Hey! I know it's been a very long time since my last post. I just haven't felt like writing about anything. Now with a rumor or two floating around I decided to talk about the 7990, AMD's retaliation at Nvidia's 690! I will also have my views on whether or not I would buy it. Enjoy!
Well, what is the 7990? It is 2 7970 cores stuck into 1 giant easily over heated card. A big draw back about AMD's card is that it has a tiny fan in the middle (at least with the 6990) that hardly cools the card. There's also the fact that these 2 cores come factory Under clocked to assist with its massive power requirements and to cut down on heat.
Something else is the whole hype on 6gb of GDDR5 RAM.... Who the hell cares?! Think about the 580, it was and still (sort of) is the best card you could/can buy and it only had 1.5gb of RAM. I hope most builders realise this, but to the odd idiot that has way too much money to spend on his first build. You can save 100+ simoleons on 2x crossfire 7970's which run cooler and faster.
Personally, if I was given the choice between a 7990 and 2 7970's, I would take the 7970's. It really is up to you, but that is just my opinion. I'll be back some time when I feel like it again.
Benvahkiin
Well, what is the 7990? It is 2 7970 cores stuck into 1 giant easily over heated card. A big draw back about AMD's card is that it has a tiny fan in the middle (at least with the 6990) that hardly cools the card. There's also the fact that these 2 cores come factory Under clocked to assist with its massive power requirements and to cut down on heat.
Something else is the whole hype on 6gb of GDDR5 RAM.... Who the hell cares?! Think about the 580, it was and still (sort of) is the best card you could/can buy and it only had 1.5gb of RAM. I hope most builders realise this, but to the odd idiot that has way too much money to spend on his first build. You can save 100+ simoleons on 2x crossfire 7970's which run cooler and faster.
Personally, if I was given the choice between a 7990 and 2 7970's, I would take the 7970's. It really is up to you, but that is just my opinion. I'll be back some time when I feel like it again.
Benvahkiin
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