Nvidia dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card to be unveiled soon

Nvidia is expected to reveal its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card in mid-March 2011 at the earliest and AMD will release its Radeon HD 6990 a month later. Competition between the two graphics chip makers will benefit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, according to sources from graphics card makers.  AMD's dual-GPU Radeon made a brief public appearance last month and is expected to integrate 3840 stream processors and have 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4.80GHz.

The GeForce GTX 590 is expected to pack two GF110 graphics processors for a total of 1024 CUDA cores, 3027MB of GDDR5 memory, dual 384-bit memory buses, 128 texture units, and 96 ROPs. These specifications would successfully dual down on Nvidia's single-GF110 GeForce GTX 580. The GeForce GTX 590's TDP hasn't been exposed yet, but the GTX 580 is rated at 244W.