5770 a good upgrade for my 8800?

[Xarick]

The egg has the sapphire 5770 with the egg shaped cooler for $154 shipped right now. Nearest 4890 is $190 shipped. I am wondering if it is a worthy upgrade for my 8800gts 320 or not. Some say the 5770 is crap and some are saying it is awesome. I running 1440x900 right now, but would like to move to 1680x1050 in a 22" soon.
Thoughts?

 

[hans030390]

Sounds like a good plan to me. I like my 5770, and that price is decent.

 

[nemesismk2]

The 5770 would make for a good upgrade from a 8800

 

[v8envy]

It'll be like replacing your card with two 8800GTs in SLI, minus SLI issues.

That said, do a 4890 search on Bing cross-referenced with tigerdirect. Last I looked there were some $159 MSI 4890s AR/Bing. Better cooler, but more powerful and more power hungry card. A bit of headroom once you join the rest of us with 1080p or higher resolution.

 

[blanketyblank]

5770 runs 1920 x 1080 no problem. My 4850 does too as long as you adjust the AA. It's a big leap from an 8800 gts 320 so you'll see some noticable improvements.

 

[griffinol]

In a similar boat. CPU e8400, 8800GT. Have a 24" at 1980 x 1200 resolution (?). Whats a good card to upgrade to?

5770 or 5850?

I play all types of games, but mainly RPG and RTS. I do sometimes play FPS, but nothing intensive like Crysis. The latest I've played is Stalker.

 

[toyota]

is no one capable of looking at video card reviews and making a judgment for themselves?

 

[Xarick]

no

actually I read all the reviews and none of them know what to think of the 5770 because it just doesn't deliver the fps.

 

[SRoode]

The egg has the sapphire 5770 with the egg shaped cooler for $154 shipped right now. Nearest 4890 is $190 shipped. I am wondering if it is a worthy upgrade for my 8800gts 320 or not. Some say the 5770 is crap and some are saying it is awesome. I running 1440x900 right now, but would like to move to 1680x1050 in a 22" soon.
Thoughts?

I answered you just now in your other thread...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2036559

 

[exar333]

Decent upgrade, but a standard 4870 might be a better option. You could probably find one for ~$100 or so.

 

[Tempered81]

i'd get a 4890

$155 free ship at zzf now

 

[happy medium]

i'd get a 4890

$155 free ship at zzf now

I couldn't find it?

You mean 160$ shipped? Not avalable.?

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010987

 

[v8envy]

The 5770 does deliver FPS, so long as you neither ask it to do high res nor FSAA. It's got as much processing power as a 4890 but not the memory bandwidth. Many reviews pit it against the more powerful cards at higher resolutions + AA, which is where its relatively higher processing power (compared to a 4850 or 4870) does it very little good.

But an egg cooler 5770 for the same price as a MSI Cyclone 4890 it's a no brainer. Go for the 4890. (does ZZF still have Bing?)

 

[Xarick]

except that the cyclone is not in stock. I suspect when it comes in stock it will shoot up to normal price.

 

[happy medium]

Get the 5770, overclock it, and be happy.155$ shipped is a good price.

 

[AzN]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...on%20HD%204870

 

[Interitus]

If it helps, I'm on an e8400 and just upgraded to a 5850 from an 8800GTS 512 G92. 5850 is probably overkill for what I do, but I really like this card. It's my first time going back to ATI since the 9700 pro and I don't regret it at all.

My poor machine is pretty bloated on the OS drive and needs a reinstall, so given similar hardware you might do better. Anyways, here's the 3d06 scores before and after with an e8400 at stock clock:

8800GTS

12452 3DMarks
5668 SM2.0
5794 SM3.0
CPU 2860

ATI 5850

15036 3DMarks
6581 SM2.0
8368 SM3.0
CPU 2854

Edit: forgot to mention I'm on a 22" at 1680x1050 even though 3d06 was run at standard settings

 

[BFG10K]

The 5770 is roughly the same speed as a GTX260 - give or take - so it’s a good upgrade over any 8800 based card.

 

[solofly]

I went from a 9800GT to a 5770 and I was like wow...:awe:

 

[TheNoblePlatypus]

If it helps, I'm on an e8400 and just upgraded to a 5850 from an 8800GTS 512 G92. 5850 is probably overkill for what I do, but I really like this card. It's my first time going back to ATI since the 9700 pro and I don't regret it at all.

My poor machine is pretty bloated on the OS drive and needs a reinstall, so given similar hardware you might do better. Anyways, here's the 3d06 scores before and after with an e8400 at stock clock:

8800GTS

12452 3DMarks
5668 SM2.0
5794 SM3.0
CPU 2860

ATI 5850

15036 3DMarks
6581 SM2.0
8368 SM3.0
CPU 2854

Edit: forgot to mention I'm on a 22" at 1680x1050 even though 3d06 was run at standard settings

Those numbers for a 5850 seem way off. I'm running kind of conservative overclocks on my CPU and 5770. E8500@4.04Ghz and the Sapphire 5770@905/1365, here's my 3D06:

16251 3DMarks
6972 SM2.0
8183 SM3.0
3601 CPU


For twice the price, that seems way off.

 

[toyota]

Those numbers for a 5850 seem way off. I'm running kind of conservative overclocks on my CPU and 5770. E8500@4.04Ghz and the Sapphire 5770@905/1365, here's my 3D06:

16251 3DMarks
6972 SM2.0
8183 SM3.0
3601 CPU


For twice the price, that seems way off.

I almost perfectly match your overall and cpu scores with a 192sp gtx260 @666/1392/2200 and E8500@3.8.

16241 overall
7578 SM2.0
7788 SM3.0
3465 CPU


yeah his SM2.0 and 3.0 score seem way off.

 

[ShreddedWheat]

I have a 5850 with an oced e5200 @ 3.4 and I get 15k in 3dmark2006 standard settings. In sisoft my oced 5200 shows to be the same as stock 8400? Though in actual gameplay it wipes the floor of my Ati 4850 in games like Crysis.

 

[toyota]

I have a 5850 with an oced e5200 @ 3.4 and I get 15k in 3dmark2006 standard settings. In sisoft my oced 5200 shows to be the same as stock 8400? Though in actual gameplay it wipes the floor of my Ati 4850 in games like Crysis.

well an E5200 at 3.4 would still be a little bit slower than a stock 3.0 E8400 I believe.

 

[yh125d]

At 3.4 the e5200 should be able to make up for it's smaller cache most of the time, but in some situations it could prove slower (I don't really know what particular situations are cache-heavy)

 

[Phil1977]

Going from NVidia to ATI I do recommend a clean install of your operating system (even if you just install it on a temp partition to see if you get better performance)...

Regarding cache size...

E5200 has 2, E8400 has 6. In games the E8400 can be 10-20% faster...

A 3.4 GHz E5200 should be pretty even with a E8400...

3DMark 06 is really a CPU benchmark these days. Much better off testing with Vantage