XFX ATI 5770

bar1 said:
Hi,
I can get the XFX ATI 5770 for about R1665 (excluding vat).
I read somewhere that prices should drop soon because Nvidia are coming out with a new card.

Should I wait or buy it?
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Where are you buying from dude?

Try get the vapor x from sapphire if you can buy from suppliers. I highly doubt the 5770 will drop much, considering the performance it is an awesome deal and if you drop 2 in well it is better than a 5870.
 
5770 CF is not always better than a 5870, or even a 5850. It really depends on how well the game is written to take advantage of 2 GPU's. Some benchmarks on games show 5770 CF to be 20% faster than a 5870, while others show it to be up to 15% slower. Thats the reality of using SLI/crossfire, you're highly dependant on the game being able to utilise it properly. Some games even show tri crossfire to be slower than dual crossfire.
 
kelevra, what resolution is your monitor? Really dont think you need a new GPU unless you replace your monitor first
 
At that resolution the GTS250 is doing fine. Should be able to play on max settings in most games. I recommend saving for a new screen and a new GPU to go with it
 
You can sell a 250 for r1-1.2k max.

At r2k a 4890 will give best performance and will fit any screen size. At 19" you don't need that power though.
 
Your system is well balanced. e5200 with a 250 on a 19" with 320gb - it's a low range gaming system. If you upgraded one thing you'd have to upgrade everything.
 
cerebus said:
You can sell a 250 for r1-1.2k max.

At r2k a 4890 will give best performance and will fit any screen size. At 19" you don't need that power though.
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Sorry but i cannot agree, the 5770 is about on par, sometimes better. I would never buy a 4890 over a 5770.

Also read this review and check out the comparisons, buying a 4890 over a 5770 would be rather silly and the 5770 crossfire in majority of the benchies either ran with the 5870 or beat it.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/16
 
You point me to a link showing the 5770 being slaughtered by a 4870 and you tell me it's on par and sometimes better than a 4890?
 
i pointed you to a page with more than one benchmark, i would have thought you would take the time to go through all the games and not base your opinion on one game.
 
I've just been through all the benchmarks and actually read a lot about the 5770 - the majority of titles in this review show it outperformed by the 4870. I can see one where it's faster than 4890 - and that's to be expected in any review. Crossfire is a different story but as a single gpu 4890 is definitively better - and 2x4890>2x5770.


This series is the first ever mid-range DX11 class product series that is affordable, comes with a great feature set, and is highly competitive performance wise. The product positions itself in-between the Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 performance wise, yet has a far more advanced feature set.

What about NVIDIA you ask ? In case you didn't notice, at the green side NVIDIA right now is on a DirectX 11 bashing marketing program. The program there goes like this: DX11 games won't arrive until next year so why purchase a DX11 card ? Well, next year when a lot of games WILL start supporting DX11, you can rest assured that your card is compatible and that you are not stuck with an outdated DX10.0 class product. For your future game path, DX11 is an upgrade train you do not want to miss out on. Why is NVIDIA doing this ? Well, they just do not have their DX11 class products ready and selling on the market.

Enough on that topic though. So at 159 USD you can purchase a DX11 class card with pretty decent performance alright. Added benefit is Eyefinity technology. Now I do not see you playing modern games on three monitors with this card as that might be a little overkill on the GPU, but if you'd stick to say 3x 1280x1024 it might be doable. It's an added 'free' feature.

Stability wise we have had no issues whatsoever except the afore mentioned texture bug in Anno 1404, which hopefully will be fixed real soon. We see commendable performance and great image quality as well. CrossfireX scaling as shown in this article is also very nice, in fact it surprised me a couple of times. You'll quickly gain 1.7x performance in a two-way GPU setup, and that definitely is a lot of performance for the money.

The biggest culprit of the 5770 series will be it's memory bandwidth. So if you purchase a card and have a need for overclocking -- the memory is the golden nugget you are after. Extra bandwidth will help out greatly.
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3dmark does not agree, nor will the dx 11 benchies agree that 2 4890's are faster :D

O ya you won't be able to run dx 11 if you buy 2 4890's :D.
 
Mm.......that's difficult, probably not. Single GPU is preferable to me and tbh 5870 is way too powerful for anything i'd need. It's all fantasy-land for me anyway, I'm pretty content with the 260 atm :D
 
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