cheap 5770 crossfire

[guskline]

I got lucky on Newegg 3 days ago. I was checking open box video cards and they had an Asus 5770 for $65! I snagged it and it came today. I had my other 5770 running in rig3 with an asus 770 chipset (single video no crossfire) so I switched the 460GTX from the MSI 790FX-GD70 mb to the Asus and put both the MSI 5770 and the asus 5770 inot the MSI 790FX. I have a CoolerMaster 650Watt PSU so now it is a crossfire rig - for CHEAP!

 

[Spikesoldier]

brool story, co.

joking aside, good deal.

i did similar, got my second 4890 from ebay though.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Is the 5770 that good of a GPU? I bought one a long time ago just to run my main rigs monitor

 

[guskline]

I have 2 5850s in rig1 and they ROCK. However, I just got done playing over an hour of COD BO on rig2 with the 5770s in crossfire at 1920x1080 resolution on a 22" monitor and they were solid with great frame rate.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Is the 5770 that good of a GPU? I bought one a long time ago just to run my main rigs monitor

800 shaders is 800 shaders. just on 128bit memory bus so half the memory bandwidth given the same frequencies.

i think in CF these are a great, a low budget and efficient solution.

 

[SpacemanSpiffVT]

I bought a 5770 when they first came out... i would def be willing to buy another during a really cheap deal like this.... when you buy stuff that is within neweggs open box section, do you still get the full manufacturers warranty?

 

[Arkadrel]

Is the 5770 that good of a GPU? I bought one a long time ago just to run my main rigs monitor

If you crossfire 2 of them, their faster than a single 5870.
Tiny overclock and their faster than a 480.

So yeah their okay cards.

If you already own a 5770, throwing 65$ into getting another is a pretty good (upgrade) deal.
Considering that a 480/570 costs like ~300$+

 

[apoppin]

Is the 5770 that good of a GPU? I bought one a long time ago just to run my main rigs monitor

It was back in September 09 and AMD thinks they are SO good they rebranded them to HD 6770 with minor changes (and none to performance)

i just evaluated two very different HD 6770s - a passively cooled Gigabyte and an overclocked HIS IceQ Turbo X. They even ran great together in CF to approximate a HD 6950 performance.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

It was back in September 09 and AMD thinks they are SO good they rebranded them to HD 6770 with minor changes (and none to performance)

i just evaluated two very different HD 6770s - a passively cooled Gigabyte and an overclocked HIS IceQ Turbo X. They even ran great together in CF to approximate a HD 6950 performance.

Hmm.. probably can't get a second one now. What does the 5770 compare to in the 4 series? a 4870?

 

[hdfxst]

It was back in September 09 and AMD thinks they are SO good they rebranded them to HD 6770 with minor changes (and none to performance)

i just evaluated two very different HD 6770s - a passively cooled Gigabyte and an overclocked HIS IceQ Turbo X. They even ran great together in CF to approximate a HD 6950 performance.

you might want to fix your title (The Passive Gigabyte & Overclocked HIS HD 6770 meet the EVGA GTX 560 Ti) i know you reviewed the 550ti but you call it a 560ti several times in the review.i just glanced over it but i will read it tomorrow,it looks like a good review

 

[996GT2]

Hmm.. probably can't get a second one now. What does the 5770 compare to in the 4 series? a 4870?

5770 is almost identical to 4870 in performance.

Both cards have the same number of stream processors, texture units, and ROPs. The only difference is that 5770 uses a 128 bit memory bus instead of 256 bit on the 4870, is clocked slightly higher than the 4870, and has a lower TDP than the 4870 due to the 40nm process.

Crossfired 5770s should perform somewhere between a GTX 470 and a GTX 480.

 

[apoppin]

Hmm.. probably can't get a second one now. What does the 5770 compare to in the 4 series? a 4870?

You can get a HD 6770 to CrossFire with a HD 5770; they are the identical GPU.

Letsee, a HD 5770 is 1/2 of a HD 5870; that would be pretty close since HD 5870 was about the same as the HD 4870-X2's performance, slightly faster
(edited).

you might want to fix your title (The Passive Gigabyte & Overclocked HIS HD 6770 meet the EVGA GTX 560 Ti)

Thanks, however, i fixed that title immediately after i posted it; you must have my first final draft; try refresh. And there might still be a few typos in the article**.


i'm benching the new GeForce 280s now with GTX 580/560Ti and GTX 590

**You're right; i must have changed about 20 sixes to fives.

 

[SickBeast]

yep, we have reached the golden age of sli and crossfire. you can get really good dual card setups for cheap, and they obliterate the $500 high end cards.

i've been quite happy with my sli setup. my system beats out a gtx 580 so long as i'm not memory-limited. for $200, i'm not complaining.

 

[996GT2]

yep, we have reached the golden age of sli and crossfire. you can get really good dual card setups for cheap, and they obliterate the $500 high end cards.

i've been quite happy with my sli setup. my system beats out a gtx 580 so long as i'm not memory-limited. for $200, i'm not complaining.

Newegg had a sale on GTX 465s that could be unlocked to GTX 470s a few weeks ago. Price: $100 shipped.

Now I regret only buying one of them...

 

[SickBeast]

Newegg had a sale on GTX 465s that could be unlocked to GTX 470s a few weeks ago. Price: $100 shipped.

Now I regret only buying one of them...

yeah but gpus get so much cheaper so fast. you'll be able to get something like a gtx 580 soon enough for $100.

the heat and power consumption from a pair of overclocked gtx 470s would be through the roof.

if you really want another one you could always track down something used.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Still on a GTX 480 originally intended for the Mercury Engine through Adobe Premier Pro.

 

[toyota]

yeah but gpus get so much cheaper so fast. you'll be able to get something like a gtx 580 soon enough for $100.

the heat and power consumption from a pair of overclocked gtx 470s would be through the roof.

if you really want another one you could always track down something used.

the gtx465 was a card that was discounted just to get rid of. but yeah let me know when I can buy a $100 video card that matches the gtx580...

 

[StrangerGuy]

the gtx465 was a card that was discounted just to get rid of. but yeah let me know when I can buy a $100 video card that matches the gtx580...

Over here 4870 512MB was $120 in mid-2009 and over the 2 years it made countless "new" mid-range cards really bad for the money.

The worst of the bunch the GTX 550 Ti at $150. Pardon me while I try to stop myself from laughing at Nvidia with a $110 GTX 460 1GB in hand.

 

[apoppin]

Over here 4870 512MB was $120 in mid-2009 and over the 2 years it made countless "new" mid-range cards really bad for the money.

The worst of the bunch the GTX 550 Ti at $150. Pardon me while I try to stop myself from laughing at Nvidia with a $110 GTX 460 1GB in hand.

Those were launch prices and the GTX 460 was blown out by Nvidia to make a dent in AMD's marketshare.

i just did a performance evaluation this weekend of the GTX 550 Ti versus a couple of HD 6770s and the cheapest 550 Ti can be had for $99 after MiR and the cheapest HD 6770 is about $89 after MiR (at NewEgg).

The EVGA GTX 550 Ti (OC) that i tested is $110 after rebate; the passively-cooled Gigabyte HD 6770 is $138 with Shogun II and the HIS IceQ X Turbo HD 6770 is about $119 with DiRT 3.

 

[apoppin]

Originally Posted by BTRY B 529th FA BN
Hmm.. probably can't get a second one now. What does the 5770 compare to in the 4 series? a 4870?

Hot Deal today: on HD 6770 or 5770s - truly cheap CrossFire approximating a HD 6970/6950

Sapphire Radeon HD5770 or 6770 1GB DDR5 $84 / $87 AR/AC @ SuperBiiz

Sapphire 5770 $118.99 - 15% off Coupon Code DEALMONGO - $20 Rebate = $83.99

Sapphire 6770: $119.99 - 15% off Coupon Code DEALMONGO - $20 Rebate + $1.98 shipping = $86.97

Great deal for awesome cards for the buck. Note that the 5770 has an extra DVI port, but the 6770 is a re-badged 5770 with 3D capability.