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Is the HD5770 still a good card?

Count_Zero99uk

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Im looking at upgrading my PC on a budget, is the HD5770 worth extracting from my old PC?

Likewise all hard disks are the same unless you spend silly money on them arnt they?

Thanks for your time

Brian
 
1680-1050 ? quad core ? if you have that I would say yes.

Not like there's tonnes of games around that demand more than a 5770.
 
I dunno, i just read the side of the box on my bookshelf :(

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card, is what it says in my order.

Im looking at moving up to the i5 chip of some description.
 
ok ill just keep hold of that one :)

And yeah, power, i can move my old one to my new one. Its a seasonic 600w from way back when (4 year old maybe) probly better getting a new one.
 
I've only ever read good things about the 5770 get a lot of bang for your buck. I hope it's all true because I've just order myself one. ;)

But then, anything's got to be better than the old GeForce 7 series I'm running. :D
 
5770 is still a good budget card, just don't expect to be playing at the highest graphics settings on the newest games :)
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The HD5770 1GB is around the same speed as an HD4870 so it is still a decent card.
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Are you sure? I'm not disputing that the HD5770 is a decent card, but I think that in most benchmarks the HD4870 still posts significantly better scores. Of course, it's also a power-hungry high-temp beast, but that's by-the-by ;)
 
The main thing is im working on a budget and its the card my current system runs, if its not so bad that it needs to be taken out to pasture and shot then im happy.

Most of the responces seem to be that it will do the job.

Now the next question is this. Is there still a difference between Nvidia compatible Mobos and Ati ones. I recall the last time i bought one i had to make sure it had Ati written on the box, likewise the power supply. Or has it all become compatible?

Thanks as allways for the info
Brian.
 
The 4870 wins in some benchmarks and the 5770 in others. Overall though you'd be unlikely to tell the difference in real world use so it is probably true to say them are around the same speed. The 5770 obviously costs more but that may be worth it for the lower temps.
 
Compatibility is not really a problem these days. BTW if your psu is a Seasonic 600w it will run any card available today, just not two cards crossfire/SLi. Its still a terrific one-gcard-psu.
 
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Compatibility is not really a problem these days. BTW if your psu is a Seasonic 600w it will run any card available today, just not two cards crossfire/SLi. Its still a terrific one-gcard-psu.
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2x HD5770's can easily run on that PSU, remember a HD5770 has low 108 TDP and it would only reach that when running Vantage.
 
The 5770 can only draw a maximum of 108 watts of power from the PSU. And this maximum power usage only usually occurs when heavily stressed (such as running a benchmark like 3D mark Vantage).

As for motherboards that are ATI or Nvidia capable - if you are just running a single graphics card then all boards with a x16 PCIe slot are compatible. The ATI or Nvidia branding only matters if you want to team up multiple graphics cards to improve performance - using Nvidia SLI or ATI/AMD Crossfire technology. Hence - your 5770 will run fine in any modern motherboard.

Similar situation with PSUs - you may get ones which are Nvidia or AMD/ATI certified, but that really doesn't matter. If you have a seasonic then you should be fine, these are great PSUs and a 600W one should run your system with two 5770s and not break a sweat.
 
Its a tough call, realistically the 460gtx 1gb is the better card, as in faster, the only reason its competitive though is Nvidia selling it for below cost, great for us though, bad for them. At £125 its a VERY good deal and realistically I wouldn't really opt for a 5770 unless it was below £100.

http://techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6850/10.html

Several benchmarks there, from low res to 1920x1200 its really normally between 20-30% behind, and with OCUK selling a decent 460GTX for £117, £111 for a 5770 is NOT a good deal, £90 and the 5770 isn't bad at all though.

At current pricing the 460GTX 756MB is the card to get below £140, at £150, the 6850 starts looking good, at around 20-30% faster than the 768 and normally faster than tthe 1Gb model its pretty much worth the extra £25.
 
I have to second that while the 5770 is still a great card that runs very cool and draws very little power, it's not a great deal unless it's under 100 quid.

For the sake of an extra 20, even I'd go for a 460! :P
 
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