WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:10.000 So behind me guys, you see everything I will be needing for my heavyweight GPU 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:13.280 battle. That is my P67 with a Core i7 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:16.800 2600 K overclocked to 4.7 GHz, my 8 gigs 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:20.680 of Mushkin Redline RAM. I've got my 120 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:23.920 gig Intel SATA 3 510 series SSD, and I 00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:27.439 have a 30in monitor supporting a 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:29.840 resolution of 2560 by600. So, this is 00:00:27.439 --> 00:00:34.800 the highest single monitor res that you will typically find in a PC scenario, 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:38.800 although it's fairly atypical. Most people do not have 30-in monitors. 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:43.680 However, the kinds of people who are buying these $700 graphics cards often 00:00:41.440 --> 00:00:48.680 have 30-in monitors. So, that's why this is fairly relevant. Now, the reason that 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.640 these video cards re the reason that a lot of people who 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:56.160 own these video cards have 30-in monitors is that they're very well made 00:00:54.239 --> 00:01:00.000 for each other. These video cards don't really stretch their wings until you 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.039 give them a 30-in monitor to play in. Um, otherwise, they don't really 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:07.840 separate themselves from the rest of the pack. And a 30-in monitor is not really 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:10.720 able to perform properly without a powerful graphics card driving it, 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:15.600 especially if you want to play the latest 3D games. So, for this 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:24.520 heavyweight showdown, I will be taking the 6T90 and the GTX 590, and they will 00:01:20.479 --> 00:01:24.520 be battling it out like this. 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:29.040 Ah, don't bite my 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:40.200 leg. No, but really, I'll be doing benchmarks. 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:16.720 So, as you guys can clearly see from the charts and graphs segment of the 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:25.520 video, this isn't really a clear-cut decision. So, the GTX 590 and the 6T990 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:32.800 actually trade blows depending on which title you are most interested in 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:36.239 running. Um, this holds true at 1920 x 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.560 1080 as well as at 2560 x600. So, it 00:02:36.239 --> 00:02:42.720 seems to be just generally how these cards perform with respect to each 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:47.120 other. So, I mean, the best thing to do would be to find reviews and find out if 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:51.280 either card has a clear advantage in the games that you do prefer to play and you 00:02:49.760 --> 00:02:56.400 can make a decision based on that. But there are also some other factors. So 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:58.319 each AMD and NVIDIA have some advantages 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:03.360 that are unique to their cards that are different from each other. So both of 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:09.040 them have similar um similar cooling solutions in the sense that they both 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:14.239 use a central fan that exhausts the majority of the heat into your case. So 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:18.159 that's something that you may or may not want to factor in. Uh the AMD one 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.800 probably exhausts a little bit more out of the case because the NVIDIA card has 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:26.400 this DVI port right here. Okay, so that's something that probably 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:30.400 won't weigh in. Um, the next thing that I would probably consider is power 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:37.519 consumption. So, the power consumption of the AMD card is significantly higher. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:41.599 Um, especially under load. Um, at idle, 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:43.840 the GTX 590 is a substantially uh lower 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:50.159 power consumption card. Another thing to factor in is definitely noise. The 6T90 00:03:46.640 --> 00:03:52.239 is a significantly louder card. Um, if 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:55.840 you check out my video, I actually have one that is either uploaded now or will 00:03:54.239 --> 00:04:01.280 be uploaded soon, depending when you're watching this, uh, where I compare the 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.760 acoustics of the GTX 590 with the 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:08.720 acoustics of the 6T90 and I also look at the temperatures that they run at. Um, 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:11.599 you can factor in price. Price is definitely something, although they 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:16.000 should be priced fairly similar, at least at launch. Similarly, excuse me. 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:21.280 Um, and then the other thing would be unique features. So, unique features of 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.440 these two GPU makers um are would be 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:29.040 iffinity is the big one on the AMD side. So, the 6990 actually supports up to 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:35.120 five displays. So, I've got a video up on my NCIXCOM channel where I actually 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:39.280 run five displays in portrait mode um 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:41.280 for five times HD resolution and uh run 00:04:39.280 --> 00:04:45.520 some games on that. It looks pretty cool. It's a very neat gaming 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:52.040 experience. And then on the NVIDIA side, we've got 3D vision. So 3D vision is uh 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:56.240 well stereoscopic 3D with an NVIDIA ecosystem. So you just have to have a 3D 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.919 vision supporting display. There are projectors, there are monitors out 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:03.040 there. You have to have the 3D vision glasses and then you have to have a 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:06.240 GeForce graphics card. So they got 3D vision. They've also got PhysX. So 00:05:04.880 --> 00:05:11.520 there's a number of games that support FizzX effects. And last but not least, 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:15.800 they've got CUDA. So CUDA will allow you to use your GPU to offload some compute 00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:20.960 uh style um calculations to your GPU. Now 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:26.160 direct compute is supported on AMD cards and some uh some applications do take 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:32.080 advantage of that as well. So thank you for checking out my video on the you 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:35.600 know battle of the heavyweight Titan 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:38.560 graphics cards and uh hopefully you'll 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:47.759 excuse me for my mistakes while filming this. After all, it is not very 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:49.919 um it is not a normal time of day and 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:55.039 I'm very tired and I would really like to go to sleep. So, good night 00:05:53.000 --> 00:06:00.800 everyone. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, 00:05:56.960 --> 00:06:00.800 reviews, and other computer 00:06:01.320 --> 00:06:06.759 videos. If I can find the button, that'd be good.