XFX HD 6790 Review (dual fan)

3DMark 11 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.

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The new 6 series hardware is very capable in Direct X, managing to outperform the HD570 in CrossfireX, and falling just behind the GTX580 ! When you factor in that two of these cards cost £230 inc vat and a GTX580 is still around £400, it seems like a pretty good deal.

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