Radeon HD 6990: An icon of the past

In 2011, AMD introduced the Radeon HD 6990, a graphics card equipped with two GPUs. At the time, it positioned itself as the highest performing solution on the market, albeit with high power consumption and a cooling system that wasn't exactly quiet.

The card represented an attempt to maximize graphics performance, a common strategy in the high-end sector, even at the cost of compromises in terms of efficiency.

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