AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB Review
Written by
Harry Butler
April 5, 2011 | 08:07
Tags: #hd-6790 #radeon
Companies: #amd
1 — AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB Review2 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Test Setup3 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Dirt 2 Performance4 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Call of Duty: Black Ops Performance5 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Arma II Performance6 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Bad Company 2 Performance7 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Power Consumption and Thermals8 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Performance Analysis and Conclusion
ManufacturerAMD
UK price (as reviewed) MSRP £115 (inc VAT)
US price (as reviewed) MSRP $149 (ex tax)
If you possess a particularly good memory when it comes to all things tech, you may recall the release of the ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB back in February 2010. It was based on the eponymously named Cypress LE architecture, a cut-down version of the full-size Radon HD 5870 1GB’s Cypress XT GPU, and served to help ATI make use of its GPUs that couldn’t make the grade for either of its high-end cards at the time. However, once the supply of low-grade GPUs dried up, so did the HD 5830 1GB; the Cypress LE seeming to stand for limited edition.
Our HD 6790 1GB review sample came dressed in the same cooler as an HD 6870 1GB
AMD’s Radeon HD 6790 1GB follows in the HD 5830 1GB’s footsteps, but is based on a Barts LE GPU this time. It’s a further scaled-down version of the Barts architecture found in both the HD 6850 1GB and HD 6870 1GB.
A further two SIMD engines have been disabled in comparison to the HD 6850 1GB, leaving the 6790 1GB with 800 stream processors, in comparison to the HD 6850 1GB’s 960 and the HD 6870’s 1,120. The HD 6790 1GB’s has a respectable 840MHz core clock, though, in comparison to the HD 6850 1GB’s 775MHz.
The HD 6790 1GB’s memory speed isn’t too shabby either, with its 1GB of GDDR5 clocked at 1.05GHz (4.2GHz effective) and connected by a 256-bit memory interface. This means the HD 6790 actually has more memory bandwidth than the HD 6850 1GB; 134.4GB/sec compared with the 128GB/sec of the HD 6850 1GB, which should help the card a little at higher resolutions.
Board partners have had free rein on PCB designs and coolers. Here are the cards from HIS (left) XFX (centre) and Sapphire (right)
However, the real area where AMD has taken the axe to the HD 6790 1GB’s GPU is its ROP count. Both the HD 6850 1GB and HD 6870 1GB have a full set of 32 ROPs, but the HD 6790 1GB sports just 16. The HD 6790’s GPU back-end has escaped the cuts, though, meaning it still sports the same pair of rasterisers and single tessellation unit as both HD 68xx-series cards.
As it’s effectively another rung down on the specification ladder from the HD 6850 1GB, it’s odd that AMD hasn’t chosen to name this card the HD 6830.
Instead, it’s created a whole new 67xx range just for this card; cue never-ending tongue twisters involving the HD 6790 and HD 6970.
All HD 6790 1GB cards will require two 6-pin PCI-E power connectors
Despite the nomenclature gymnastics, in reality the HD 6790 1GB will be placed in the middle of the £30 price gap between the £99 HD 5770 1GB and the £135 HD 6850 1GB, taking on Nvidia’s recently released GTX 550Ti 1GB.
As was the case with the HD 5830 1GB, there’ll be no stock model for the HD 6790 1GB, with board partners instead given free rein to use their own custom PCBs and coolers. While this means there should be plenty of competition and variety, it means our review sample, based on a stock HD 6870 1GB PCB, is only representative of graphics performance. Differences in cooling, power delivery circuitry and PCB design mean each partner’s card could perform very differently when it comes to thermal and acoustic performance.
One feature all partners cards will share, though, is the use of two 6-pin PCI-E power connectors, despite the fact that this card sits below the single 6-pin PCI-E powered HD 6850 1GB in AMD’s range.
While part of this will be due to the HD 6790 1GB running at slightly higher clock speeds, the lower stream processor count should realistically negate this. We suspect that the extra power is required to keep the lower grade Barts LE GPU stable; our HD 6790 1GB reported a vcore of 1.175V, compared with the 1.094V of an HD 6850 1GB.
| AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB | |
| GPU | |||||
| Codename | Barts LE | Barts Pro | Juniper XT | GF116 | GF104 |
| Frequency | 840MHz | 775MHz | 850MHz | 900MHz | 675MHz |
| Stream Processors | 800 (840MHz) | 960 (775MHz) | 800 (850MHz) | 192 (1,800MHz) | 336 (1,350MHz) |
| Layout | 10 SIMD Engines | 12 SIMD Engines | 10 SIMD Engines | 4 SMs, 1 GPC | 7 SMs, 2 GPCs |
| Rasterisers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tessellation Units | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Texture Units | 40 | 48 | 40 | 28 | 56 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 24 |
| Transistors | 1. 7bn |
1.7bn | 1.04bn | 1.17bn | 1.95bn |
| Size | 255mm2 | 255mm2 | 166mm2 | 238mm2 | 348mm2 |
| Process | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm |
| Memory | |||||
| Amount | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 |
| Frequency | 1.05GHz (4.2GHz effective) | 1GHz (4GHz effective) | 1.2GHz (4.8GHz effective) | 1,026MHz (4,104MHz effective) | 900MHz (3.6GHz effective) |
| Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Bandwidth | 134.4GB/sec | 128GB/sec | 76.8GB/sec | 98.5GB/sec | 115GB/sec |
| Card Specifications | |||||
| Power Connectors | 2 x 6-pin PCI-E | 2 x 6-pin PCI-E | 1 x 6-pin PCI-E | 1 x 6-pin PCI-E | 2 x 6-pin PCI-E |
| Maximum Power Draw | 150W | 127W | 108W | 116W | 160W |
| Idle Power Draw | 19W | 19W | Not Specified | Not Specified | Not Specified |
| Recommended PSU | Not Specified | Not Specified | 450W | 400W | 450W |
| Typical Street Price | £115 | £135 | £100 | £115 | £135 |
1 — AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB Review2 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Test Setup3 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Dirt 2 Performance4 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Call of Duty: Black Ops Performance5 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Arma II Performance6 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Bad Company 2 Performance7 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Power Consumption and Thermals8 — Radeon HD 6790 1GB Performance Analysis and Conclusion
Radeon HD 6790 [in 4 benchmarks]
Radeon HD 6790
Buy
- Interface PCIe 2.
0 x16 - Core clock speed 840
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 1050
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon HD 6790 sales 4 April 2011 at a recommended price of $149. This is Terascale 2 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.05 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 134.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 198 mm. Two 6-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 150 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
4.14%
of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
Radeon HD
6790
vs
GeForce RTX
4090
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 6790: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 574 | |
| Value for money | 0.32 | |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | |
| GPU code name | Barts | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 4 April 2011 (11 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | |
| Current price | $169 (1.1x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
To calculate the index we compare the characteristics of graphics cards against their prices.
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Technical specs
Radeon HD 6790’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 6790’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 800 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 840 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 33. 60 |
of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 1,344.0 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon HD 6790’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 198 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 6790: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 6790. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 6790, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon HD 6790. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
HD 6790
4.14
- Passmark
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite.
It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 26%
HD 6790
1624
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280×1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
HD 6790
13637
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle.
All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280×720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
HD 6790
2887
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
HD 6790
2150
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon HD 6790. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 122 Mh/s |
Is Radeon HD 6790 good for gaming?
Let’s see how good Radeon HD 6790 is for gaming.
Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| 900p | 52 | |
| Full HD | 61 |
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 10−12 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4 |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 10−12 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4 |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 10−12 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8 | |
| Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10 |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2−3 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon HD 6790 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
104.59
AMD Radeon E8860
103.86
AMD Radeon R7 M465X
100
AMD Radeon HD 6790
100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
94.93
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
93.96
ATI Radeon HD 4890
93.24
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 6790 from NVIDIA is GeForce GT 740, which is slower by 5% and lower by 10 positions in our rating.
GeForce GT
740
Compare
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon HD 6790:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
117.
87
NVIDIA GeForce 945A
114.01
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
107.97
AMD Radeon HD 6790
100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
94.93
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
93.96
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
93
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Radeon R7
384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
Compare
Radeon HD
5770
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GeForce GTX
550 Ti
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Radeon R7
512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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GeForce GTS
450
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Radeon HD
5850
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon HD 6790 according to our statistics.
Core i5
2400
3.8%
Core i3
2120
3.8%
Phenom II
X4 955 (95W)
3%
Athlon II
X4 640
2.8%
Core i3
2100
1.9%
Core i5
3470
1.7%
Core i5
750
1.7%
Core i5
2310
1.
5%
Core 2
Duo E8400
1.5%
Pentium
E5700
1.5%
User rating
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Review and testing of MSI R6790-PM2D1GD5/OC video card
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Review and testing Radeon HD 6790.
Comparison with GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 6850 and lower graphics cards
Powercolor HD6790 1GB GDDD5 (AX6790 1GBD5-DH)
AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550: What is the difference?
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Why is AMD Radeon HD 6790 better than ATI Radeon HD 5550?
- GPU frequency 290MHz higher?
840MHz vs 550MHz - 0.99 TFLOPS higher than FLOPS?
1.34 TFLOPS vs 0.35 TFLOPS - 9 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
13.4 GPixel/s vs 4.4 GPixel/s - 250MHz faster memory speed?
1050MHz vs 800MHz - 1000MHz higher effective clock speed? nine0125 4200MHz vs 3200MHz
- 24.8 GTexels/s higher number of textured pixels? more memory bandwidth?
134GB/s vs 51.2GB/s
- 128bit wider memory bus?
256bit vs 128bit
- 111W below TDP?
39W vs 150W - Does it have HDMI output?
- Has DPFP?
- 33mm narrower?
165mm vs 198mm
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Performance
GPU clock speed
840MHz
3 50113
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
Turbo GPU
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When the GPU is running below its limits, it can jump to a higher clock speed to increase performance.
pixel speed
13.4 GPixel/s
4.4 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
flops
1.34 TFLOPS
0.35 TFLOPS
FLOPS is a measure of GPU processing power.
texture size
33.6 GTexels/s
8.8 GTexels/s
Number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
GPU memory speed
1050MHz
800MHz
Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth.
Shading patterns
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors in a graphics card that are responsible for processing various aspects of an image.
texture units (TMUs)
TMUs take texture units and map them to the geometric layout of the 3D scene. More TMUs generally means texture information is processed faster. nine0113
ROPs renderers
ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics.
Memory
effective memory speed
4200MHz
3200MHz
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data transfer rate of the memory. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications. nine0113
maximum memory bandwidth
134GB/s
51.2GB/s
This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory.
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of the graphics card. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
memory bus width
256bit
128bit
Wider memory bus — this means it can carry more data per cycle. This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card. nine0113
versions of GDDR memory
Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improve performance.
Supports memory troubleshooting code
✖AMD Radeon HD 6790
✖ATI Radeon HD 5550
Memory troubleshooting code can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server. nine0113
Features
DirectX version
DirectX is used in games with a newer version that supports better graphics.
OpenGL version
The newer the OpenGL version, the better graphics quality in games.
OpenCL version
Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality.
Supports multi-monitor technology
✔AMD Radeon HD 6790
✔ATI Radeon HD 5550
The video card has the ability to connect multiple displays. This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view.
GPU boot temperature
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Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better. nine0113
supports ray tracing
✖AMD Radeon HD 6790
✖ATI Radeon HD 5550
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games.
Supports 3D
✔AMD Radeon HD 6790
✔ATI Radeon HD 5550
Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses).
supports DLSS
✖AMD Radeon HD 6790
✖ATI Radeon HD 5550
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance. DLSS is only available in some games.
PassMark (G3D) result
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This test measures the graphics performance of a graphics card. Source: Pass Mark. nine0113
Ports
has HDMI output
✖AMD Radeon HD 6790
✔ATI Radeon HD 5550
Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to an attached display.