AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB Review

Rob Williams · 04-04-2011, 11:59 PM

In recent months, we've seen AMD and NVIDIA go back and forth with releases that are designed to one-up the other at the respective price-point, and with AMD's Radeon HD 6790, it doesn't look like this game will end anytime soon. Set to compete against the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, the HD 6790 launches with the same MSRP of $149.

Read through our full look at AMD's latest mid-range card and then discuss it here!

Optix · 04-05-2011, 08:53 AM

It certainly looks like there was a surplus of 6870s kicking around. Disable 300 processors, slap a number on it and off you go!

Doomsday · 04-05-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Optix

It certainly looks like there was a surplus of 6870s kicking around. Disable 300 processors, slap a number on it and off you go!

Hah!

Relayer · 04-14-2011, 05:14 AM

Sorry, posted in wrong thread. :redfaced:

DarkStarr · 04-17-2011, 11:00 AM

Hmm.... Guess I dont need to get new GPUs then. My 275s, in SLi (this new driver SUCKS and now the game has MASSIVE flickering) can play it in DX9 maxed out everything (or as far as things will go) at 8xAA and hit 120FPS

not bad for $220 worth of cards.

Relayer · 05-06-2011, 05:09 AM

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04-17-2011, 11:00 AM	#5
DarkStarr Tech Monkey Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 623	Hmm.... Guess I dont need to get new GPUs then. My 275s, in SLi (this new driver SUCKS and now the game has MASSIVE flickering) can play it in DX9 maxed out everything (or as far as things will go) at 8xAA and hit 120FPS not bad for $220 worth of cards. __________________ Intel Core i7 2700k (4.8 @ 100x48) Watercooled - 16GB Crucial Ballistix @ 1600 Mhz 9.9.9.24 2T 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz 9.9.9.24 2T - Asus Sabertooth P67 - Asus Radeon 7970 Ref. (Non Ghz) Heatkiller 79xx Ni-Bl (Soon) @ 1050/1500 - 64Gb Crucial M4 SSD - 3x Hitachi 1Tb - Corsair TX950W Azza Genesis 9000B - 2x Samsung SyncMaster S27A550H - Vizio 32" LCD

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