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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5770 Review

Published on 13th October 2009 by Tim Smalley

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Scootiep 16th October 2009, 17:03

I agree that the 5770 is a little bit on the high side in asking price for what it puts out. But I am curious on your thoughts about the 5750. On paper it doesn't look like there's a ton of difference between the 5770 and the 5750. And for £25ish less, it seems to me like it would be a good budget card. What do you guys think?

Scootiep 16th October 2009, 17:08

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Originally Posted by Fiercedeity
Perhaps Tim or another informed individual can help me out in picking a card...

I have a 7800GT and it's really starting to show it's age in the newest crop of games. So I'm looking for and upgrade now. My monitor can display up to 1650x1080 and that's not going to change anytime soon. I live in the US, and I would really like to spend less that $200. The lowest price I could find for the 5770 was $176.42 from Amazon. Newegg had it for $159.99 but with shipping to me it would be about $180.

Would this card be a good deal for me? I kind of want something at least by Nov, because a few games I really want will be coming out by then. I know that some other cards (GTX 260, HD 4890) are out there, though they are more expensive, but I am exited about the 5770's dx11 support. I was thinking that I could use this card for at least the next few years without feeling like I need an upgrade.

What do you guys think. I feel like I'm missing something.

Where in God's name are you living in the US that shipping from Newegg costs you $20? I live in Iowa and no vid card from Newegg has ever cost me more than $7 from Newegg. Are you wanting to pay for something faster than ground shipping?

Tim S 16th October 2009, 17:21

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Originally Posted by Scootiep
I agree that the 5770 is a little bit on the high side in asking price for what it puts out. But I am curious on your thoughts about the 5750. On paper it doesn't look like there's a ton of difference between the 5770 and the 5750. And for £25ish less, it seems to me like it would be a good budget card. What do you guys think?

It could be a better option, yes, but it's difficult to say for sure without testing it! :)

Fiercedeity 16th October 2009, 20:07

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Originally Posted by Scootiep
Where in God's name are you living in the US that shipping from Newegg costs you $20? I live in Iowa and no vid card from Newegg has ever cost me more than $7 from Newegg. Are you wanting to pay for something faster than ground shipping?

I live in Hawaii. Along with Alaska, we don't have any choice but ground shipping (or the pricer 2-day options and such), and yeah it's that expensive. If I recall, when I wanted to buy my case from Newegg, shipping was almost $100. Which is why I buy from Amazon when possible. Their super savings shipping doesn't exclude Hawaii like Newegg's free shipping option does.

Jejking 17th October 2009, 16:03

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Originally Posted by Tim S
It could be a better option, yes, but it's difficult to say for sure without testing it! :)

Have read some reviews on the Net where the memory could approach the OC of the more expensive HD5770 but the core was stumbling behind a bit, about 100MHz. What can you tell us about the stock voltage of both cards, especially the HD5770? Maybe that and some picking explains the difference between the cores.

KonZ3N 18th October 2009, 11:31

Great review. Especially for gamers like me that most of us lack the money to buy top of the line video cards like 5870 and 5850. Now I can comfortably wait till December before rushing to get an upgrade for my aged HD4670.

Been looking at 4870 & 4890 as an upgrade for my 4670 then came 5770. I think this will be the card for me. Since I can only play on my 1280x1024 resolution lcd monitor, AMD X2 5000, 2gb memory. I only wanted to play Age of Conan in MAX settings this Holiday season, I'm tired of adjusting video settings just to have that quality and less low fram rate. Its a gift for myself. ;)

BTW do you guys think I can run AoC in MAX settings with my specifications given when I upgrade my video card?

From HIS 4670 to HD 5770.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
2.0GB Ram
Asrock Alive NF7G-HD720p R1.0
160GB HDD
Windows XP SP3 32-bit

Thanks in advance. ^^,

Krayzie_B.o.n.e. 20th October 2009, 02:34

I think everyone who finacially can afford it go out and get a Directx 11 card. ATI or Nvidia don't matter. Too me all the directx 10 cards are starting to look like gas guzzlers when compare to the new cards. I can accurately look at the graph on my electric bill and point out every time I ran my HD 4890 overclocked to 1ghz..

dire_wolf 31st October 2009, 13:48

Just got the sapphire HD5770 1gb to replace my ageing 7800gt. You guys really don't do this card justice in your review, it's quite capable of running 99% of my games maxxed out at 1920x1080. Perhaps a slight edit would be apt considering the cards are now available around the £110 mark? It's well worth the asking price.

KonZ3N 1st November 2009, 05:49

Thank you dire_wolf for the confirmation on the performance of the card. Will going to get one soon.

Elton 1st November 2009, 05:56

The HD5770 is a worthy upgrade of anything that's weaker than a 9600GT.

But from an 8800GT or more powerful, it's hard to justify that purchase.

heir flick 2nd November 2009, 16:17

i have just got 2 xfx 5770's in crossfire and very impressed with there performance

Initialised 21st November 2009, 01:04

With no modifications retail 5770s will clock to the limits imposed by CCC (960/1450)with ease, no noticeable extra noise resulting in ~15% performance increase. With a bit more tweaking GPU speeds in excess of 1GHz are possible. In reviews with OC testing the conclusions are different.

Elton 21st November 2009, 03:07

Anyone have a verdict as to if it's a good idea to move to this from a HD4850?