NVIDIA proudly proclaims the GeForce GTX 590 graphics card to be thefastest in the world. Our review of the card paints a different picture, with AMD's Radeon HD 6990 just ahead, but there's little denying that GTX 590 is one fast beastie.
It transpires that only a handful of NVIDIA's many partners have the right to market the card in each territory. Motherboard giants Gigabyte, ASUS and MSI all get a look-in, which is interesting insofar as the trio all market AMD's Radeon HD 6990, as well.
Gigabyte has done rather well with its NVIDIA line-up in recent months, with the non-reference GTX 460 SO and GTX 560 SO cards deserving of particular attention.
But the twin-GPU GeForce GTX 590 is a different kettle of fish, as all partners are tied to the reference design for the foreseeable future. One reason for this is the complexity of the cooling used, and it will take a while for partners to figure out how to better the impressive reference heatsinks.
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