those 580 reviews and then base your conclusion off the fact that the 590 is faster.
     
    azn4lif3s, Oct 15, 2011
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  3. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    well,if i can get a fully maxed aurora (with that card) for only 1,990.00? i think i might take it :D
     
    3demons, Oct 15, 2011
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  4. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    other specs?


    the card itself is $750...
     
    whitrzac, Oct 15, 2011
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  5. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    Alienware Aurora-R3
    Alienware Aurora Desktop edit
    Operating System
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English edit
    Processors
    Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz edit
    Memory
    8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
    Video Card
    3GB GDDR5 NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 590 edit
    Hard Drive
    2TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache edit
    Chassis Color
    Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply edit
    Optical Drive
    Single Drive: Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BD-ROM, DVD±RW, CD-RW) edit
    2nd Hard Drive
    None edit
    Security Software
    None edit
    Factory Installed Software
    None edit
    Avatar
    Alienhead 3D edit
    Keyboard
    Alienware Multi-Media Keyboard edit
    Monitors
    No Monitor edit
    Floppy Drive
    None edit
    Mouse
    Alienware Optical Mouse, MG100 edit
    Network Card
    None edit
    AlienFX
    AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue edit
    Adobe Reader Software
    Adobe® Acrobat® Reader edit
    Speakers
    None edit
    Wireless
    1525 PCIe WLAN card with 11n mini-Card & external antenna edit
    Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed)
    None edit
    Sound Card
    Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
    Cooling Option
    Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling edit
    Hardware Support Services
    1 Year Advanced Service Plan edit
    Data Protection Services
    None edit
    Data Safe
    DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year edit
    Your Tech Team
    None edit
    Entertainment and Editing Software
    None edit
    Guaranteed Buy Back
    None edit
    Price 1917.18$
     
    3demons, Oct 15, 2011
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  6. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    You could build one yourself for the same price +-$100 so I would go for it...


    Be sure to get an extended warranty, when it is outdated in 3 years and 'fails' it should be replaced by something better...
     
    whitrzac, Oct 16, 2011
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  7. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    katalin_2003, Oct 16, 2011
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  8. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    Yea you might wanna just build it yourself it would be significantly cheaper and I'd have to disagree with katalin because scaling never works out the 2x gtx 580 its more like 1.5x gtx580 a single card will just have way less issues
     
    azn4lif3s, Oct 17, 2011
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  9. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Are you kidding , this is what I said. The 590 has two underclocked 580 GPUs, so not only two 580 are better than a 590 but it's easier to disable one of them when issues are encountered.
     
    katalin_2003, Oct 17, 2011
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  10. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    no, its not... I just priced out an 'average' build with a 590....

    CPU $315
    HDD $150
    RAM $35
    mobo $150
    GPU $750
    PSU $100
    windows OS $100
    case $60
     
    whitrzac, Oct 17, 2011
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  11. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    Drop the OS no need, most people already have it besides 750 a card is ridiculous just pick up an EVGA 580 and you're set
     
    azn4lif3s, Oct 18, 2011
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  12. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    actually i dont have an OS, and if i can get this card for 400, ill take it.
     
    3demons, Oct 18, 2011
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