Hd5770 - gtx 260

I believe you would get better performance from the 260. The 448 bit will give a substantial advantage when gaming at higher resolutions.

However the 5770 is more bang for the buck i think, and like said before, its more future proof as far as supported technology goes.

Thanks for the replys guys. Much appreciated!, After more reading online i have ordered the XFX HD5770. Even tho the GTX260 has a 448bit memory bus & the HD5770 has only 128bit. The GDDR5 on the ATI will make that up against the GDDR3 the Nvidia card has. Plus the ATI has faster clocks, more ram & has direct x 11. That should be way more than enough for what i need it for. My screen is only a 1440 x 900 monitor so i wont be playing at high res anyways. Well not yet lol.

Cheers peeps.

hitman000 said:

Thanks for the replys guys. Much appreciated!, After more reading online i have ordered the XFX HD5770. Even tho the GTX260 has a 448bit memory bus & the HD5770 has only 128bit. The GDDR5 on the ATI will make that up against the GDDR3 the Nvidia card has. Plus the ATI has faster clocks, more ram & has direct x 11. That should be way more than enough for what i need it for. My screen is only a 1440 x 900 monitor so i wont be playing at high res anyways. Well not yet lol.

Cheers peeps.

Let us know how you get on with it bud.

I was considering getting a gtx 260 in the next couple of weeks but after continuing my search stumbled across the HD5770 , same one you have just ordered infact , and I am now seriously considering that instead.

Cheers

Paul.

Will do paul bud. :)

I know this is probably a silly question but i've read about Amps on the 12v rails & graphics cards. My psu is just a standard one from ebay. The readings from the side are...

+5v 38A MAX
+3.3v 35A MAX
+12v1 18A MAX
+12v2 21A MAX
-12v 0.3A MAX
+5/USB 2.0A MAX

Im just wondering if that will be fine. Its a 750w

More than good enough. I'm running a HD 4830 (with similar power requirements as the 5770) on a similar spec'ed Antec Earthwatts 500W with n problems.

stormy13 said:

More than good enough. I'm running a HD 4830 (with similar power requirements as the 5770) on a similar spec'ed Antec Earthwatts 500W with n problems.

Cheers stormy. I was just confused a bit when i saw online abour 40a on 12v rails etc lol. At least thats one worry off my mind. Just hoping the drivers are ok on my setup. Seen a bit of bad press about cards crashing during gaming & stuff.

a 5770 is the same power as a 4850 - 4870 I think? I will like others say go dx11. Nvidia may have their big fancy GTX480, but they fail by having no other dx11 cards. I have talked to some major nvidia fanboys, but to be honest, I am unsure of any of them buying a 480 just for DX11. 800USD for a dx11 card, or 400 for a 5850? You decide! Seriously, go 5770.

Just up graded and splashed out and bought a new rig fitted out wit a pair Ati 5770s in crossfire great increase in performance making gaming a far better experience.

TruffleSniffer said:

Just up graded and splashed out and bought a new rig fitted out wit a pair Ati 5770s in crossfire great increase in performance making gaming a far better experience.

Ok, well if you have any issues with games being laggy or bad performance, its a known issue that the game probably does not support crossfire, or not supported well, in which case you may have to disable one card. I can not tell you how many topics on steam people are like "performance worse in crossfirex". Just a heads up.