Mobile graphics cards are really a different beast than the desktop variants. Despite have similar names and model numbers, the specifications vary greatly as the GTX 580M isn’t equivalent to the GTX 580 and the HD 6990M isn’t even a dual-GPU product. Also, getting the capability to do a direct head-to-head is almost always a [...]

Arctic slipped in the latest member in its reputed Accelero Twin Turbo series of graphics card coolers, the Accelero Twin Turbo 6990. As the name suggests, it is tailored for the top of the line AMD Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU graphics card. The cooler is designed to cool everything on the obverse side of the [...]

So you say you want to get the fastest single video card out on the market in the HD 6990, but just can’t stand the thought of a Hoover running in your case at full song during a frag fest. What is one to do to resolve this dilemma? Buy another card or two? Nope? [...]

With the release of the dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990, closely followed by the competing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 we saw graphics card performance reach new heights. With bandwidth throughput in excess of 300GB/s, these cards can consume more power than entire computer systems. Moreover, the two GPUs on board of either product are so [...]

The new generation of AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards is already here, but how well will they withstand the competition from discrete multi-GPU solutions? Today we are going to use a GeForce GTX 580 SLI tandem to answer this question. We’ve frequently criticized NVIDIA for its predilection to developing exceedingly sophisticated single-processor graphics cards that [...]

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, announces the world’s first liquid cooling solution for the HD6990 series: The PowerColor Liquid Cooling Solution (LCS) HD6990 4GB GDDR5. PowerColor is working with fabulous cooling manufacturer EKwaterblocks once again to bring the liquid cooling solution to the HD6990, aims to deliver the exceptional thermal performance [...]

TUL Corp. has now taken the veil off the PowerColor LCS HD6990, a Radeon HD 6990 which features stock clocks but has a single-slot design and uses of a full-cover waterblock made by EK. Thanks to the waterblock this card runs at 30% lower temperatures in load compared to reference models. The LCS (Liquid Cooling [...]

What happens when you take an AMD Radeon HD 6990 and add a Radeon HD 6970 to it for 3-way GPU CrossFireX performance? We compare this configuration directly to GeForce GTX 580 SLI a multi-monitor setup at high resolutions. TriFire in all its Eyefinity glory! Along with one new DX11 game. The evaluation we have [...]

March 2011 was certainly an interesting month for the high-end graphics card aficionados. First, AMD released the Radeon HD 6990 and merely two weeks later NVIDIA released their GeForce GTX 590. Both products each with pros and cons, but overall extremely fast products offering you a lot of performance, at a price of course. With [...]

According to reviews, AMD dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 is faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590. The HD 6990 is faster but also louder. It doesn’t matter for AMD, as long as the HD 6990 is faster in 3DMark11… And of course for NVIDIA, the GTX 590 is the fastest card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Is [...]

There is always a constant and tough struggle for supremacy among the manufacturers of computer components like CPUs, graphics cards, system memory modules, coolers, etc. There is fierce competition in each price category, especially among top-end products. The graphics card market is a vivid example of that. Having the world’s fastest graphics card under one’s [...]

There has been the same undisputed leader in the graphics cards market for almost eighteen months now. As with many good things, they all must come to an end or at least step aside in order to give way to the new generation. Sticking to its ‘premium products are of dual chip design’ dogma, AMD [...]

AMD introduced its first Radeon HD 6000 graphics card last October, when we reviewed the mid-range Radeon HD 6870. Since then AMD opened up to show its GPU roadmap and the cards that soon thereafter were coming to market. The high-end Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 also arrived late last year, while the dual-GPU [...]

Several months late and supposedly only a couple of weeks ahead of NVIDIA’s own dual-GPU flagship launch, AMD’s Radeon HD 6990 has no trouble establishing performance superiority. But does speed at any cost sacrifice too much of the user experience? In drag racing, they say ‘a chase is a race.’ In other words, if you [...]

I’ll be blunt: the AMD Radeon HD 6990 is a beast. Soundly outpacing the best that NVIDIA has to offer (at the moment), this dual-GPU juggernaut — previously codenamed “Antilles” — clambers to the top of our graphics card heap by serving up the most raw power we’ve seen to date. But then there’s the [...]

Internationally renowned graphics card and mainboard manufacturer MSI is popular with enthusiasts and professional consumers via great graphics performance and our expertise in research and design. After succesfully launching its all-new R6900/R6800 series of graphics cards, MSI today announces its top model AMD Radeon R6990-4PD4GD5 graphics card, equipped with two AMD Radeon HD6900-series graphics processors [...]

Club 3D B.V. is pleased to announce the introduction of the next generation video card based on the Antilles chipset, AMD’ second generation DirectX 11. The new Club 3D Radeon HD 6990 4GB GDDR5 comes with a Dual Bios Overdrive with a default speed from factory at 830 MHz. It can be switched into Overdrive [...]

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today introduced the fastest graphics card on the planet: the PowerColor HD6990. The PowerColor HD6990 features a dual BIOS setting, allowing a hardware overdrive option from factory-supported clocks to switch to 880MHz core speed and 1250MHz memory speed. The bump enables enthusiasts to maximize gaming experience [...]

PC gamers have a new standard-setting graphics card to look forward to in the form of the ASUS HD 6990. A true powerhouse, it uses dual HD 6970 cores on one printed circuit board, doubling the power while maintaining streamlined energy draw requirements. With ASUS exclusive Voltage Tweak, it pushes the card to run at [...]

SAPPHIRE Technology, the largest manufacturer and supplier worldwide of graphics solutions based on AMD technology has just added a new top-of-the-range model bringing record performance levels to the recently launched HD 6000 series – the SAPPHIRE HD 6990. The new SAPPHIRE HD 6990 is a dual GPU card featuring the latest architecture from AMD providing [...]