AMD Radeon HD 7790 Review Feat. Sapphire: The First Desktop Sea Islands
by Ryan Smith on March 22, 2013 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
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- GCN
- Radeon HD 7000
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Our next benchmark is Shogun 2, which is a continuing favorite to our benchmark suite. Total War: Shogun 2 is the latest installment of the long-running Total War series of turn based strategy games, and alongside Civilization V is notable for just how many units it can put on a screen at once. Even 2 years after its release it’s still a very punishing game at its highest settings due to the amount of shading and memory those units require.
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bebimbap - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
would it be wrong of me to wait for the 7790 ghz ed?SithSolo1 - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
There will be no GE of this card.Quote - "The Radeon HD 7790 runs at 1GHz, but is not going to be called a "GHz Edition" anymore. AMD feels that they have made the point about having 1GHz edition GPUs in the market in 2012, and did not feel a need to label this new one a GHz Edition. Therefore, it will just be known as Radeon HD 7790." - Brent @ HardOCP, Asus DCUII 7790 review
SithSolo1 - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
Before someone gets confused, I'm not Brent. I just happened to read the review a bit ago and remembered that part about the Ghz Edition.Hardcore69 - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
Don't see a point. As a PC gamer I want it all, not some laughably compromised card - just over 30FPS (if that) at 1080p with the settings turned up? What's the point, just buy a console. I'll stick with my 680.cyan1d3 - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
While I agree with your sentiment, this card was not designed with us in mind, there is a large portion of people on budgets, who can't go ahead and blow ~$450 on a graphics card. There is also a large portion of people who see no need to play games at Ultra with high AA, etc.This card is a great line-up filler. I can see a use for this in a variety of budget gaming systems.
R3MF - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
agreed.i spent £400 on an MSI 7970 Lightning, but not everyone is that stupid! :D
evonitzer - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
Well with a name like Hardcore69, of course you would want the best of the best of the best (with honors). But I'm a casual PC gamer, so this card looks pretty great to me. My 4870 is getting a little (ok, very) long in the tooth. Why would I buy a console and pay full price for games, only use a controller, and have to pay a monthly fee (x360) just to play casually when I could pick up a $150 card and drop it into my computer?CeriseCogburn - Sunday, March 24, 2013 - link
His point wasn't your pathetic budget, his point was the graphics suck like a console.Just keep the 4870, it sucks too.
I am as mad as hell - Friday, March 22, 2013 - link
The day will come, in the not so distant future, that 700W PS requirements or higher for high-end gaming machines will come to an end (thankfully). And the whole system will not consume more than 100W and fits inside a mATX case or smaller (and no need for Godzilla size cooling fans anymore either).CeriseCogburn - Sunday, March 24, 2013 - link
It's called Haswell.