XFX 5770 or BFG GTX 260?

[linnemeyerhere]

Lifetime warranty on BFG, that's saying something!

 

[Heroxoot]

I am gonna fan boy with 5770, but Sapphire 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, Dual DVI, Display Port, HDMI at TigerDirect.com

XFX fans arent the greatest. And free shipping + taxless to certain states is always nice.

 

[pcgamer]

I say the ATI 5770 as it works great with all games at highest settings and have had no probs with my XFX XXX edition.

 

[Seven Eleven]

good choice, you can't go wrong with the 5770. The 10.3 drivers have been running perfectly for me since they were released, so no worries there.

Good luck!
Jake

thank you! good to know!
actually i got a little more money, so i re-evaluated my choices and just ordered MSI R5770 HAWK

XFX got only 1 year warranty here and MSI 3 years. so choice is no brainier

 

[ThePizzaMan]

good choice

 

[smiths22]

Difficult choice. The GTX probably outclass easily the 5770, however it is directx 10 only... I would wait a couple months if I was you.

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

Nothing uses DX11 anyways? only windows 7...nothing more nothing less

 

[Lordbob75]

Difficult choice. The GTX probably outclass easily the 5770, however it is directx 10 only... I would wait a couple months if I was you.

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

Nothing uses DX11 anyways? only windows 7...nothing more nothing less

Windows 7 would not have a big difference using DX 11 vs 10.
Though I know a lot of new games will have DX11, and I did see some recent videos of DX10 vs 11, and there is a scary big difference (as in 3d effects), and I was surprised. I can only hope that my new card will be sufficient for now, or that I can get DX11 with it when it becomes common.

~Lordbob

 

[Seven Eleven]

good choice

thanks! i'm getting it tomorrow! :devil2:

Windows 7 would not have a big difference using DX 11 vs 10.
Though I know a lot of new games will have DX11, and I did see some recent videos of DX10 vs 11, and there is a scary big difference (as in 3d effects), and I was surprised. I can only hope that my new card will be sufficient for now, or that I can get DX11 with it when it becomes common.

it's not only for games, you know.

Tessellation... Multithreaded Rendering... DirectCompute...

nuff said

 

[thelumberjack]

great choice.

I've had the MSI R5770 Hawk for a little over a month and its performed like a champ. It's quieter and cooler than most reference cards, even if you don't want to oc it. But if you do, Afterburner (Riva Tuner) and Kompressor (Furmark) will allow to reach 1000 mhz core and 1400 mhz memory pretty easily. I've been running 1008 core and 1408 mhz mem with no issues.

once again, good luck

Jake

 

[pcgamer]

Difficult choice. The GTX probably outclass easily the 5770, however it is directx 10 only... I would wait a couple months if I was you.

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

Nothing uses DX11 anyways? only windows 7...nothing more nothing less

some games do use DX11 such as DIRT 2 and a few others so not just windows 7 uses it and there are more and more games being built for DX11 and crysis 2 is supposed to have DX11 in built as well. so its good for future proofing

 

[sygnus21]

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

Nothing uses DX11 anyways? only windows 7...nothing more nothing less

some games do use DX11 such as DIRT 2 and a few others so not just windows 7 uses it and there are more and more games being built for DX11 and crysis 2 is supposed to have DX11 in built as well. so its good for future proofing

For the record...

Metro 2033 (DX11)
Games with DX11 Support

 

[QuackPot]

Difficult choice. The GTX probably outclass easily the 5770, however it is directx 10 only... I would wait a couple months if I was you.

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

Nothing uses DX11 anyways? only windows 7...nothing more nothing less

Vista has DX11 now too.

 

[Fumz]

Whaaa... none of you guys play Battlefield Bad Company 2? That's also dx11.

 

[Zen00]

I do.

 

[Seven Eleven]

great choice.

I've had the MSI R5770 Hawk for a little over a month and its performed like a champ. It's quieter and cooler than most reference cards, even if you don't want to oc it. But if you do, Afterburner (Riva Tuner) and Kompressor (Furmark) will allow to reach 1000 mhz core and 1400 mhz memory pretty easily. I've been running 1008 core and 1408 mhz mem with no issues.

once again, good luck

Jake

thank you got it today and it is running great. just finished running benchmarks and games that are installed on hdd. all games run smooth at highest setting at my displays max resolution. can't even compare to 4200... like night and day. i'm so happy i could s*** rainbows

and no i don't plan overclocking. maybe in 2-3 years

 

[Lordbob75]

I had bought a 5770 originally, but it just didn't do it for me, so I returned it and got the 260...

~Lordbob

 

[morrowmedia]

I have the XFX 5770 on my Windows 7 setup and i have not had a single issue with it. I can play all the newest games at very good FPS. MW2, BioShock 2, Dirt 2, the card is very good at playing sequels.

Zach

 

[thelumberjack]

great choice.

I've had the MSI R5770 Hawk for a little over a month and its performed like a champ. It's quieter and cooler than most reference cards, even if you don't want to oc it. But if you do, Afterburner (Riva Tuner) and Kompressor (Furmark) will allow to reach 1000 mhz core and 1400 mhz memory pretty easily. I've been running 1008 core and 1408 mhz mem with no issues.

once again, good luck

Jake

thank you got it today and it is running great. just finished running benchmarks and games that are installed on hdd. all games run smooth at highest setting at my displays max resolution. can't even compare to 4200... like night and day. i'm so happy i could s*** rainbows

and no i don't plan overclocking. maybe in 2-3 years

i'm glad everything is working out well. It's easy to volley back and forth between which card is better, but truthfully they're both good. And judging by the fact that you plan on using this for a while, the 5770 was probably a much wiser decision.

happy gaming

Jake