Sapphire Radeon HD 6990 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Unmatched topend DX11 graphics performance.
DualBIOS switch enables performance boost.
Drives fivedisplay portrait mode Eyefinity.

Cons:

Extremely expensive enthusiast product.
Heated exhaust is vented back into case.

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Last revision on February 11, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Unmatched topend DX11 graphics performance
DualBIOS switch enables performance boost
Drives fivedisplay portrait mode Eyefinity
Cayman GPUs enable stereoscopic 3D functionality
Fan exhausts most heated air outside of case
Multiview CODEC enables

Reviewers Didn't Like

Extremely expensive enthusiast product
Heated exhaust is vented back into case
Audible cooling fan at idle
Noisy under load
AMD HD3D products are hard to find

Expert reviews and ratings

the Radeon HD 6990 4GB needs to be paired with multiple screens to show its real worth. Do so and you're rewarded with an excellent gaming experience....

By HEXUS.net on March 24, 2011

8/10. The Radeon HD6990 allows AMD to regain the king of the hill for single card performance, for the moment at least, and if you use the factory overclocking option it's even faster, noisier and more power hungry than it is straight out of the box...

By TechEye on March 23, 2011

As the Sapphire Radeon 6990 is near identical to the reference design which we reviewed earlier today here, before we discuss the specifics of Sapphires model and CrossFire, this is what we had to say about the AMD version..."The 6990... ...feels like...

By HardwareHeaven on March 08, 2011

Sapphire delivers its card with a CD for drivers, a manual, a DVI to VGA adaptor, a mini-DP to DisplayPort adaptor, a mini-DP to HDMI...

By BeHardware on June 08, 2011

The good news for AMD is that once again they can claim bragging rights on the fastest single graphics card. The bad news is that's very expensive, power hungry and, if pushed, very loud....

By itreviews.com on March 28, 2011

AMD has every reason to be happy today - the company launched its Radeon HD 6990 and it earned the title of the world’s fastest card. The card uses two Cayman XT GPUs and will churn out some seriously impressive performance. Naturally, two chips...

By Fudzilla on March 24, 2011

Every once in a blue moon we see the powers that be in the video card world knock out a true contender for the video card king, today that emerging power is AMD with the release of their all new Dual-GPU VGA card, hence dubbed the HD 6990....

By Motherboards.org on March 19, 2011

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to...

By Benchmark Reviews on March 16, 2011

Is the HD 6990 the master of its domain? Why yes...yes it is. Much like when the HD 5970 was launched, the HD 6990 just cleans up and delivers FPS numbers that can't be matched by any single video card currently out today. In that respect it is a...

By Overclockers Club on March 13, 2011

Mit der Radeon HD 6990 liefert AMD eine enorm leistungsfähige Grafikkarte ab. Selbst der üppige Hardwarehunger eines Metro 2033 konnte das neue Dual-GPU-Flaggschiff des „grünen Riesen“ problemlos stillen. Die Kehrseite der...

By Gamezoom.net on May 22, 2011

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