XFX R7790 Black Edition 1GB Review - PAGE 1

As AMD continues to refresh the extremely popular 7000 product series we can expect to see several variants of AMD's latest Bonaire GPU, also known as the 7790. The Radeon HD 7790 is manufactured using TSMC's 28nm process and incorporates all the latest and greatest features of AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture; in fact the 7790 is a whole new piece of silicon. AMD designed the 7790 to fill a gap in their mainstream lineup, giving the budget mined gamer an alternative to NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 650 and 650 Ti.

Now we can turn our attention to our review sample provided by XFX. The R7790 is priced at $159.99 placing it right in between NVIDIA's GTX 650 and the 650 Ti, giving XFX an excellent entry level GPU to compete with. Taking into consideration XFX's custom designed cooler, factory overclock and the Duratec professional grade components along with XFX's GPU Edging (Black Edition Selection Process) and you have the combination for an extremely potent GPU.