Is a 7770 at $110 A good deal?

[Don Karnage]

NO to the 6850
YES to the 7770

Monster overclocks await you

 

[Haserath]

Sarcasm aside, it only shows that the video card that generated the question by the OP is already above HD6850 performance (Techpower up tested with cat 12.2, while most of the reviews we have seen were with beta drivers)

The comment of "can only go up" is simply that newer drives will keep improving, fix bugs and tweak settings. Those games where a HD6870 beats a HD7850 will be a thing of the past once drivers mature The HD7770 card quoted is above HD6850 performance levels, already costs less, has more room for improvement and uses less electricity. If all you can throw is sarcasm and ignore numbers, well, what can I say...

OP, the HD7770 will eventually settle in performance at higher than HD6850 / GTX460 and lower than HD6870 across the board. At ~$110, it already is compelling. It wasn't intended for gaming at above 1080p, but the HD6850 or GTX 460 weren't either. The biggest complaint by the hardcore enthusiasts is that many expected ~HD6870 performance with ~HD6670 power consumption and ~HD6450 price


Alex

That HD 7770 is also overclocked. At the time of the test, the stock 7770 doesn't quite match a 6850 in the games they tested.

Oc to Oc the 7770 would most likely end up in between the 6850 and 6870, or perhaps even match the 6870. The great part about the GCN architecture is its consistency/compute driven focus and tessellation improvements over the older VLIW architecture.

As time goes on, we might see the 7770 pull ahead of the 6850. That will also depend on what sort of graphics techniques are used in games later. Driver improvements can only do so much for what we have now.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

6800 don't scale with oc nor do they oc much

 

[eexxiitt]

I don't mean to hijack the thread but i'm in the middle of putting together a budget i3 gaming system and i'm facing the same dilemma as the OP of this thread. Would like to be able to play mmo's like Tera & GW2 or fps like BF3 at 1920x1080 on at least medium settings.

Currently flip flopping on the following options that are available to me locally:

XFX 7770 1GHZ "Core Ed" (129.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=68528&vpn=FX777AZNF4&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

Gigabyte 6850 windforce (139.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=58225&vpn=GV-R685OC-1GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1069

XFX 6870 (169.99 - 30 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=62756&vpn=HD687AZHFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

TIA.

 

[Jaydip]

I don't mean to hijack the thread but i'm in the middle of putting together a budget i3 gaming system and i'm facing the same dilemma as the OP of this thread. Would like to be able to play mmo's like Tera & GW2 or fps like BF3 at 1920x1080 on at least medium settings.

Currently flip flopping on the following options that are available to me locally:

XFX 7770 1GHZ "Core Ed" (129.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=68528&vpn=FX777AZNF4&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

Gigabyte 6850 windforce (139.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=58225&vpn=GV-R685OC-1GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1069

XFX 6870 (169.99 - 30 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=62756&vpn=HD687AZHFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

TIA.

Why not this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

 

[Dark Shroud]

I don't mean to hijack the thread but i'm in the middle of putting together a budget i3 gaming system and i'm facing the same dilemma as the OP of this thread. Would like to be able to play mmo's like Tera & GW2 or fps like BF3 at 1920x1080 on at least medium settings.

Currently flip flopping on the following options that are available to me locally:

XFX 7770 1GHZ "Core Ed" (129.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=68528&vpn=FX777AZNF4&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

Gigabyte 6850 windforce (139.99 - 10 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=58225&vpn=GV-R685OC-1GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1069

XFX 6870 (169.99 - 30 MIR)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=62756&vpn=HD687AZHFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1069

TIA.

Get yourself a duel fan 7770 and get ready to OC it.

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=68459&vpn=R7770-2PMD1GD5/OC&manufacture=MSI/MicroStar&promoid=1401

AMD's drivers have already been improving performance with the latest release.

 

[eexxiitt]

Why not this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

Good question

I fear the incremental game because it's an extremely slippery slope. Even the 6870 that i quoted for $10/20 more is pushing the upper limits.

I'm trying really hard to force myself to stick with the i3-2100 as opposed to throwing in another $30 and getting a 2120/2130 because then I might as well throw in another $30 and get an i5 and with that mentality (ie. an incrementally better processor, gpu, PSU, mobo, etc...) what's the point of even having a budget

It's not really a question of what I can afford but i'm trying really hard not to give in and to stick to my budget.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Get 7770 oc

 

[blastingcap]

at those prices the 7770 is the better long-term buy

 

[aaksheytalwar]

And better short term as well

 

[Dark Shroud]

at those prices the 7770 is the better long-term buy

It really is, I'm probably going to buy the MSI duel fan card for my nephew this summer. The performance is slowing going to up for single cards and I plan to give it an OC anyway.

Newegg had the XFX DoubleD OC model on sale over the weekend, I just didn't have the $.

 

[blastingcap]

It really is, I'm probably going to buy the MSI duel fan card for my nephew this summer. The performance is slowing going to up for single cards and I plan to give it an OC anyway.

Newegg had the XFX DoubleD OC model on sale over the weekend, I just didn't have the $.

I would avoid xfx if I were you. Their engineer department ain't what it used to be. This is for 79xx series but you can see what I mean: http://www.hardware.fr/focus/59/xfx-radeon-hd-7970-overclocking.html

It comes in dead last among its peers for cooling: http://www.hardware.fr/articles/853-16/thermographie-infrarouge-cartes-graphiques.html

Given those results, I would avoid all XFX DD designs.