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Review: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7790

by Tarinder Sandhu on 22 March 2013, 04:00 3.5

Tags: Sapphire, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Power, temps and noise

The last-generation GTX 560 (non-Ti) sticks out like a sore thumb here. All other cards have an at-mains power-draw of less than 170W. Think about that for a second and you'll readily come to the conclusion that purchasing an 800W PSU for a mainstream build - one that has a Core i7-3770K chip, even - is pointless.

Continuing the GTX 650 Ti-matching theme established in the performance benchmarks, Sapphire's Bonaire GPU runs the green team's card close.

Low power-draw and a meaty cooler means excellent temps.

And while all cards can be considered quiet, the two Dual-X fans can hardly be heard. This is certainly a card that can be recommended for a very quiet system.