AMD Radeon HD 7790 Video Card Review w/ Gigabyte & Sapphire
Test System
Before we look at the numbers, let’s take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done using a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running.
Video Cards & Drivers used for testing:
- AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3
- NVIDIA GeForce 314.21
Intel X79/LGA2011 Platform
The Intel X79 platform that we used to test the all of the video cards was running the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard with BIOS 0305 that came out on 12/25/2012. The Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz quad channel memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-27 1T memory timings. The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD was run with firmware version 2.25.
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7-3960X |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
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Memory |
16GB Corsair 1866MHz
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Video Card |
Various |
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Solid-State Drive |
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB |
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Cooling |
Intel RTS2011LC |
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Power Supply |
Corsair AX1200 | ||||
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Gigabyte GV-7790OC-1GD GPU-Z Information:
Sapphire HD7790 Dual-X OC GPU-Z Information:
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