Solved Hd5770 - gtx 260

[Lordbob75]

Just for reference, here in the states the 260 and 5770 are mostly identical price wise.

~Lordbob

 

[SpiralPower]

Just for reference, here in the states the 260 and 5770 are mostly identical price wise.

~Lordbob

I always see the 260 a bit more priced.

 

[Lordbob75]

Just for reference, here in the states the 260 and 5770 are mostly identical price wise.

~Lordbob

I always see the 260 a bit more priced.

Here it is about $10 more for the 260.

~Lordbob

 

[hitman000]

The GTX260 was £139.99 & the XFX 5770 was £127.99 so say £12~ difference. The same XFX is also there with AvP for £139.99 lol. I was looking at the XXX edition (149.99) but after reading reviews on the standard card i can probably get it to that speed easily anyways. (875MHz/5200MHz)

I darent play anything atm incase i burn my ATI X1950 out lol. 108c was pretty bad for a GPU.

Roll on monday!

 

[The Apathetic]

Get 260, you won't benefit from a Dx11 card as weak as 5770, either get a card from the 5800 series or get a card from Nvidia's 400 series..

 

[mpcrsc562]

Get 260, you won't benefit from a Dx11 card as weak as 5770, either get a card from the 5800 series or get a card from Nvidia's 400 series..

Wow, what a shot! Weak is a relative term. Weaker than what? The 5800 series? Of course. The Fermi cards? Yes, you bet. But according to the OP's specs, he has a monitor with a resolution of 1440x900--the 5770 is WAY powerful enough to push every game the OP has at its max resolution.

Every tech site that has ever reviewed any of the 5800 cards always state that the card shines at higher resolutions. So a 5800 card would be overkill on a 19 inch, 1440x900 monitor.

If the OP is looking to upgrade the monitor in the not too distant future, then maybe a 5800 card or an nVidia 400 card may be worth considering. If no monitor upgrade is in the works, then go with the 5770.

 

[hitman000]

Get 260, you won't benefit from a Dx11 card as weak as 5770, either get a card from the 5800 series or get a card from Nvidia's 400 series..

I only had £150 budget im afraid otherwise i probably would have went for a higher spec card. Im happy with my 19" monitor for now. The card needed upgrading first as my old card is seriously overheating while gaming. 108c after a hour of code of honour 2 was pretty bad lol. Im not really a pro gamer i will only play a few like BFBC2 & GTAIV and im pretty sure that the HD5770 will play them both without fault. My board is X-Fire also so im presuming ATI will work smoother with my mobo.

Cheers for the advice guys

 

[rvbfan]

Get 260, you won't benefit from a Dx11 card as weak as 5770, either get a card from the 5800 series or get a card from Nvidia's 400 series..

Wow, what a shot! Weak is a relative term. Weaker than what? The 5800 series? Of course. The Fermi cards? Yes, you bet. But according to the OP's specs, he has a monitor with a resolution of 1440x900--the 5770 is WAY powerful enough to push every game the OP has at its max resolution.

Every tech site that has ever reviewed any of the 5800 cards always state that the card shines at higher resolutions. So a 5800 card would be overkill on a 19 inch, 1440x900 monitor.

If the OP is looking to upgrade the monitor in the not too distant future, then maybe a 5800 card or an nVidia 400 card may be worth considering. If no monitor upgrade is in the works, then go with the 5770.

Have to agree with this statement, my 5750 handles the games I play
quite nicely @1680x1050(mostly FPS's). So week as compared to the high end? Yes. In general? Hardly.
Added benefit, you likely don't need to upgrade your PSU and you don't need a forklift to install the card.

 

[The Apathetic]

Get 260, you won't benefit from a Dx11 card as weak as 5770, either get a card from the 5800 series or get a card from Nvidia's 400 series..

Wow, what a shot! Weak is a relative term. Weaker than what? The 5800 series? Of course. The Fermi cards? Yes, you bet. But according to the OP's specs, he has a monitor with a resolution of 1440x900--the 5770 is WAY powerful enough to push every game the OP has at its max resolution.

Every tech site that has ever reviewed any of the 5800 cards always state that the card shines at higher resolutions. So a 5800 card would be overkill on a 19 inch, 1440x900 monitor.

If the OP is looking to upgrade the monitor in the not too distant future, then maybe a 5800 card or an nVidia 400 card may be worth considering. If no monitor upgrade is in the works, then go with the 5770.

I totally respect your opinion but I'm only talking from my personal experience with 5770 .. I also have a 19" screen and at 1440*900 the 5770 was pretty much coughing with Dx11 games (it was pretty good with dx10 games).. BC2 on the highest resolution was barely playable, same goes with DIRT2 and finally Metro slaughtered it.. And these games were just the start of Dx11, what about the upcoming games from now on??

5770 is a pretty weak card with Dx11 games, that's why I say there is no point in going into the Dx11 world with such a weak card, cause it barely handles Dx11 games right now, what about the upcoming games? what about games next year?

The OP isn't going to play COD4 forever, he is gonna start playing a newer COD at some point which is pretty much gonna use Dx11..

It's true that 5770 is better than 260 but he is not gonna benefit from a Dx11 card such as 5770 since it barely handles the actual Dx11 games even on a low resolution such as 1440*900..

I suggest to the OP to either get the strongest Dx10 card he could afford or save more money and get a card that could actually run Dx11 games such as 5800 series or fermi..

 

[Zen00]

I play BFBC2 (a DX11 game) at 1920x1080 on a 25" screen with max settings just fine. You must have a bad 5770 then.

 

[mpcrsc562]

I suggest to the OP to either get the strongest Dx10 card he could afford or save more money and get a card that could actually run Dx11 games such as 5800 series or fermi..

As you stated to me, I will say back to you: I respect your opinion. I have no answer as to why your gameplay experience was not up to snuff with a Dx11 game on a 19" monitor with a 5770.

But, the OP is on a budget and the high-end 5800 series card are overkill for a monitor with 1400x900 resolution. And from what I've read, a 5830 might be too much--one, it is stated that the 5830 is longer than a 5850 which doesn't make sense to get if it won't fit in your case (and you're on a budget) and two, it is a 5800 series card which means it would be overkill on a monitor with a lower native resolution.

Basically, if the OP doesn't give a hoot about Dx11, then I agree with your suggestion to get the strongest Dx10 card the OP can afford.

 

[The Apathetic]

I play BFBC2 (a DX11 game) at 1920x1080 on a 25" screen with max settings just fine. You must have a bad 5770 then.

With all due respect, that's impossible and that's not coming from me, it's coming from pro reviewers.. Unless you have 2 CF, that's is not possible.

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As you stated to me, I will say back to you: I respect your opinion. I have no answer as to why your gameplay experience was not up to snuff with a Dx11 game on a 19" monitor with a 5770.

But, the OP is on a budget and the high-end 5800 series card are overkill for a monitor with 1400x900 resolution. And from what I've read, a 5830 might be too much--one, it is stated that the 5830 is longer than a 5850 which doesn't make sense to get if it won't fit in your case (and you're on a budget) and two, it is a 5800 series card which means it would be overkill on a monitor with a lower native resolution.

Basically, if the OP doesn't give a hoot about Dx11, then I agree with your suggestion to get the strongest Dx10 card the OP can afford.

I just ran Mass Effect 2 with everything maxed on my 19" screen with 5850 .. highest FPS I could possibly get was 62, that's a Dx10 game btw.

Just ran BC2 with everything maxed in a forest mission with Dx11 and highest FPS I got inside the forest was 52 (it usually drops a lot when an explosion occurs) ..

In Metro, it's barely playable when I choose Dx11 and max everything out, had to use Dx10 with High instead of very high to get a playable FPS, which was around 45 but usually lower in crowded areas..

In Fifa 2010, the highest FPS I get with everything on and maxed was 75 during gameplay and around 45 in cut scenes..

I don't see how exactly my 5850 is an overkill with a 19" screen.. This card was made to play games on 24" screens with native resolution of 19xx/1xxx yet it's pretty moderate on a 19" screen.. An overkill card should give over 100 FPS to be considered an overkill (IMO)

 

[Zen00]

Anything over 30 FPS is "playable", and with a 5770 I average just over 30 FPS. If I want a smoother experience, I'd just turn down the graphics settings a bit.

 

[mpcrsc562]

I don't see how exactly my 5850 is an overkill with a 19" screen.. This card was made to play games on 24" screens with native resolution of 19xx/1xxx yet it's pretty moderate on a 19" screen.. An overkill card should give over 100 FPS to be considered an overkill (IMO)

As I've stated, I give you respect to your opinion. You have hands on experience with a 5770 and 5850 and that's cool. But as I have shown with your words I bolded, if the card was made to play on something grander than 1440x900. So to use it on 1440x900 would be, in fact, overkill. You will never have a problem pushing any and every game to it maximum resolution or maximum eye-candy because 1440x900 for that card is cake.

My personal gaming experience with my 5770 by itself is limited as I bought a 5750 to run CrossFire not too long after I bought the 5770. During the "lull" between the next purchase, I didn't game or bench the card--only watched tv. So I have a few games, DX10 by the way, that I can push 78 to 85 fps on a 4320x900 desktop with some decent amount of eye candy turned on.

But I digress... For the OP, who stated that he is on a budget, none of the 5800 series cards would make any sense to purchase. If the OP really want's DX11, then get the 5770. If the OP doesn't care about DX11, then get the best card he can afford. It's really that simple.

 

[paulpicks21]

The GTX260 was £139.99 & the XFX 5770 was £127.99 so say £12~ difference. The same XFX is also there with AvP for £139.99 lol. I was looking at the XXX edition (149.99) but after reading reviews on the standard card i can probably get it to that speed easily anyways. (875MHz/5200MHz)

I darent play anything atm incase i burn my ATI X1950 out lol. 108c was pretty bad for a GPU.

Roll on monday!

So did you get it mate? 1st impressions?

 

[Gilly]

Anything over 30 FPS is "playable", and with a 5770 I average just over 30 FPS. If I want a smoother experience, I'd just turn down the graphics settings a bit.

@ 1920 - 1080 im getting average 40fps never seen it drop below 35

 

[hitman000]

Got the card today. There was a error on overclockers part that the card wasnt in stock so they upgraded it to the AvP edition for free. I am just about to install it now & i'll let ya know how it goes.

Cheers

 

[paulpicks21]

Got the card today. There was a error on overclockers part that the card wasnt in stock so they upgraded it to the AvP edition for free. I am just about to install it now & i'll let ya know how it goes.

Cheers

Nice one , exciting times eh!

Should be ordering mine towards the end of this week.

Paul.

 

[hitman000]

All installed. Had to format my pc back to win7 (I used XP because 7 doesnt like my sound card for some strange reason lol). Installed BFBC2 maxed all settings ran spot on. Just installing MW2 now to see how that is. Also i will be installing GTAIV thats the main one i wanted to try. Great temps & Easy to install. Im very happy.

I will report back on the other two games a bit later on

Cheers!

 

[hitman000]

MW2 runs maxed perfectly fine. A bit disappointed with GTA tho. The graphics look fine but it freezes all the time. Like a jutter every 2 seconds. I think thats my RAM tho. I only have 2gb installed and taskman reported 1.75GB usage so im presuming that once its upgraded to 4gb hopefully i shouldnt have that problem.

Apart from that im very happy with this card. Most of the games i will play run flawless.

Cheers for all your help people