Pros: Absolutely silent - cannot hear this card run. I am not into gaming. The sixty year old building I use has barely adequate power, which is the reason I chose the 6790. I needed a faster card, but one that draws less power. This card appears to draw less power than the 9800GTX+ that I had been using. AMD has done an outstanding job with this chipset. Summary: quieter, uses less power and less expensive than the competition. Unless problems develop later, I will likely begin moving exclusively to AMD chipset video cards over the next year or two.

Cons: This is more of a comment than a Con. Had some problems with PowerColor's website when I registered for the rebate. A warning flashed on my screen which said ALERT, TROJAN HORSE. I e-mailed Hugo about the problem. Hugo got back to me IMMEDIATELY. We exchanged a couple more e-mails, but Hugo was not much help. I think he didn't believe me. I went back to PowerColor's website a few days later and was able to successfully complete my registration without problems of any kind.

Overall Review: I keep five computers running, with close to 100% of all parts for original build and maintainence purchased from NewEgg. Three of the computers run all day, everyday. The other two run part time. On the ones that run full time, hard drives and video cards are usually pulled and replaced about every two years. The other two machines will generally run about four years before major rebuild. I had some problems with ATI chipset cards about eight or nine years back, so have used chipset video cards from the other major manufacturer exclusively the past few years. Compared with the 550ti, this 6790 AMD chipset card is a much better investment.

Pros: - Good price/value ratio when on sale; - 256 memory interface - fan is very quiet - smaller than the 5750 it replaced - HDMI 1.4

Cons: The 6850 is the next level up and very close in price, unless this one is on sale. The inclination would be to get the 6850, but my Foxconn motherboard didn't like a 6850 I tried, so I went with this lower model. The MEI was only 0.1 lower with this 6790 than the 6850 I tried.

Overall Review: This replaced a troublesome Sapphire 6850 I bought from Newegg (and RMA'd) and it's been great in my HTPC. Powers my Samsung 51" plasma in 3D without breaking a sweat. Smaller, better fit in my Silverstone GD4 case than the original 5750 I had. Though the 5750 has no fan and the 6790 does - I truly can't hear much difference (probably because of the 3 case fans). I recommend this card if it's on sale. The specs are so close to the 6850, I doubt if most users would notice a difference in performance.

Pros: The card worked wonderfully... when it did. I do graphic design programming, and even some GPU number crunching with it, and it was fast, snappy, and powerful.

Cons: Then there was the bluescreens. About 3 weeks after owning it, it started causing Stop 0x116. Which if you are familiar with, means the video card locked up, and refused to talk with windows. I assumed it was because I was using software to manipulate the heatsink fan speed (stock settings were too tame when I was working, and it would get close to overheating in my smallish room.) Well, stopped doing that, and it continued, growing ever more common. Secondlife would trigger it to crash, blender would trigger it to crash, even occasionally flash would trigger the crash. It got to the point where I had to save every change in blender, or risk losing work. I finally removed it, but seems they want proof of purchase or some such to RMA it.... its newegg, the closest to that is the invoice? and that got thrown away 3 months ago.

Overall Review: PowerColor's RMA process is painful at best, also their rebate is a joke. Again they want proof of purchase, but not the invoice, and maybe or maybe not the UPC on the box. Then to RMA they want the same stuff? You only get one UPC guys.

Pros: +WEI went from 6.4 (Onboard video from z68 motherboard) to 7.4 with this card. +Overclocked easily to 925 MHZ GPU and 1180 MHz Memory (cool and stable) +Card seemed well built +Great price (on sale and rebate ~$90). +Potential with crossfire seems solid

Cons: -At prices above $110, would probably be better off with a 6850.

Overall Review: Core i5-2500k Asus P68Z68 LX Motherboard Powercolor AMD6790 8 GB Corsair Vengeance Intel 120 GB SSD OCZ ModXStream 700W Power Supply

Pros: Great card for the price. I picked one up for $120 with a $30 MIR bringing it down to $90 which is a steal for the power this card offers. At stock settings it seems to barely underperform my hd 6850. I was able to stably OC it to 975mhz core which increased framerates by an additional 10%. When OC'd it can handle playing Skyrim, BF3, Rage all at 30+ FPS in 1080p on high/ultra settings. Also runs surprisingly cool, it usually runs in the low 50s while gaming and around 35 while idling. Unlike its bigger brother, the hd 6850, this 6790 only requires one 6-pin PCI power connector so you can use a lower power, more inexpensive, power supply.

Cons: I probably wouldn't pay the full $120-130 price tag for the 6790. For $10-20 more I would rather get the 6850 which runs a bit faster but if this goes on sale it's a great card.

Overall Review: If I see this on sale again below $100 I'm definitely picking up another one for a CrossFire configuration.

Pros: Good bang for the buck for a budget nerd. Better than the equivalent nvidia offering.

Cons: None really. Cheap brand is a con, but seems to be well made.

Overall Review: Overall this card offers pretty good performance (Skyrim on high, 1080p no problems) for a budget card. It scores better than what nvidia offers (I'm not a fanboy, I have several nvidia cards in my computers, too) at this price range. When my old GTX blew out I needed something cheap to replace it. I didn't need more performance, just the same or better and this card delivers. From one nerd to another... I recommend it.

Pros: This card is a great value to me. My Radeon HD 4870 served me very well but the fan failed the card was finished. This new card was less expensive and is a superior card to the 4870. I noticed the difference right away while playing SW:TOR. The detail is much improved and the game looks fantastic on the highest settings. This card also requires less power than others that I have owned. It is a quiet card as well. The big test for me after my fan failed on my previous card was to test the temperature after several hours of gaming. After playing SW:TOR for about three hours on the highest graphic settings the card temperature was 50c. Not bad at all.

Cons: None so far!

Overall Review: This is totally petty but I would have preferred a rebate or discount instead of a voucher for a $50 game that I will never even use. If you want to give me value then do it directly and not with a free optional game that I would never have heard of had I not bought the card. Again that is no big deal and has nothing to do with the card itself. Just my "other thoughts" as it were. :-)

Pros: Handles whatever I throw at it. Had hiccups, but that was because I didn't update the drivers. When they are up to date, there is not much out there this won't handle at least moderately well.

Cons: Where is my mail in rebate POWER COLOR? Are you people serious? I followed your directions, sent it in, and have heard nothing. It has been 6 months!