AMD Radeon HD 6790 already shipping

Posted on Monday, April 04 2011 @ 21:39 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Legit Reviews noticed Newegg is already selling a PowerColor Radeon HD 6790 graphics card for $149.99. The official launch is expected real soon.

The card listed is by PowerColor and the model number is AX6790 1GBD5-DH. It looks like this card is clocked at 840 MHz on the core and 4.20 GHz memory. The site shows that the 1 GB of GDDR5 memory is connected with a 256-bit wide memory bus interface. Looking at the pictures we can see that the card has a single 6-pin PCIe power connector as well. The AMD Radeon HD 6790 is rumored to have 800 out of 1120 of stream processors of the 40 nm Barts GPU enabled.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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