Gigabyte Radeon HD 6990

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6990

On March 8th, 2011 AMD has launched the new dual GPU graphics card Radeon HD 6990, codename Antilles. While the original release of these cards was expected to come in late 2010, the timing of the actual release couldn't be better, since the release landed within a few weeks of the release of Nvidia's GTX 590, which hit the market on March 24, 2011. Since the release of these dual GPU beasts, there has been a lot of discussion as to which one is superior. Hitting the same price range at about $700, both cards are luxury high-end performance cards capable of fully supporting a wide plethora of newest game releases. So the only justification for purchasing such cards as GTX 590 or HD 6990 is to explore gaming in full with features like Eyefinity or Nvidia Surround, which utilize multiple monitors and provide the ultimate surround performance. Previously, we had the honor of reviewing both AMD Radeon HD 6990 and Nvidia GTX 590, which demonstrated outstanding performance. Today we finally get a chance to take a look at the product by a rather renowned vendor--GIGABYTE. The GIGABYTE GV-R699D5-4GD-B Radeon HD 6990 is priced for $739.99 on Newegg.com, and follows the standard architecture, previously observed in the AMD HD 6990 reference card.