Stick with my 5770 or buy an MSI GTX460 cyclone?

[Nbolo]

No need to flash anymore. MSI's afterburner unlocks the upper limits on all HD 5000 cards that support voltage tweak without requiring a bios flash.

Some people might be unlucky enough to have a non reference 5770 which doesnt have the voltage tweak chip at all, and flashing those to a reference card bios may end up bricking the card.

If MSI afterburner doesnt work on your HD 5000 card, DONT bios flash it.

Thanks for the warning! will keep this in mind, afterburner doesn't give me voltage control at the moment, do i have to unlock unnofical overclocking before it shows up?

 

[M1k3H]

Would make sense if you already have a 5770 to buy another, both my 5770 hit 1000 core and a bargin now for the £100 mark.

Hello, sorry to go off-topic

In afterburner my Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X can only go up to 960, which it is right now, and after severe testing there are no artifacts, and temps go up to 65oC while gaming with the fan @70%.
How can I raise it anymore? Bios flash?

 

[Nbolo]

Hello, sorry to go off-topic

In afterburner my Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X can only go up to 960, which it is right now, and after severe testing there are no artifacts, and temps go up to 65oC while gaming with the fan @70%.
How can I raise it anymore? Bios flash?

Afterburner is limited by the 'offical' overclocking limits of the card.

Following the guide linked below will allow you to use afterburner to bypass these limitations.

http://www.overclock.net/ati/641299-guide-enabling-unofficial-overclocking-msi-afterburner.html

 

[M1k3H]

Afterburner is limited by the 'offical' overclocking limits of the card.

Following the guide linked below will allow you to use afterburner to bypass these limitations.

http://www.overclock.net/ati/641299-guide-enabling-unofficial-overclocking-msi-afterburner.html

alright thank you, will give this a read right now!
worked like a charm! thanks! will start overclocking some more now

 

[Xelene]

Prices change so quickly, i was foolish enough to pay £130 for a 5770! boy do i regret that.

I don't regret the £130 on my 4890

 

[welshdragon]

Will installing Afterburner interefere with the ccc?

Also, will afterburner only let me overclock what my specific 5770 is capable of? Does it have profiles ie 10% 20% etc>?

I have the Asus card and want to try for more juice but I'm a total noob at it. In so much as I haven't done it before?

 

[Nbolo]

Will installing Afterburner interefere with the ccc?

Also, will afterburner only let me overclock what my specific 5770 is capable of? Does it have profiles ie 10% 20% etc>?

I have the Asus card and want to try for more juice but I'm a total noob at it. In so much as I haven't done it before?

I've found afterburner and CC to work fine together, obviously only use 1 or the other to overclock.

As was said a few posts back afterburner is limited by the 'offical' overclocking limits of the card.

Following the guide linked below will allow you to use afterburner to bypass these limitations.

http://www.overclock.net/ati/641299-...terburner.html

You can set profile manually (up to 5 i believe)