Buy 5770 for $150, or spend double on 5850?

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Hey all. I need suggestions. I'm building a new PC, and I was wondering if I should spend $340 to buy a 5850, or $150 to just stick with a 5770? Here are my other specs:

CPU: Intel i5-760
MoBo: Gigabyte P55A-UD3 motherboard
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333 memory
Resolution: 1680x1050 <--- won't be playing higher than this

Should I spend double on 5850?

*: I don't use AA, if that helps.


Edit: I live in Canada, so please don't inform me of USA sales and whatnot.
 
MrK6

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I wouldn't get a 5850 for 1680x1050. If you wanted to spend more, take a look at a GTX 460 1GB, otherwise stick with the 5770.
 
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MrK6 said:
I wouldn't get a 5850 for 1680x1050. If you wanted to spend more, take a look at a GTX 460 1GB, otherwise stick with the 5770.
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Oh yeah, I heard about the 460. It's only about $40 more, but is it much better than the 5770? And is it a great product?

I'm not too familar with nVidia; always been the ATi type of guy. :D
 
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SlowSpyder

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For that res I would save the money and get the 5770. If you want more look for a good deal on the 5830. The GTX460 is also a good card that fits in between the 5770 and 5850 in price and performance.
 
manimal

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Personally this time between major releases is the perfect time to buy used.....


Find yourself a used 4850 for under 100 bones since your res barely needs integrated :p

Those 50 dollar 9800GTX's I have seen would do the job as well.
 
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manimal said:
Personally this time between major releases is the perfect time to buy used.....


Find yourself a used 4850 for under 100 bones since your res barely needs integrated :p

Those 50 dollar 9800GTX's I have seen would do the job as well.
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I had already considered getting older cards, but I'd much rather get something newer to be more future-ready.
 
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Tough question, the 5770 is a good card however personally I'd go with the 5850. Moving to the 1GB 460 however is also a good solution and if you can get one priced between the 5770 and 5850 go for the 460. The 5770 has a 128 Bit bus and could potentially present a bottle neck even at 1650 x 1080 on some games.
 
toyota

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Atls said:
Oh yeah, I heard about the 460. It's only about $40 more, but is it much better than the 5770? And is it a great product?

I'm not too familar with nVidia; always been the ATi type of guy. :D
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surely you are capable of finding the numerous gtx460 reviews including the one right here on anandtech?

you have a really nice setup that can push any card and to me a gtx460 is certainly worth it over the 5770 at 1680x1050.
 
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I got a 5770 for about $125 for 1680x1050 and it's been perfect. So far only played Dragon Age and Borderlands on it, but I can turn both those up all the way and still have fantastic FPS. And if I ever find myself needing more power, I'll find another cheap 5770 and go xfire.
 
GaiaHunter

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This all depends on the prices you can get the cards for and how much do you want to spend, since all of them should allow you to have a good game experience at that resolution, especially with no AA.

Is a 5850 really worth double the cost of a 5770?

At you resolution it isn't. But if it is only $80-100 more it can be.

The same goes for the 5830 (for $30-40 more), GTX 460 (for $50-60 for the 1GB model) and 470 ($100-110 more).

All good cards if the price is right.
 
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Another option, that is probably overkill, but the fastest of the bunch and within your budget would be two 5770's. 5870+ performance for GTX460 pricing.
 
Ika

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If I were you, OP, I'd just get a used 5770 for $100-130 and be done with it.
 
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hans007

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RussianSensation said:
You can get GTX470s for $230-240 from TigerDirect.com and 5850s for $260 (egg). GTX460 @ $240 is not the best bang for the buck.

OP, 5770 is perfectly fine for your intended resolution. It's hard to do better for just $125!
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if you use bing in the next 4 days or so you can get 15% off at tigerdirect still. so a 768mb 460 would be like $170.
 
Phynaz

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snarl said:
Tough question, the 5770 is a good card however personally I'd go with the 5850. Moving to the 1GB 460 however is also a good solution and if you can get one priced between the 5770 and 5850 go for the 460. The 5770 has a 128 Bit bus and could potentially present a bottle neck even at 1650 x 1080 on some games.
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It's been shown there is no memory bottleneck on the 5770.

I think maybe is was Ars that tested it.
 
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My brother runs two 5770s in crossfire. That should perform better than a single 5850.
He bought them at the time because the 5850/5870 were harder to get and more expensive.

But since I have a 5770 myself, and have ordered a GTX460 1 GB, I'd recommend you do the same.
 
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toyota

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Scali said:
My brother runs two 5770s in crossfire. That should perform better than a single 5850.
He bought them at the time because the 5850/5870 were harder to get and more expensive.

But since I have a 5770 myself, and have ordered a GTX480 1 GB, I'd recommend you do the same.
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so now he needs a $500 hot running, noisy, power sucking card to play games at 1680? sorry but that advice is ludicrous especially since he cares nothing about AA. a gtx460 is plenty for 1680.
 
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Scali

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No, that was a typo, sorry.
It is a GTX460 1 GB that I ordered (GTX480s don't come in 1 GB, do they?).
 
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