AMD HD6790 Review
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 5th April 2011 | Source: AMD | Price: £112 |
Test Setup
AMD HD6790
Catalyst 11.4
Intel Core-i7 950 @ 4GHz
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
Muskin Joule 1200w
6GB Mushkin Redline
Noctua NH-D14
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Overclocking
One of the primary reasons to buy a lower-end card is the overclocking potential and the performance that it will unlock.
The HD6790 was able to be pushed all the way from the default core speed of 840MHz all the way up to 985MHz on the GPU. Impressive overclocking performance.
Temperatures
Thanks to the greatly reduced capabilities of the underlying GPU, even with out overclock everything remains cool with the HD6790 maxing out at 69°C.
Of primary importance for us is that this performance doesn't come at the cost of fan noise, with the card being one of the quieter AMD ones we've tested recently.
Most Recent Comments
I don't understand why Nvidia and AMD released the 550 and 6790 surely the time and effort would have been better spent making improved versions of the 6850 and 460.
Architectualy speaking isn't this another 5 series card?
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Originally Posted by marsey99
Architectualy speaking isn't this another 5 series card? |
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Originally Posted by chaotic_russ
no video review of this ? mind you , you are busy playing at a show TTL |
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
No time to video, Im building rigs for the show and making videos of them. They are far more interesting...... |
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Originally Posted by wotevajjjj
they sure are ? cup of 1080p tea time today ? |
but aa 460 or 6850 is too close to its price :/
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Originally Posted by Chaney
x2, but im american.. Bleh tea... Redbull does a body good though |
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Originally Posted by SieB
It's pretty much a overclocked 5770 with a different architecture, lower power consumption, less heat and noise. |
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Originally Posted by zeppas
Doesn't that make it exactly not a 5770, lol. |
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