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What New Things Should You Know About AMD Radeon HD 7990

The AMD Radeon HD 7990 was a superclass graphics card by AMD. Firstly, it was launched on 24th of April 2013. Secondly, it was built on the 28 nm process. Furthermore, it is based on the Malta graphics processor, in its Malta XT variant. Thirdly, the card supports DirectX 12. E

Although it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be a problem with newer DirectX 12 titles.

We have told you some of the basic things about AMD Radeon HD 7990. We will tell you more about it. If you are interested to know about the model which is amazing for gamers, read the article.

Features of Radeon HD 7990

Features of Radeon HD 7990
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We will move on directly to speak about the features of this model. Firstly, we know that the Malta graphics processor is a big chip with a die area of 365 mm² and 4,313 million transistors. That is quite impressive. Secondly, the AMD Radeon HD 7990 is made up of two graphics processors that increases the performance. 

Thirdly, the features have 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs, per GPU. If you wish to know every technicality then this article will greatly help you. 

Fourthly, AMD has paired 6 GB GDDR5 memory along with the Radeon HD 7990. Furthermore, it is then connected by using a 384-bit memory interface per GPU. Now we must tell you here that each GPU manages 3,072 MB. Fifthly, The GPU operates at a frequency of 950 MHz. Besides, one can  boost it up to 1000 MHz when memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective). For all those who are not familiar with the technicalities, we would still suggest that you go on with buying this model. This is because this is one of the best models under AMD. AMD Radeon HD 7990 is undoubtedly one of the best models to look for if you love gaming.

More features

More features
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Firstly, being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 7990 can power from 2x 8-pin power connectors. In addition the power draw rate should be 375 W maximum. Secondly, the Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Thirdly, we have seen that Radeon HD 7990 is connected to the rest of the system by using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. Furthermore, the card’s dimensions are not more than 304 mm x 106 mm x 38 mm. Moreover, it has a dual-slot cooling solution. Lastly, Its price at launch time was 999 US Dollars.

These are the basic features. Apart from this we will tell you that the launch date was in April 2013. So you can understand that this is not a very old model. In the few years it has become a favourite of the gaming users. Did we tell you about the standard display connectors? 4X mini DP. The audio input for hdmi is also there.

There are more cool features of the AMD Radeon HD 7990. Firstly, it has an AMD power tune. Secondly, it has AMD zero core power. Thirdly, it has AMD power play. Then it has direct compute 11. Fourthly, it has HD3D technology. Lastly, it has a high dynamic range. These are the latest features which will help to make 7990 one of the best ones out there.

Is there mantle support? Yes. Will you get Vulcan support? Yes. The shader model is 5.0. Bet you didn’t know about these.

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