The AMD Radeon HD 7790 GPU core runs at 1GHz while its GDDR5 memory is at 1500MHz, this GPU also carries 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs. The HD 7790 operates at near silence because even under load it only draws 85 watts and as little as 3 watts at idle.
Some newer games won't run perfect at max settings
A little more money gets you a little more performance
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With AMD working harder than ever to improve performance across their Radeon HD 7000 series, we feel the 7790 at $150 is a safe investment, though you wouldn't be doing wrong if you went with the competition either.
The Radeon HD 7790 stands out for a couple of reasons: it's AMD's most powerful mid-range graphics card and, at £110, it's the most expensive GPU in this group.For that money, you get a card that uses the same basic architecture as the high-end HD 7970....
AMD announced the mainstream Radeon HD 7790 GPU last week and expects add-in board partners to begin selling their own cards in the next few days. HD 7790 provides solid gaming performance at a full-HD (1080p) resolution, and the use of a custom-built...
The AMD Radeon HD 7790 meets its primary goal, which is simply to rival the competition. But the price will have to drop quickly. If it doesn't, the point of this card's existence will be...
Tons of benchmarks, but the conclusion is quite clear. In Full HD resolution, for which the Radeon HD 7790 is intended, 2GB does not have any added value over 1 GB. So you're better off getting the 1 GB version and saving a little money. The Radeon HD...
As we’ve found out in our testing, the Radeon HD 7790 and the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost successfully complement the current line-ups of AMD- and Nvidia-based solutions. The former is exactly halfway between the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and the...
The Radeon HD 7790 is AMD's latest entry in the eternal battle with Nvidia. The new card has a good price point of 150 dollars or about 150 euros, and is a worthy competitor of the similarly priced GeForce GTX 650 Ti. We arrived at an average...
AMD's new Radeon HD 7790 is the first Sea Islands GPU to find its way to the channel market and Bonaire proves to be very compelling product in the sub-$200 market that is usually quite crowded. Because of NVIDIA's gap in product that lies between...
The new Radeon HD 7790 cards featured in this article performed right in line with our expectations. Based on its branding alone, it's obvious that the Radeon HD 7790 falls somewhere in between the Radeon HD 7770 and the Radeon HD 7850 in AMD's...
The most interesting feature of sub-$200 graphics cards is their ability to transform from mid-range single-card solutions into high-end dual-card ones through the use of multi-GPU technologies like AMD CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI. With dual-GPU capable...