What do i do with 5770

chris__stoke · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:05

Hey all

Im going to get a 5850 maybe a 5870 (just need to decide if i want spend the extra money first)

What do i do with my 5770 do i/can i run it in crossfire with the 58** or should i just get rid???

Chris.

TheRealDeal · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:06

Get rid of it.

sunderland · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:09

would it not be cheaper to buy another 5770 and crossfire them and get the speeds of the 5870 at a lot less price

LoadsaMoney · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:12

sunderland said:
would it not be cheaper to buy another 5770 and crossfire them and get the speeds of the 5870 at a lot less price

Do this.

chris__stoke · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:12

do ya actually get the speed of a 5870 tho?? and im also thinking have a 5870 then get another later when they a lot cheap try and future proof my self abit maybe.

Also i have the XFX 5770 and im not a huge fan as it seem to run hotter then others mine idles at 55deg c and my bros sapphie 5770 runs at 32-35deg c

pzr vr6 · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:14

if your selling it i may be interested mate can you run 2 of them if theyr from a different manufcturer?

Tom|Nbk · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:16

chris__stoke said:
do ya actually get the speed of a 5870 tho?? and im also thinking have a 5870 then get another later when they a lot cheap try and future proof my self abit maybe.

Also i have the XFX 5770 and im not a huge fan as it seem to run hotter then others mine idles at 55deg c and my bros sapphie 5770 runs at 32-35deg c

They're faster than the 5870 tbh.

LoadsaMoney · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:17

chris__stoke said:
do ya actually get the speed of a 5870 tho?? and im also thinking have a 5870 then get another later when they a lot cheap try and future proof my self abit maybe.

Also i have the XFX 5770 and im not a huge fan as it seem to run hotter then others mine idles at 55deg c and my bros sapphie 5770 runs at 32-35deg c

Yeah you do, they actually faster than the 5870 in quite a lot.

pzr vr6 said:
can you run 2 of them if theyr from a different manufcturer?

Yep

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chris__stoke · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:21

Maybe il stick with and just get another 5770 then i just want lower temps and surely its just going to get hotter when thers 2 right next to each other

hyperst · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:29

what case do you use, maybe buy the 5770 and invest some money into the airflow of your system

pzr vr6 · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:30

LoadsaMoney said:
Yeah you do, they actually faster than the 5870 in quite a lot.

Yep

Not allowed to ask about buying in here though im afraid, only allowed in the Members Market, which you can't access yet.

my apologies

saw he was local and just took a punt lol

bhindi · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:49

Just buy 1 more 5770 and cross - fire them . My 2 dont get above 63c and fly through every game i throw at it . Not much noise either .

xGaffner · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:53

sunderland said:
would it not be cheaper to buy another 5770 and crossfire them and get the speeds of the 5870 at a lot less price

+1

atmax1 · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:10

yes get another 5770 i don't think it was as good as the 5870 but better then the 5850 so would be best to save money and crossfire 2 of them as you already have one.

neo-omega · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:37

Give it to me! Then you don't need to worry about having an extra graphics card

chris__stoke · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:43

Hummm ok another 5770 is it and i have the antec 300 and have no problems with air flow also my bro has same case just different cooler on his 5770 is any one els running the XFX 5770 if so what temps you got and if in crossfire what temps then???

RavenXXX2 · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:44

Get a 5870, you don't want all that xfire shenanigans, the 5870 is the holy grail of single GPU cards.

chris__stoke · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:46

What card should i get for second 5770 is the vapor x worth the extra little bit of cash

xfire shenanigans??? Such as?

RavenXXX2 · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:52

Xfire is not guaranteed to scale great in all games this includes games to be released soon, 5870 will scale to the max, at worst you will be limited to a single 5770 performance if scaling is bad.

Tom|Nbk · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:54

RavenXXX2 said:
Xfire is not guaranteed to scale great in all games this includes games to be released soon, 5870 will scale to the max, at worst you will be limited to a single 5770 performance if scaling is bad.

Which it never really is.