ASUS ATI RADEON HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD £119.99

ndaar · 23 Nov 2009 at 13:39

without or without the dirt 2 vouchers £119 for either the power color or asus versions of the 5770 i think represent good value for money over the rest of the 5xxx series.

Da[]San · 23 Nov 2009 at 16:40

Da[]San;15355359 said:
Can i crossfire 5770's with my system ?

E6600 @ 3.4ghz - Biostar TPower 45 - 4gb Ram - Corsair HX 520

Anybody ?

bhavv · 23 Nov 2009 at 17:23

Da[]San;15379804 said:
Anybody ?

I looked up your motherboard and it seems to have 2 full PCI-E slots, so you should be able to.

Tute · 23 Nov 2009 at 17:26

Da[]San;15379804 said:
Anybody ?

Between the two PCI Express graphics slots you can see eight red blocks that look as though they might be lights but in fact they are jumpers. If you want to change from a single graphics card with 16 lanes of PCIe 2.0 to CrossFire on two slots with eight lanes each then you have to move all eight jumpers. It's not the sort of job that you'll perform more than once or twice in the life of your PC but even so it's a surprisingly primitive system compared to other motherboards that use a digital switch.

It seems you can, you get 8x 8x instead of two full lanes but I can't see that hurting performance too much.

Just remember to switch those jumpers.

Da[]San · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:26

Tute said:
It seems you can, you get 8x 8x instead of two full lanes but I can't see that hurting performance too much.

Just remember to switch those jumpers.

Great, thanks.

craptakular · 23 Nov 2009 at 20:17

when are these back in stock?

I just bought an X38-DS4 for £60 in MM, hope this will be good for Xfire.

Minstadave · 23 Nov 2009 at 20:26

X38 is a great board for crossfire, 2 full speed 16x lanes.

craptakular · 23 Nov 2009 at 20:41

Minstadave said:
X38 is a great board for crossfire, 2 full speed 16x lanes.

I paid £60 for it delivered, have i got a good deal?

Minstadave · 23 Nov 2009 at 20:56

Yeah I don't think thats bad

craptakular · 23 Nov 2009 at 21:19

Shouldn't be bad at all of I can sell me old 9800GTX in the loft and my current mainboard the P35-DS3R

Better get back to talking about G cards

Meridiusuk · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:20

so what are the sound levels like compaired to a passive GFX card ?

Mr.E. · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:26

Hi folks, thinking of getting one of these cards for my sons machine. I think he currently has a 8400/8600 GT card.
The CPU is AMD 5000+ with a Foxconn A6VMX mobo & 500w PSU.

Should there be any problems ? Also ( if no problems ) should he see a notable difference in games ?

Toastor · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:34

Mr.E. said:
Hi folks, thinking of getting one of these cards for my sons machine. I think he currently has a 8400/8600 GT card.
The CPU is AMD 5000+ with a Foxconn A6VMX mobo & 500w PSU.

Should there be any problems ? Also ( if no problems ) should he see a notable difference in games ?

There shouldn't be any problems, and there will be a very notable difference in games.

LeJosh · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:47

Sorry to be a pain but how would one of these be after going from a 4850?

I have a E5300 at 3.12GHz

angove · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:58

Any news when these cards are back in stock? - I was 'umming' and 'ahhing' to long and missed out

lol

niggyg · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:04

Oxy said:
Shouldn't be bad at all of I can sell me old 9800GTX in the loft and my current mainboard the P35-DS3R

Better get back to talking about G cards

I'd be interested in your MOBO but I don't have access to MM and can't PM you :confused:

Owenb · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:05

Mr.E. said:
Hi folks, thinking of getting one of these cards for my sons machine. I think he currently has a 8400/8600 GT card.
The CPU is AMD 5000+ with a Foxconn A6VMX mobo & 500w PSU.

Should there be any problems ? Also ( if no problems ) should he see a notable difference in games ?

The PSU is the only potential problem. If it's a low quality PSU then it might not have anything like the 500watts it claims- and it might lack a PCI-e power cable. It's unlikely, but double check.

The 5770 is ~5 times faster than a 8600GT, but the CPU will bottleneck the card in some games.

Sorry to be a pain but how would one of these be after going from a 4850?

~20-25% faster. If your 4850 is the 512MB version then it might be more in some games- e.g It's more than twice as fast in FarCry2, but that is very rare in current games.

pastymuncher · 24 Nov 2009 at 19:59

I would love to be able to tell you how good this card is but it still has'nt arrived!!! Ordered Thursday evening when showing 10+ in stock and assured that it would be dispatched on Friday. Got a email saying it had been dispatched on Saturday yet tracking info only started working Monday night as it had only just been picked up. So it was'nt dispatched on Saturday at all!! Finally got to Aberdeen at tea time today but DPD or any of the other big couriers do not deliver to my area so it will be sub-contracted out to some cowboy outfit who may decide to deliver it late tommorrow afternoon. Not impressed at all and i certainly won't be buying the second card from here. :mad:

Brutus · 25 Nov 2009 at 11:32

Fatboy said:
Also Asus now all sold out next delivery is on Monday.

So did you get anystock in monday? or idea when next lot will be?

Shamikebab · 25 Nov 2009 at 12:53

I've ordered one of these but it still says out of stock. It isn't desperate but would be great to know if you have an idea when you'll be getting them back in