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stock 5770 or vapor x 5770

moults

moults

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Hi guys

i am about to purchase an 5770 card, is it worth paying the extra £30 to get a vapor x version. I can get the ******** version for £126 where as the Vapor x version is £156.

All advice would be appreciated
 
Thanks guys as my monitior is a samsung 226bw which has a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050 so i guess all i would need would be the basic 5770 saving between £30 (vapor x) and £45 (5830). As i'm upgrading from an X1950 i hope to see a big difference.
 
So many opinions all are helpful but all i've done is talk myself out of a certain card at each turn. I had budgeted £120 ish for a new card and whilst i don't mind going to £156 for the Vapor x where do you stop. £169 for the 5830 represents a 35% increase in my original budget? I guess i'm trying to justify the outlay.

Thanks for all your help. keep it coming as i'm not buying the card until late tomorrow.

Cheers
 
I too am in the same situation, some people say the 5770 is enough for 1680x1050, but then I want something thats more than enough so I can max out some games the 5830 is a little more expensive than the higher priced 5770's but then for another £40 you can get a 5850! the card I keep going back to is the 5830 as it seems best bang for buck, although I keep toying with the idea of picking up a 4870x2 second hand..
 
I've just bought the Asus 5770 for the voltage tweak and the cooler is supposed to be quite a bit better than the stock cooler which exhausts air out of the case as well.

Runs nicely, 45 degrees at idle and 65 at load in a room that is 25 degrees at the moment and a case with minimal airflow because I've got the fans at the lowest rpm possible.
 
moults said:
So many opinions all are helpful but all i've done is talk myself out of a certain card at each turn. I had budgeted £120 ish for a new card and whilst i don't mind going to £156 for the Vapor x where do you stop. £169 for the 5830 represents a 35% increase in my original budget? I guess i'm trying to justify the outlay.

Thanks for all your help. keep it coming as i'm not buying the card until late tomorrow.

Cheers
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i think the hint there was the vapor-x is only a minor improvement over the stock 5770, but the 5830 will blow both the 5770s out the water. its all about cost/performance ratio.
 
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moults said:
whilst i don't mind going to £156 for the Vapor x
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Hey moults! :)

Really I don't think anyone would suggest you spend over approx £130 for a HD 5770 . .



moults said:
where do you stop
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Probably a single HD5870 Vapor x or CrossFired HD5850's Vapor x if your not careful! :p

moults said:
[£163.99] for the 5830 represents a 35% increase in my original budget? I guess i'm trying to justify the outlay.
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How did you "justify the outlay" for the HD 5770 Vapor X? . . . 29.1% over your starting budget of £120? . . .

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I guess a possible deal-breaker for you maybe if the HD 5830 wont fit in your case or perhaps you don't have two PCI-E 6-pin power plugs?

Here are some HD 5770 vs HD 5830 benchmarks results from a random bunch of games . . . . benched at the same resolution you will be using!



The HD 5830 costs an extra £9.00 compared to the HD 5770 Vapor X . . . this is an extra 5.8% budget . . . . and for that extra 5.8% budget you get an additional 17% average FPS increase! . . that is godly Price-to-Performance-Ratio! :D
  • + 5.8% ££
  • + 17% FPS
Now this all goes to hell when you instead replace the HD 5770 Vapor X with a regular model costing £129.99 . . . The HD 5830 now costs an additional £34 compared to the regular HD 5770 . . . this is an extra 26.2% budget . . . . and for this extra 26.2% budget your beginning to get a taste of Diminishing-Returns with just 17% average FPS increase

  • + 26.2% ££
  • + 17% FPS
It's not all bad though as Crysis Warhead and Wolfenstein both buck the Diminishing-Returns trend and still enjoy a nice +33% frame rate boost . . . . basically you get the idea . . . If buying new then a regular HD 5770 is gonna be high on your list, followed by a bit of a splurge on a HD 5830 if you decide you want some extra milage pr perhaps intend to go 1920x1200 in the cards lifetime . . .

Other than that there is plenty of good quality used GPU's selling for sub £100 that would be a good upgrade compared to your older X1950 Pro!

Hope this helps! :cool:
 
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If you can find a decently priced 5770 for under 120 go for it (they exist) the vapors are pointless on a card this cool and quiet and no better than the eggs.
 
JeffyB said:
the vapors are pointless on a card this cool and quiet
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I wonder why they are manufactured? . . . could it be some people just have money to blow and really want one to look at through their case side panel? . . . Is it a marketing thing? . . iPhone, iPad, Vapor X . . . do they do something special we don't know about? :confused:

I'm only mainly interested in Price-to-Performance myself . . . I do have a bit of a soft spot for BlueLEDS though and may cough up an extra £2.00 for that glow (I can't see in my windowless case!) :o
 
Vapor 5770's are just a premium to make money, they cool no better than an egg. They are also non reference making them impossible to flash to the asus/msi bios and incompatible with a lot of water blocks.
 
The price of the Vapor-X's have shot up in price, that is why they are such bad value for money atm.

When I bought mine they were £126 and standard black reference PCB, £30 cheaper than they are now, not to mention the new Vapor-X's are on the Blue PCB and as such have no voltage adjustment, a standard egg cooled card at the time was £118, so it was a no brainer to go for the better quieter cooler.

Now the price difference is so large i'd either go for a standard Egg for ~£120, or the ASUS CuCore for ~£130.
 
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HeX said:
The price of the Vapor-X's have shot up in price, that is why they are such bad value for money atm.

When I bought mine they were £126 and standard black reference PCB, £30 cheaper than they are now, not to mention the new Vapor-X's are on the Blue PCB and as such have no voltage adjustment, a standard egg cooled card at the time was £118, so it was a no brainer to go for the better quieter cooler.

Now the price difference is so large i'd either go for a standard Egg for ~£120, or the ASUS CuCore for ~£130.
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Yes I agree with this also, it was just a few quid extra when I bought my stuff so I didn't think twice, I will be looking to X-fire soon :)
 
Although the vapor doesn't have better cooling than the egg, in fact it's maybe a couple of degrees higher, it does seem to overclock much much better though. I have both versions (my vapor was £130 at the time), and the vapor looks much nicer with the blue LED, if you have a window in your case. Basically it's just bling and maybe better overclocking at a premium price. I would say just buy the cheapest standard 5770 you can get your hands on, if you can find one for around £120ish then you've got a great card all round.
 
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