10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 590 is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

GeForce GTX 590 is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 590 get on latest AAA 2021 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. The GeForce GTX 590 can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 256 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

First we looked at 1080p resolution for the GeForce GTX 590 performance to explore what sort of benchmarks it would achieve on the popular title Resident Evil 8 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 9 FPS, Medium: 7 FPS, High: 5 FPS and Ultra: 4 FPS. We proceeded to look at Battlefield 2042 to see how that compared and predict that it will return a weak 0 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 590 performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Resident Evil 8 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 7 FPS, Medium: 6 FPS, High: 4 FPS and Ultra: 3 FPS. We then checked the performance on Battlefield 2042 to predict if that will run well. It is predicted to be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 590 we get the impression that it is not going to be able to keep stable frame rates at all times at Ultra 1440p on modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 590 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 590 in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 590? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 590 then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB as this is better than 634 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 48% better performance as well. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 22% better and can meet 312 of their recommended requirements.