A 5770 would be faster than your 4850, but not considerably so, they are about on par with a 4870 speed wise.
A 5850 would be close to twice the speed of your 4850.
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** Official ATI 5770 Thread **
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A 5770 would be faster than your 4850, but not considerably so, they are about on par with a 4870 speed wise.
A 5850 would be close to twice the speed of your 4850.
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When you put it like that makes me think it's not worth bothering with but with 5850 prices continuing to climb and with christmas coming up etc. i'm not sure i'm going to be able to afford one for a while
, hence why i was looking at this and hoping it would be good enough.
You can just use one, but I always use 2 because I have 2 and the other connector looks lonely without one
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I have used both.. but had to snip the bit off the end and file them down as they fouled on my rad.
In answer to your question dmxdex2020, IMO right now selling the 4870x2 and buying 2 5770's would be a sideways step rather than an upgrade; the theory is that as the drivers get better with age these cards will perform more like a 4980. The million $ question will be how they perform in DX11 games though (one of the reasons why I haven't gone crazy and bought a 5870 or bothered to wait for the x2 varient)
Hopefully these cards will be champs in DX11 games as the api is more well written and I would have bagged a bargain for £249
Hopefully these cards will be champs in DX11 games as the api is more well written and I would have bagged a bargain for £249
If I had an X2 I wouldn't change to 2 x 5770's, or even a 5870 personally.
Performance in current gen games is so similar it isn't worth the cost to change.
I'd skip this gen and wait for the refresh/next gen DX11 parts when full DX11 games are actually out.
Performance in current gen games is so similar it isn't worth the cost to change.
I'd skip this gen and wait for the refresh/next gen DX11 parts when full DX11 games are actually out.
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a lot test show 2 4770s to outpeform a 4870 x2. but might just wait until next year summer time, money might be tight by then though.
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Errr On what planet... Do you mean 5770...?
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they should out perform, the 4870 is an older card with dx10, these are two dx 11 cards that cost the same amount and are new.
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ARGH keep getting numbers mixed up lol. So should i just stick with my 4870 x2 then?
get yourself the new shiny gear, you know you want to, i get one tomorrow
, with stock of the current 58** series and the pricing of them it makes sense to get the 57** series, flog it in 6 monthes and buy a 58** series for half what there at now, and by then they'll be a few dx11 games to take advantage of the powersimple really, unless your pockets are overflowing
Your card has at least another 6 months left before Dx11 games become more available. hang on to what you have and see what Nvidia and Ati have out in 6 months. With the current games you will see no advantage of getting a 5770 over what you have.
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whats the highest people have got when overclocking the 5770 ? , what voltage were you using ?
I can max the overdrive settings for core and memory for both cards. Although i dont see any improvements in game over the standard clocks, I get a bit more on benchmarks.