Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card Review

Today we are taking a look at a brand new video card from Sapphire. We have been hearing about the Radeon 7790 over the past few weeks and earlier this year AMD said we would see an HD 8000 series towards the end of the year and they would be refreshing their HD 7000 lineup with new chips. The HD 7790 is the first card that is part of this refresh, based on the brand new “Bonaire” 28nm graphics processor. The Bonaire graphics processor is based off of AMD’s graphics core next (GCN) architecture and features 896 stream processors. We are looking at Sapphire’s version, which is the HD 7790 OC with Dual-X. The Dual-X is for Sapphire’s own unique cooling system on the card. This card features a 1075MHz core clock, 1GB of GDDR5 memory and has dual DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connections. This card is setup to compete directly with Nvidia’s GTX 650 Ti. Read on as we take a look…

Special thanks to Sapphire for providing us with the Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card to review.

Specifications
SKU: 11210-01-20G (OC)
GPU: Radeon™ HD 7790
Bus Interface: PCI-E 3.0 x16
Memory: 1024MB / 128-bit GDDR5
Clock Speed: 1075 MHz Eclk /Effective 6400 MHz Mclk
Cooling System: 2 Slot dual fan
Bracket: Full Height
Dimension: 217(L)x110(W)x35 (H) mm
Display Support:
– DL-DVI-I
– DL-DVI-D
– Display Port
– HDMI
– VGA (Via included adaptor)
HDCP: Yes
Stream processors: 896
Crossfire Support: Native Hardware Crossfire
External Power: PCIe Graphic External 1 x 6 pin
Accessories:
– DVI to VGA Adaptor x 1
– 6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable x 1
– Software
– Driver CD

Packaging
The HD 7790 OC Edition comes in Sapphire’s typical packaging. On the front there is a female soldier and it lists some of the main features of the card. On the back it goes into detail about the features.

Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card

On the side of the box it lists the specifications and system requirements. Opening the box up inside you will find the HD 7790 Dual-X card, HDMI cable, DVI to VGA adapter, 6pin PCIe power to molex power cable, CrossFire connector, driver CD and quick installation guide.

Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition Video Card

For a full unboxing and overview of the card be sure to check out the video below.

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