6990 vs GTX 590

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by udidwht

The i7 2600k is not the fastest CPU. That would be the following:

i7 995x @ 3.60ghz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

fastest at passmark by a hair, but you do realize there are other benchmarks where it's not faster, right? Like any benchmark that's not heavily threaded...

Oh, and good luck finding a 995X, and since you have more money than brains, have fun spending about 4x what the 2600K cost.