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What 5770 is the best?

marc512

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I had a sapphire vapour x. Iv been useing it now and then. didnt want to use all the time incase i broke it or the new fermis where better and i could sell it off. Well it broke, the fan was stuck on 100% on startup and there was a continuous beep when i restarted my pc after a w7 update of somesort. I did my research and found this was common? so i emailed the retailer i bought it off and i got refunded. Iv just sent it off in the post now and hopefully ill be getting refunded soon. Anyways.

Im abit tight on my money atm so should i buy another vapour x? it was 1000x better than my 9800GT what i have been useing all the time. Or should i go for something abit cheaper like a !024mb CLUB 3D 5770? Is the cooler shown in the pic the one you get? im not to keen on the 512mb version...
 
Ive clocked up a fair few hours on my XFX with the cooler design that actually exhausts the heated air. Great cards.
 
The XFX costs more than the vapor X. the vapor x price is £126 and thats the maximum i can go. Yeah a £1 difference lol as i said im kinda tight atm.
 
A card that exhausts hot air means nothing imo.

Bigger the fan and heatsink is more important.
 
The Rev.2 cooler is a bit cooler initially but as it warms the internal air it too gets warmer.
The Rev.1 is slightly quieter and helps remove stagnating air.
 
BIGBC said:
The Rev.2 cooler is a bit cooler initially but as it warms the internal air it too gets warmer.
The Rev.1 is slightly quieter and helps remove stagnating air.
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Rev2 is the full cover? and Rev1 is the one where you can see the board of the card?
 
Rev 1 was indeed full cover - What BIGBC says is true but I think the cooling power of the rev 2 outweighs the lack of forcing air out of the case.

I'd go for the Vapor-X.
 
buttkinz said:
iv got 1 of each design of coolers and the batmobile rev1 cooler is both hotter and much louder than the egg one :(h
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My experience is the other way around, well - the Rev.1 is quieter, the Rev.2 is cooler to start with but soon gets to the same temps as the Rev.1.
Is yours a Vapour-X?

Main reason I went with the Rev.1 is to keep the airflow decent and noise levels as low as possible in my Lan box.
 
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