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HIS Radeon HD 6790 IceQ X Turbo 1 GB
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AMD recently released their Radeon HD 6790 Series which is a trimmed down version of the HD 68xx, based on the same GPU chip but with reduced performance. Priced at $150, right in the gamer's sweet spot range, the card offers plenty of power for gaming at up to 1680x1050.

HIS has equipped their IceQ X Turbo version with the company's new IceQ X heatsink which uses semi-transparent blue plastic cooler. The clock speeds of the card have also received a healthy bump, up to 900 MHz core and 1100 MHz memory.
| GeForce GTS 450 | Radeon HD 5770 | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Radeon HD 6790 | HIS HD 6790 IceQ X Turbo | GeForce GTX 460 | GeForce GTX 460 | Radeon HD 6850 | Radeon HD 6870 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Units | 192 | 800 | 192 | 800 | 800 | 336 | 336 | 960 | 1120 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Graphics Processor | GF106 | Juniper | GF116 | Barts | Barts | GF104 | GF104 | Barts | Barts |
| Transistors | 1170M | 1040M | 1170M | 1700M | 1700M | 1950M | 1950M | 1700M | 1700M |
| Memory Size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 768 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit | 192 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 192 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Core Clock | 783 MHz | 850 MHz | 900 MHz | 840 MHz | 900 MHz | 675 MHz | 675 MHz | 775 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 900 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1026 MHz | 1050 MHz | 1100 MHz | 900 MHz | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Price | $110 | $110 | $135 | $150 | $160 | $150 | $170 | $170 | $200 |
