[Solved] HD 5770 Reviews...X-Fired as well... and HD 5750 ...

10/13/09 - Added more reviews, see my post below

Here's a HD 5770 review from Guru 3D that is quite extensive. Includes both single and X-Fired HD 5770 for those interested...

http://www.guru3d.com/article/rade [...] view-test/

X-Fire performance is pretty good for those interested. All games tested at 2560 x 1600 shows playable frame rate with the exception of Crysis: Warhead (no surprise there). Far Cry 2 is somewhat low at 35FPS.

However, I'm more interested in single card performance at a more pedestrian gaming resolution of 1920 x 1200. The HD 5770 can basically hold it's own against the the HD 4870 or beat that card with the exception of Call of Duty 5: Modern Warfare (~ 15% performance lag), Mass Effects (~ 18% performance lag) and Fallout 3 (~ 7% performance lag).

While Guru3D did overclock the HD 5770 (Core 950MHz, Shade 950MHz, and Memory 5,620MHz) , the only game tested was Crysis:Warhead. Across all resolutions, the gain was only 2FPS; BTW the HD 5770 tied the HD 4870 in this benchmark at standard clock speed.

Interesting performance for a ~ $160 video card. However, it is priced at higher than what a HD 4870 currently sells for; lowest prices is ~ $130. The HD 4890 costs ~ $30 more than the HD 5770 and will consistently beat the new DX11 card in every game except "Anno 1404 - Dawn of Discovery".

In my opinion gamers should by this card over the HD 4870 if:

1. You want HD 4870-ish performance, but do not want to be forced to replace a relatively weak PSU.
2. You are upgrading to a faster cards and you want DX11.

Yes NDA has lifted because today is Oct. 13th in most parts of the world. Currently the exceptions are US mountain-time and the west coast (maybe Hawaii too).

Is there a review of 5750 512MB?

What they need to do first is clear their 4870 stock. If they had launched 5770 for $140-150, would anybody be buying 4870? I think it is logical and they should drop the price once the stock clears.

This topic has been sticky in top of the forum by TheGreatGrapeApe

Lies.

..

And slander.

@OP, I'm disappointed in the 5770. I expected it to be inbetween GTX260/4870 and the 4890. Yet ATI just couldn't go with a 192-bit or lower the price. True, the 4870 needs to be cleared off the shelves, but once that happens I hope the card will go to $140 with $120-AR.

But then, the 4890's will still be selling, so meh. They're ~$170 now, with $185 for an AM cooling (toxic, etc). If ATI stops producing those, then we'll be missing a sub-200$ card for a period of time...

The 5770 and 50's are for sale on Newegg! Not a bad deal at all ..

Putting aside it's HTPC credentials, DX11 and eyefinity and looking at this from a strict gaming performance POV I can't help but feel a bit underwhelmed by the HD5770 1GB when comparing it's price/performance ratio to the HD4870 1GB.

I agree with rawsteel, AMD are starting the claw back.
Its a delicate balancing act in business, when to up prices and start making your margin the main interest over your market share etc. AMD/ATI have given us a couple of nice releases at a sensible price with no real reason to quibble, namely the 4850/4870 and the 4770. The 4770 set a new presitent with its price/perf and we just got used to the company giving a decent offering for a sensible price.
Now we all know that these 5770 cards cant cost that much more to make so its obvious they have decided (1 card too soon in my opinion) that now is the right time to up prices and start thinking of the margins again.
Realistically this was always going to happen sooner or later but if they are not careful they will end up with an admitidly very decent card that for what i would have thought was the target market segment is..... well, just not relevant. I could be wrong but i would have thought its 4770/4850/4870 owners they are targeting here
Sure its got DX11 (again no demo/games) = not relevant. Eyefinity, what midrange gamer uses tripple or even dual displays ? = not relevant.
native HDMI is nice but im not sure about display port ?
Ok so some are saying the price is high to help shift 4870's. So why did the 4770 come out cheaper than a 4850 then ?
I just hope for their sake Nvidia dont pull a decent card out of its bag anytime soon because if they do and at a reasonable price i know where the mainstream market will head.
Yes its a decent card but its just that bit too expensive for what it is, or have they priced it for what it could be given some driver retunes and a decent DX11 game ?
Just another in an increasing list of AMD own goals and missed opertunaties.

Mactronix

Yeah, the 4770 was just all around bewildering. Didn't it take them a while to build up stock of it though? I know for a while it was sold out, so during those times it didn't hurt the 4850 sales.

Isn't there something called ATI FUSION that allows you to OC an AMD processor and ATI crossfire (compatible ones, of course) that allows for some major enhancements?
*Sorry for getting off topic TGGA!*

I read both toms and anandtech's review and i think if they lower the price of 5770 it would be good since HD 4870 beats it in most games

Yeah that's a good reason

From the numbers i have seen the 4750 come out around a 4770, still its early days yet and once drivers have stabilised. These are undeniably decent cards but im not buying one for a couple of reasons, First i want to see them perform in DX11 games, i have no doubt they will but i want to see it for myself. Secondly its going to be a 5770 i will get but not untill the price has gone down a bit or the board partners release the upgraded cooler versions etc.

Mactronix

The 57xx cards have low memoty bandwidth (128 bit bus) and run the DDR5 too fast to leave anything for user OC. The only way to get decent decent results (high FPS) is to run lower rez (eg 1280x960 or 1440x900) with maximum FX.

Nice post some benchs when you got it

I have recently ordered this card (5770) to upgrade form my old GeForce 8800 GTS. The 8800 has served me very well for the past few years but it doesn't seem to work very well with windows 7 64 bit in full screen applications. I am hoping that the future promise of DirectX 11 and future development of the drivers will let this mid range card shine. I agree that for what is currently does it is about $20-$40 over priced, but i won't know for sure until i get it installed and benchmark it in my own setup. I have plans of running this card in Xfire but i am starting with one card to make sure that it doesn't come in and i suffer a sever case of buyers remorse before i invest in a second card. I also use two or three monitors at a time, so the ability to run three form one card is attractive for me so that i can have a game up, my work up, and also have itunes the internet and communications software all up and running and visible.

Ok, so i just put the 5770 in my PC last night, Core i7 920 @ 2.78Ghz, P58 mobo, 6Gb DDR3 in tri channel. Right out of the box i have it OC to 900mhz core clock and 1300mhz Memory with no problems. I havn't been had enough time to benchmark it yet but i will post that tonight or tomorrow and probably see if i can OC it a bit more. I know there is a review with it OC'd to 950mhz with a 1560mhz memory.

Hmmm wonder if there's a bunch of tests that would help enlighten you? Look up dude!

Which would be the first review in the 'best answer'.