This is a review of a graphic card from Gigabyte.
A recently release new card from AMD which is the AMD HD7790.


Let's start off with pictures, due to the limitations of the thread, i am unable to show all the pics here therefore please go to
7790 Photos <-- Click
There are photos of the package, card and close ups as well.

Overview of the card It comes with a 100mm fan to cool your card when in intense gaming



Time for some games...
Driver that is being used for this card is 12.101.2.1-13-313a-154550E-ATI
as this card is very new so had to use the driver that came with the CD.

The machine that is used for testing

NOTE: ALL of these games were running at 1920 x 1080 resolution
LINK FOR the meaning of FPS
People would recommend at least 30fps to be able to play smoothly but 20+fps is playable as well

First game i tested was of course none other than CRYSIS 3
First run, i set preset at Ultra and the games wasn't playable with only 6fps(Frames per second)
So i tried the High preset and the games was playable. I was quite surprise to get 20+ fps with all the rain and explosion
Look at the image below, the card was still able to get 23fps with all the rain and explosion yet i didn't feel any lag

With High settings, you still don't lose a lot of textures of the game and if you notice while indoors, the card was able to get 37fps, is that good or what.


Next up, yet another popular game, Bioshock infinite!
With bioshock, they have their own special way of benchmarking
pic below

I ran setting number 2:UltraDX11_DDOF
which basically means almost max setting and this card gave me another surprised. It was able to run with playable fps which was over 30
Here are some shots
There are so many AI(s) around yet able to run at 32fps

Check out the texture of the AI

Some more Beauty shots of the game



Last but not least, time for Tomb Raider. I just love the new Lara croft, wait.. who doesn't.
As for TR, the card was able to set almost the highest setting but not everything max. There was a problem with tressfx and with that on, the game wasn't able to run smoothly so i had to turn off the "Shampoo effect"
Here's what i got with the in game benchmark

Isn't she beautiful

Check this scenery out. Gorgeous


For more gaming screenshots with fps go to
HERE

Conclusion
For around Rm460 card, i would say it is very well worth it as this card is able to play the current games with playable fps for the price you pay. This card is consider a mid range card yet it performed unexpectedly well. For those who can't afford to buy a high end card which cost Rm1.4k ++, you can opt for a crossfire configuration if you plan to upgrade. Both cards would cost you around RM1k and performance will gain another 30-40% from a single card. Who doesn't like dual cards in their rig, it definitely looks cool.
As for temperature, i was able to get around 35 degree Celsius IDLE which is pretty normal for graphic cards.
Full load(when playing) for Bioshock, the card went up to 67 which is not bad as only 1 fan cooling the card.
For Crysis 3 is was 61 which not bad as well. At first i thought 1 fan wouldn't cold the card much but their new technology "Triangle Cool" works pretty well.
Alright to sum it up

Pros:
-Affordable
-Potential for Crossfire(dual cards) with low cost
-Overclocked out of the box
-Low power consumption
-Low temperatures
-comes with a 100mm fan
-If you noticed, 3 games i tested are compatible with AMD "Gaming Evolved"

Cons:
-wish they gave more stuffs like hdmi cable,etc

This post has been edited by z3r0717: May 3 2013, 07:51 AM