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AMD ATI Radeon HD 6790 1GB GDDR5 PCIe

Based on 15 reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

4
Average:

4
Bad:

6

Pros

Modest performance
Attractive price. Decent performance.
Decent to good performance, Good overclocking headroom, Supports all AMD-features like Eyefinity, Good a relatively silent cooler
Good performance improvement over HD 5770, Reasonable pricing, Up to five active displays, Native fullsize HDMI output, Support for DirectX 11
Significant speed boost over previous-gen card; outpaces competing Nvidia card in some recent games

Cons

A bit loud fan, Huge power consumption, Price compared to 6850
Outperformed by similarly priced AMD card and cheaper Nvidia card (in certain situations). Relatively high power usage. Blocks an extra expansion slot.
Compared to the price the performance is a bit to far from the HD6850
Noisy cooler, High power draw in Bluray playback, Requires 2x 6pin power connector, DirectX 11 relevance limited at this time, No support for CUDA / PhysX
Larger, more power-hungry than AMD's higher-end HD 6850, as well as Nvidia's parallel card

By BeHardware on June 10, 2011

With the Radeon HD 6790, AMD has exploited the weaknesses of what is an easy target: the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. While the Radeon HD 5770 already matched the GTX 550 Ti in terms of performance, it was obvious that the Radeon HD 6790 could only be a winner...

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By DigitalVersus on May 27, 2011

Although the AMD Radeon HD 6790 beats its direct competitor, the biggest rival for this graphics card could actually be its higher-end counterpart, offering boosted performances for just a bit more...

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By Legion Hardware on May 10, 2011

Overclocking your graphics card is a very quick and easy way to get a little extra performance out of your system. The overclock we used when testing our Radeon HD 6790 should be considered as a maximum air-cooled overclock for this particular card....

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By Rbmods.com on April 27, 2011

Radeon 6790 performs quite well overall in our tests. Performance was little poorer than with our 6850, but still sufficient even for gaming use. However there’s a little contradiction with this card – it’s priced around the same as...

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By HardwareZone.com on April 21, 2011

In terms of performance, the new Radeon HD 6790 is the perfect foil to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 550 Ti. In most instances, the Radeon comfortably beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti while operating at moderate temperatures and consuming slightly less power....

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By PC Mag on April 05, 2011

Starting at $149, the AMD HD 6790 has got a terrific-sounding price, but with some comparison shopping it?s easy to do better without spending more....

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By Tom's Hardware on April 05, 2011

Since 1680x1050 is the most prevalent resolution that these cards will handle, let’s consider the average performance: With a near-identical results, the Radeon HD 6790 seems deliberately designed to compete with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 460 768...

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By Guru of 3D on April 05, 2011

range this product could be just what the doctor ordered for gamers on a budget, have a quick peek at the actual reference sample and then let's head on over into the review. ...

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By TechRadar on April 05, 2011

Tired of the ultra high-end, stupidly expensive graphics cards? How about more of a budget offering in the shape of an AMD Radeon HD 6790 then?In the red corner- AMD. In the green corner, Nvidia. Age-old adversaries locked in an epic technological...

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By Bjorn3D on April 05, 2011

The HD6790 is AMD's latest card aimed at the $150 mid-level market between the HD5770 and the HD6850. It performs pretty well and can even handle many games at the highest quality settings, something that is nice for a card around $150/€129....

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