The father of all desktop graphics card has come and is awesome. I termed it beast because AMD has really done a good job making it a beast machine. Though it is pricey but you worth it. This dual-GPU monster graphics card is the most powerful graphic card you will ever see. The new Radeon HD 6990, codenamed Antilles has two GPU’s in a single package.
The good thing about Radeon HD 6990 is that it is energy efficient and gives a serious speed. The Radeon HD 6990 gives you five display outputs: four mini-display ports, and a dual-link DVI port. Every card will connect with 3 adapters i.e two mini-Display Port to DVI and one mini-Display Port to HDMI. It is used in the Eyefinity setup. You can connect upto six displays from the card.
Playing With Numbers:
If we talk about the numbers Radeon HD 6990 is a real winner. We tried it with Futuremark’s 3DMark 11. It is the latest version of the tried and true 3DMark benchmark suite. The numbers were amazing as the Radeon HD 6990 has a 67% lead over the Nvidia GTX 580 on performance setting and boast 70% in the Extreme mode. The 3DMark 11 score are given below:
Effect On Games:
These are some numbers and how Radeon HD 6990 performs when tackling real HD games.
The bottom line is that the AMD Radeon HD 6990 is the World’s fastest single graphics card. The only thing to worry is the massive price tag because it will cost you $700.
