GTX 590 and PSU advice please

[gazmon]

I wondered if you could advise on graphics cards please



I have an overclocked core i7 4.2mhz, and a gtx 580 running on a corsair tx 650 psu, they run fine.



If i purchased a new GTX 590 card would i be able to run it on my corsair tx 650 psu? i have read that they require a 700 psu but that also a corsair tx 650 would still be ok because its quite a good psu?



I was also not sure of whether i should maybe go GTX 580 SLI with a 950 PSU instead, but would i see more performance with 1 GTX 590?



thanks

Gazmon

[kalniel]

I was also not sure of whether i should maybe go GTX 580 SLI with a 950 PSU instead, but would i see more performance with 1 GTX 590?

Nope. 2xGTX 580 in SLI perform far far better than 1 GTX 590.

[gazmon]

thanks for your reply, how can you be sure? isnt the gtx 590 a dual gpu card?

[Terbinator]

thanks for your reply, how can you be sure? isnt the gtx 590 a dual gpu card?

It's basically two 580's glued together on a stick - but due to it only being one card they have to be clocked lower than normal 580's due to heat considerations. Thats why two 580's will be faster than a single 590.

[kalniel]

thanks for your reply, how can you be sure? isnt the gtx 590 a dual gpu card?

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