So I've been pretty quiet around these forums for the past twelve months. Nvidia's first-generation GF100 Fermi architecture came and went, from March 2010 and onwards. Product cycles were fulfilled across all market segments, consumers were consuming, enthusiasts were being enthusiasts, and product managers were striving to squeeze every last ounce of marketing out of the Fermi lineup as they saw appealing.
 
But it wasn't enough for some of us. The first-generation GF100 was plagued with low wafer yields, leaky power transistors and low clockspeed gains followed by rugged thermal dynamics and inadequate heatsink ventilation. Nvidia was trying too hard at its own game, striving to work against the grain of TSMC's supply chain and engineering an overcrowded architecture outside of its competitive means. The final result was a generation of products with an uncertain future, with a composition that required not only a metal-layer respin, but a base-layer respin that took nearly six months to complete.
 
Today, it's time for me to break the silence. The time has come for a new generation of Dual-GPU extreme enthusiast SLI configurations based on a revised 40nm architecture so dense with positive characteristics and performance gains that even leaked Chinese benchmarks won't do them any justice.
  
Earlier this afternoon, I received a long-anticipated EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified Quad-SLI Bundle Pack from EVGA. The cards were just installed, and my machine was just massively reconfigured with four 8-pin PCI-E power cables flowing hundreds of watts into these power-hungry GPUs. Now, the cards could have been in my possession on launch-day, seeing that EVGA is not far from my residence in Southern California, but shipping procedure states that the cards need to be shipped out and given tracking numbers. Regardless, I am INCREDIBLY excited to have this extreme Nvidia 40nm GF110 Quad-SLI configuration in my possession, and after many months of waiting, the dream has finally become a reality. This is by far one of the best Spring breaks I've ever had.
 
Benchmarks in the morning! \m/ 
 
  









  

  

  

  

 

 


(This is a temporary setup for the weekend while I wait for a few PCI-E power cables to be delivered. Optimal wire management coming soon )
 



Saiyanjin2

Benchmarks please  

This....and nicely presented.

The cards are awesome :) Could you please post temp and benchies?:)

=o just wow i all i can say

Great pix. Cards look awesome :)

Agree with all; nicely done Freakster!

even says limited edition on the mouse pad
looks great
I wonder how well these fold

Wow, Nice, I bet you all giddy like a 5 year old on Xmas morning
Is the mousemat a solid plastic/metalc 1 or rubber/cloth bendy 1 as I would like 1 if they were ever put on sale in the store?

Nice presentation......

kram36

Very nice, great looking cards and setup you have. With a E759 mobo you might want to look into the EVGA Power Boost if you haven't already gotten one.

 
Ordered and installed my EVGA PowerBoost about a month ago in preparation for these cards.
 
Now, before I run any benchmarks, I really need to try Crysis fully maxed out with CCC 2.21 tweaks and Crysis 2!

PLEASE please let me know temps for your GPUs in the Raven case. I have a similar case (FT03) with the veritcal orientation, and I really want to know if twin GTX590 cards will be capable of staying cool with silverstone's positive pressure, veritcal setup.
 
Thank you!! (I also asked on OCN, but you're not online there :p).

Why do these cards remind me of the 7900GTX?

Beautiful setup my man...i love the cards in a vertical mount.sweet. i don't care much about benching..how does crysis play? ,nice build. thats what i like to see.pc gamers never die

dang this soo cool, theres no way ill be able to shell out that kinds $$ but im glad someone can, because i would like to continue to see EVGA produce premier products like this one.

Just unbelievable. Wow!