Free Graphics Card.

philipp3185 · 13 Jul 2011 at 13:27

Hi Guys.

I have been offered this Graphics Card by a friend. He said if it's any use to me i can have it for nothing, it's brand new but i don't know one Graphics Card from another. It's a VTX3D 1GB RADEON HD 5770 PCI-E 2.1
Is it any good? :confused:

Marine-RX179 · 13 Jul 2011 at 13:30

Yea...it should handle 98% of the games at 1680x1050 res with 4xAA without any problem, but for 1920 res I would imagine you gonna need to lower some in-game graphic details and lower the AA.

Operation · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:11

My money is on this being the most clicked on thread in this forum ever.

trisp · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:12

Operation said:
My money is on this being the most clicked on thread in this forum ever.

this^^

weyland yutani · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:30

Free graphics card? I'l take two please

Seriously though that's a decent card to be given for free, should run games nicely at a sensible resolution.

prt · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:30

It should handle most games, if need to just lower in game settings a little. If it free it is even better

Lummox · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:37

Take it

chaparral · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:37

Give it back & tell him you want a free GTX 580 or HD 6970

gareth170 · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:29

chaparral said:
Give it back & tell him you want a free GTX 580 or HD 6970

or a 6990 for free,

weyland yutani · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:37

gareth170 said:
or a 6990 for free,

. . . crossfired :cool:

synixx · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:02

That's an awesome card to get for free and has pretty low power requirements so should run on a modest power supply. For today's standards i'd say it's lower midrange so it handles games pretty well. Can you tell us the rest of your specs?

prt · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:04

chaparral said:
Give it back & tell him you want a free GTX 580 or HD 6970

gotta try the cheeky approach at some point i suppose.

Cleeecooo · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:00

chaparral said:
Give it back & tell him you want a free GTX 580 or HD 6970

weyland yutani said:
. . . crossfired

no no no.
Tell him you want the latest Xeons (two of them), 164gb RAM, 10 1TB SSD's in RAID 10, two 590's with another one for physx and some cash aswell.

Let us know how it goes OP

kingy666 · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:11

Hi Philip, it's your scouse friend wanting to know if you have built (or even ordered) your P.C. components yet?

As for the 5770, they are a decent card but nothing special BUT you can add another one in Xfire if you find you need more oomph in the graphics department.

Overclockers have one on sale for £79.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1515

I am sure you will be able to get a second hand one for between £40-£50.
So i would say yes, use that 5770 as even if you decide you won't keep it you could just give it back to your mate.

phatboy · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:23

for a freebie mate, you canne go wrong.

although slowly getting long in the tooth they will still play most stuff with the eye candy up...you have nice friends lol

johnsparton10 · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:24

Awwwww, thought I was in for a winner

FatFishMonster · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:43

i own a 5770

its a good little card but for some games it can just fall short of the mark. but its a good card. Defo take it if its for free !

philipp3185 · 14 Jul 2011 at 01:17

weyland yutani said:
. . . crossfired

That was going to be my next question. If i bought another the same, would it be ok in crossfire mode. Also is it one of those cards that needs a crossfire bridge cable or not. It is going in an Asus M4A89GTD Pro USB3 Motherboard. Will that be ok? :confused:

EDIT.

I forgot to ask. In crossfire do both cards need to be exactly the same, even down to the manufacturer?

philipp3185 · 14 Jul 2011 at 01:21

synixx said:
That's an awesome card to get for free and has pretty low power requirements so should run on a modest power supply. For today's standards i'd say it's lower midrange so it handles games pretty well. Can you tell us the rest of your specs?

These are the rest of the specs for this actual card, copy and pasted from where he bought it.

Item Description:

•Product Name: VTX3D 1GB RADEON HD 5770 PCI-E 2.1
•Web Address: www.vtx3d.com
•Model Number: VX5770 1GBD5-HV2
•Package Type: Retail
•Warranty: 2 Years
•Chipset: ATI Radeon HD 5770
•Interface: PCI Express 2.1
•Video Memory: 1GB
•Memory Type: GDDR5
•Engine Clock: 850MHz
•Memory Clock: 4800MHz (1200MHz GDDR5)
•Memory Interface: 128-bit
•Stream Processing Units: 800
•RAMDACs: 400MHz
•Max. Resolution: 2560x1600
•Connectors: VGA‚HDMI‚DVI-I
•DirectX Support: 11.0
•OpenGL Support: 3.2
•Compatible OS: Windows XP‚Windows Vista‚Windows 7
•Gross Weight: 0.76Kg
•Special Features: ◦ATI PowerPlay technology
◦ATI Avivo HD
◦ATI CrossFireX
◦Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)
◦Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)

•Package Contents: Video Card‚Quick Installation Guide‚Driver CD
•Keywords: Video Card‚Graphics Card‚1GB‚ATI Radeon HD 5770‚CrossFireX‚GDDR5‚HDMI‚ATI Avivo HD‚ATI PowerPlay

If you need the specs of anything else please ask and i will put them up.

philipp3185 · 14 Jul 2011 at 01:24

I would like to say thank to all who responded to this thread. You guys never fail to be informative, helpful and sometimes funny.

I too agree it was a tremendous gesture from the giver of the card