3-31-2011 news by fudzilla

HD 6790 is based on the Barts GPU, the same one that is used forn the HD 6800 series, even the PCB is similar to the one used for the Radeon HD 6870 cards. There's a max TDP of 150W and disabled shaders might even be unlockable.

The upcoming HD 6790 cards will have a great overclocking headroom, 1GHz is probably quite easily achievable.

3-31-2011 news by nordichardware

Exactly why the launch has been moved up to April 5th is uncertain, but most likely AMD wanted to give partners time to finalize their own cards. At the same time we hear good news about the power consumption and the first pictures.

When Radeon HD 6790 launches the prices are expected to lie around $110-130 and become a direct reply to NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 550 Ti. How the two match in performance remains to be seen.