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Is the 6990 still fast?
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Thanks for that, but seeing as we're on a computer enthusiast forum some members may have owned both of these graphics cards. I was looking for a more personal experience
That's actually quite surprising, I thought it would have been close/slightly better than a 290 atleast.
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It's based on tech 5+ years old, so it's always going to struggle to keep up with todays cards despite it being a dual GPU board. It was also soundly beaten by Nvidias GTX 590 at the time. From what I remember the 6990's were plagued with poor drivers and a fan noise that could wake the dead!
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It'd good for 1080p but would struggle in higher resolutions due to having 2gb of vram.
It doesn't support DX12 or Mantle.
It doesn't support DX12 or Mantle.
Ive got an r9 380 at the moment which for the price is quite a decent card, and I'm only at poor old 1080 still although I'll probably invest in something bigger soon.
I realise it would have been far from practical I just fancied having a play really
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If you want a very cheap yet powerful 1080P card, go for 7990, around 150-200 for second hand.
Ive got an r9 380 at the moment which for the price is quite a decent card, and I'm only at poor old 1080 still although I'll probably invest in something bigger soon.
I realise it would have been far from practical I just fancied having a play really
Coming from the era of "wow this 320x240 looks so awesome compared to the c64". I still can't grasp how far we have come. I remember upgrading from a 14 to 15.5 inch monitor and thinking it can't get much better than this.
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Ive got an r9 380 at the moment which for the price is quite a decent card, and I'm only at poor old 1080 still although I'll probably invest in something bigger soon.
I realise it would have been far from practical I just fancied having a play really
Yeah, the 380 will perform better than a 6990 in recent games due to much more optimised drivers. When crossfire drivers are potentially giving the 6990 a hard time, the 380 would bury it.