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Best 5770 to buy?

gingergamer

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Well I am going to buy a 5770 in the next couple of weeks and when having a look I noticed this XFX one which wasnt in stock last time I checked:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-149-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

Not only is it the cheapest, but it also has the reference design (which I think looks really nice).

My plan is to buy a second one at the beginning of 2011 (at the latest that is) and go crossfire, but until I get my second one, I will want to overclock my single card for a performance boost. I need to know whether I am better off buying a different one with a better cooler.

Now I can spend up to around £130/140 on it, and I am wondering whether this is the best choice or if there are any other 5770s which you guys think are better.


Advice and help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
I have that card for my build and its fine for what I need. I managed to buy it for £99 on a day deal. If I had some more money I would have bought another graphics card higher than the 5770 but I couldnt.

I was looking around about the various types and from what I gathered it was the design and cooling methods of the boards. For example I seen a "CuCore" version and that was some different design for cooling.

My gf has a Vapour-x 5750 I think and that is quite a lot bigger than the 5770.

So far mines ran games fine and hasnt struggled but I would like two also. I am going to crossfire two 5770s when I can afford to, I hear they perform really well.
 
Get the cheapest one you listed. Not sure if it is reference though (the actual card can differ from the one in picture).

If your board takes SLI and you don't mind spending a little more (£146), get GeForce 460 768MB, it's a more future proof card me thinks.
 
I was considering the 460 at one point, but a lot of threads on this site were saying the 768mb version is a pointless buy as its not enough for today's games.

Plus my MoBo only supports Crossfire X so I wouldnt be able to add another in the future if I went with the nVidia option
 
If it doesn't support Crossfire then ignore it. Otherwise GeForce 460 is a good choice, regardless of the version. It's really up to the budget, each card has its place.
 
No, I mean my motherboard doesnt support SLi, only Crossfire.
And I like the idea of having a "5870" in my case for £100 less.

All I really want to know is whether the 5770 I listed is overclockable by much?
And if it isnt, what is my next best option?
 
Yeah, I meant SLI :) And the cost of two 5770s is roughly £50 less than a single 5870 but still a saving ;)

Your next best option is a single 5850. It overclocks past stock 5870 levels.
 
gingergamer said:
I was considering the 460 at one point, but a lot of threads on this site were saying the 768mb version is a pointless buy as its not enough for today's games.
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Well, I wouldn't go as far as "pointless" as the GTX460 768MB is still faster than a 5830 1GB in most games, even at 1920x1080. It's just that the 1GB version fo the GTX460 has more memory and 8 more ROPs for just around £20~£30 more, so people would stretch to that.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Well, I wouldn't go as far as "pointless" as the GTX460 768MB is still faster than a 5830 1GB in most games, even at 1920x1080. It's just that the 1GB version fo the GTX460 has more memory and 8 more ROPs for just around £20~£30 more, so people would stretch to that.
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The cheapest 768MB at OcUK is £147 and 1GB is £174, so £27 difference.

The cheapest 768MB delivered elsewhere can be had for £139 and £169.

This means it's more likely to be £30 all the time which transfers pretty well into performance gains as well. I can see why people recommend the 1GB more often though.
 
Mr Krugga said:
Yeah, I meant SLI :) And the cost of two 5770s is roughly £50 less than a single 5870 but still a saving ;)

Your next best option is a single 5850. It overclocks past stock 5870 levels.
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Yeah, but the reason I am going with 5770s is because I can buy one now to get me along with the new games, then when I save up enough, I can buy a second giving me a 5870 overall, but not having to pay out all at once if you get me.

And I eventually want to buy a 8800GT and do Hybrid PhysX with my 2 5770s, as I have seen how well it performs on games like Batman and Mafia 2 so I would still like that feature.
 
the 1 gig version of the 460 is recommended but it depends on the screen res you play on, if you play small size then the 768MB 460 is totally fine
 
To answer your question yes either get that 5770 which is cheapest, or if noise is a consideration the more expensive ones like vapor X etc have better and quieter coolers, thats only difference, the reference design would be needed if you were going to WC but it doesnt sound like you are so its irrelevant fact
 
I wont be water cooling no, but can you still get a decent overclock with the reference cooler?

@subbytna I currently play on 1280x1024 but will be buying a second monitor which I will run games on at a res. of 1920x1080
 
Just get the cheapest 5770 if you plan to crossfire later on. Otherwise if you can stretch to 140 then get the GTX 460, don't even think about it, just do it. It's far better card then the 5770.
 
I sent them a webnote about the cooler ages ago when I was on the look out for a 5770. They replied stating it was the egg shaped cooler and not the one shown in the picture.

So if you are after the reference design I would send a webnote first. In the end I just ending up getting the egg shaped one, and it cooled the card great. While it dumps air back into the case unless you have really poor airflow it won't make much of a difference if at all.

But maybe stretch to a 460 if you can, as good as value as you will get in my opinion.
 
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Even though I will be crossfiring at some point in the not so distant future, I should still go with 460?
Because I know the 460 is better card, but compared to 2 5770's it isnt.
 
Yeah but by the time you buy 2 5770's you could buy a GTX 470 which is much better then 2 5770's. It's not fair to compare a single card to 2 cards.

Heck, in my honest opinion, an overclocked 1GB GTX 460 would still be my choice over crossfired 5770s.
 
From what I've read the egg cooler is great for stand alone cards, but dumps it's heat back into the case. The rev 1 reference (total card) cooler isn't as good as cooling, but dumps all the heat out the back of the case so lower case temps.

I've got the heatpipe egg cooler a la Sapphire 5770, it's very good at cooling the card and even in a small SG05 case it doesn't raise temps that much.

There's a load of information on the rev 1 v rev 2 coolers out there if you Google. :)
 
franco_22 said:
Yeah but by the time you buy 2 5770's you could buy a GTX 470 which is much better then 2 5770's. It's not fair to compare a single card to 2 cards.

Heck, in my honest opinion, an overclocked 1GB GTX 460 would still be my choice over crossfired 5770s.
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But then that means I am stuck with my current card whilst saving for that 470.
I wanted to have 1 5770 for a while as an upgrade for what I have at the moment, and then add a second for some more performance.

@randal I will take a look mate, thanks.
 
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