Evga gtx 590 = confused ?

gherr74

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hey guys i just bought an evga geforce gtx 590 classified..and i dont get it? says memory bandwidth : 331.7GB/sec ..when i check gpu-z it says memory bandwitdh : 165.3 GB/sec...im new to video cards..will i get full 331 GB/sec band width, how ? do u gotta run it in sli..is this card actually good. or should i go with an ati hd 7970.? which 1 of these cards should i go with..any help is greatly appreciated..thanks guys....also i do a lilbit of gaming and both these cards are prolly way more then what i need , but i got um and need ur help, too help me which 1 would perform better. imnn all cases.. gaming , blu-ray playback ,movie converting ect ect. thks again


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fantastik250

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I think it's testing one core of the EVGA. If you run both cores you will get the memory bandwidth that you stated.

I never had a dual core GPU, so is there an option to run it in SLI? or is it considered one card when you go to Nvidia Control Panel?
 

gherr74

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yes there is an option to maximize 3d video , which sorta go`s in sli. but under gpu-z shows 2 gpu. each at 165GB/sec . so with both it totals 331GB/sec... but i dont know when the other gpu kicks in or if they run at the same or what..i thought it was 331 GB/sec like a single gpu card...if u can understand what im sayn..lol