Published: Tuesday 1st December, 2009 | Author: Paul Dutton
Products: Radeon HD 5770
Companies: AMD (All AMD content), MSI (All MSI content), Sapphire (All Sapphire content)
External reviews: AMD Radeon HD 5770
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email to a friendSapphire and MSI have rolled out revamped editions of AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card.
Sporting Radeon HD 5750-like coolers, the new-look 5770s suggest a revised reference design by the folks at AMD. Presumably an attempt to lower manufacturing costs.
We've yet to see any real-world performance numbers, but heat-conscious users may be deterred by the fact that AMD's new dual-slot cooler won't exhaust hot air from the rear of a chassis.
Despite the change of cooler, the cards themselves don't appear to have been altered. Both the Sapphire HD 5770 (above) and MSI R5770 (below) feature stock frequencies of 850MHz for the GPU and an effective 4,800MHz for the 1GB of GDDR5 memory.
We've yet to see either of the cards filter through to retail, but we expect them to surface at around the £120 - £130 mark.
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Also I would have thought as an nVidian you'd know that XFX branding tends to lower resale value..Quote
Rollo, how fast does that 4890 perform in DX11 games?
Also I would have thought as an nVidian you'd know that XFX branding tends to lower resale value..
Still a lot better than the 5770:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3658&p=7
I only purchase XFX products when possible for the re-sale value, people on EBay really like the peace of mnd knowing they'll get a lifetime warranty on a used part. Off the top of my head, my last XFX purchases were a GTX260C216, a 9800GX2, a 7950GX2. Besides getting cards free, I also buy a fair amount of them.
The 5770 is just hamstrung by their unfortunate choice of memory bus.Quote
For 1920x1200 and above, you should be looking at a different price bracket anyway.
Many people would buy the 5770 over the 4890 due to less heat and noise.....and the fact that on their screens they won't see an iota of difference between it and the 4890.
And shock horror, who would have thought that you might be paying a small premium for the newest range of card! I am sure once we get to the other side of xmas there will be quite a gap in the prices between 5770 and 4890.
oh, I think you misread Kalniels post ;)Quote
I am looking at going with the 5770, I have only got a small (naff) 1280x800 monitor so I don't think I'll notice much difference until I upgrade the screen. :mrgreen:
I have heard that too Rollo, this was my only real sticking point as I think that overall the card is a good choice when looking at the noise/ power usage numbers. As you can probably see by my spec I'm running an ancient X700 Pro so anything will be better than that on the most recent titles. I reckon there will be a second wave I'm sure in early 2010 with a revised mem bus. Wouldn't surprise me if they used them for a 5790 type card.
I can't say I'm a fan of the new "egg" cooler, again I have heard that the temps and the noise are marginally cooler but I personally liked the first version cooler, there was something about it that just suited the 5xxx range. It's a pity that this is being done as a cost-cutting measure as most of the prices have been around the same for the 57xx range since launch (between £110 and £140).
I'll most likely pick up a "3rd party" GPU heat-sink at some point, does anyone know if Arctic Cooling is covering the 5xxx range yet?
Cheers,
Harv :)Quote
The new one is cooler and runs better imhoQuote
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