Reviewers Liked
- Excellent Performance
- DirectX 11
- AMD Advanced Parallel Processing Technology
- Eyefinity Capable
- Cool and Quiet
- Sapphire Cooler
- Low Power
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Uses more power than an HD 6850
- Expensive
Sapphire Radeon HD 6790 1GB GDDR5 PCIe
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PC Advisor
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The Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6790 is definitely a step down from the 6850, despite having some very similar technology in certain areas. However, its price tag is also a little less; the £25 price difference still leaves it enough room to mark itself...
By Maximum PC
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Remember the Radeon HD 5830? That videocard filled a certain price point, but it was actually the same GPU used in the high-end HD 5870, with a large chunk of the die disabled. The net result was a graphics card that was physically bigger than the...
By Kitguru.net
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AMD have released a very competitively priced graphics card for the budget market which offers stunning performance in...
By Expert Reviews
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A good-value graphics card from AMD which is far superior to the direct competition from Nvidia....
By HardwareHeaven
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When the consumer receives their Sapphire 6790 the first impression due to the size of the box is that this is a basic, mainstream card however upon unboxing it they will find a card which goes above and beyond expectations. As well as getting a...
By Icrontic
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6790 is a good card. It’s a little power hungry, but that’s because it comes from a much higher-end card. Performance really leaves nothing to complain about—most games are playable at mid-range quality...
By Overclockers Club
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What is there to say about the Sapphire HD6790 other than it does seem to be a pretty good replacement for the HD5770 graphics card. Not only does it come in at a pretty decent price point of $149. There is quite a nice list of features that the...
By Neoseeker
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The HD 6790 is designed for gamers looking for a high performance, low cost solution to play the latest DX11 titles and in many ways it is really an ideal solution for its price point. At $149 the HD 6790 offers users good performance in resolutions...
By Pureoverclock
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When we saw the AMD Barts cards initially released, it took awhile to get used to the fact those cards were the new "lower-end" models. AMD's new naming scheme and classification changed things from the 5000 series definitions, and the 6850 became...
By Motherboards.org
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There was a time when choosing a video card was not really a difficult choice, as there were not that many cards to confuse the end user as to what to purchase, but that time has now passed. Buying a video card now means making a lot of...
By Gameswelt.de
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Die HD 6790 schlägt im wichtigen Mainstream-Markt ein und vergrault sämtliche Konkurrenten – bis auf einen....
By Nexthardware
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Nel complesso, le prestazioni offerte dalla Sapphire Radeon HD 6790 sono buone e spesso superiori a quelle della GeForce GTX 550 Ti, anche nelle versioni overcloccate di fabbrica.L’utilizzo di un’interfaccia di memoria a 256 bit rende questa...
By Radeon3D
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Die Radeon HD 6790 ist in Punkto Leistung ohne Zweifel das perfekte Bindeglied zwischen Mittelklasse und Performanceriege der Radeon HD 6000-Serie, doch wird sie es in den eigenen Reihen schwer haben, sich zu behaupten. Schließlich fällt der...
By HardwareMX
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Importante: Las opiniones del autor son meramente personales, por lo cual el punto de vista individual es basado en experiencias adquiridas a través de otras revisiones, en un lapso de tiempo distinto. Esta revisión se hizo en base a...
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