GIGABYTE GV-R779OC-2GD Pro Reviews

Retailed at the $169.99, the HD 7790 2GB (GV-R779OC-2GD) offers good performance for a budget gaming card. If you only play game on a single monitor up to 1920p resolution, the HD 7790 should offer smooth game play without much of an issue. It should be able to play most current titles at high setting without any problem. When AMD first launched the HD 7790, the 1GB onboard memory is one of concern but with Gigabyte’s HD 7790 packed with 2GB onboard GDDR5, you do not have to worry that memory capacity will be holding you back. Obviously, the additional memory does cost a little bit of money but we feel that it is worth to spend a little bit more. Not only that Gigabyte packed the card with extra memory but it also overclocked by 7.5% and the custom cooler offers excellent cooling performance at extremely low noise-level. If we have to be picky, we would like see the Gigabyte HD 7790 to come in the reference card’s length of 8.5 inches as oppose to 10.5 inches long. We think Gigabyte can actually rework the cooler slightly to fit the reference PCB as oppose to extend the length of the card. Heck, we even would not mind trading maybe a bit of cooling performance for a slightly shorter card. Especially since the card’s oveclocking is limited. Overall, the Gigabyte HD 7790 2GB (GV-R779OC-2GD) offers good bang for the bucks. Despite its design shortcoming, it is still a good mainstream gaming card as long as you are not going to put it inside a small form factor PC then you can enjoy super quiet operation during the intensive gaming battle.