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GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon HD 7970
IntroThe GeForce GTX 590 features a core clock frequency of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 855 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7970, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 925 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1375 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthIn theory, the GeForce GTX 590 should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 7970 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 7970 will be quite a bit (more or less 52%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GTX 590 should be a lot (about 97%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7970, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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6 Responses to “GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon HD 7970”Nvidia is still the best...
no man the ati is the best the 590 win on better resolution but graphics power color,pixel texel win the ati 7970
As we know that 590 is a dual core so out of the two ati is better
Well if I was dumb enough to replace my 3 factory oc 570's, I'd go for 2 590's over ATi gfx any day of the week, too many problems with Ati, driver problems etc.
Oh and pci 3.0 is totally pointless atm, as pci 2.0 isn't even used to it's full potential.
Going to wait until the next gen of cards comes out in 2013.
ASUS911 This is not a top videocard from AMD as gtx 590.
Top will be 7990 which definetely will win gtx 590.
V, and gtx590 is not the Top gpu card from nvidia of this generation, gtx690 will kick 7990's ass.