Last time we checked the GeForce GTX 650 Ti represented the best value in this bracket, but it looks like AMD is trying to win us over. Current pricing has the Radeon HD 7770 at around $110-$120, while the 7850 costs betwen $180 and $200. The Radeon HD 7790 will be available in volume beginning April 2nd for as little as $150, which prices it smack bang between the 77. That said, the new Radeon HD 7790 is likely going to be of more interest than the GTX Titan to many of you for the simple reason that it is affordable and should be pretty good value as well. Not the most exciting product to be released, and its performance will be a far cry from what we saw with the GeForce GTX Titan last month. Rather what we have is the latest member of the Southern Islands family, designed to fill the gap between the Radeon HD 77.
Expecting something entirely new was not to be, as we are now three months into 2013 and we find ourselves reviewing a brand new AMD graphics card that isn’t based on a new architecture. AMD Current-Gen Comparison” which saw Nvidia take out the $100 - $150 price bracket with the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, while AMD claimed the $150 - $200 range with the Radeon HD 7850.Īs well-thought-out as the Radeon HD 7000 series was, we kind of hoped 2012 would mark the beginning and the end for the series, much as 2011 did for the previous generation. Late in the year we wrapped things up with our feature “The Best Graphics Cards: Nvidia vs. AMD spent the better part of 2012 releasing an entire line of 28nm GPUs, starting with the Radeon HD 7970 in January and followed by over half a dozen more cards throughout the next 8 months.
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