Ati's Radeon HD 5770 Review

since i'm about to buy one of these very very soon, let me ask: what's a better option? two 5770 or one 5870? price wise the two 5770 is about $50 cheaper (a negligible difference for me right now)

Sure, 2 5770 in crossfire will beat a 5850. One or two benchmarks it beats the 5870. But if you have enough to get 2 5770s I would still get a 5850 and when the prices drop alittle get another 5850.
 
Then the 4870 is the better card. On stock clocks overall the 512MB 4870 beats the 5770 1GB.

That really is sad in the end when you think about it :P


Good thing my 260 still maxes my games....can wait till next July to upgrade which with luck some DX11 titles start popping out. (though I doubt it)
 
The thing about it though, by the time there are alot of DirectX 11 games, the 5770 will be a dog.
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I think the 4870 is still the wiser choice.
 
That really is sad in the end when you think about it :P


Good thing my 260 still maxes my games....can wait till next July to upgrade which with luck some DX11 titles start popping out. (though I doubt it)

Yeah, I think ATI/AMD just missed the mark with the 5770. Pretty sure they will release a 5790 or 5830 with 256 bit memory. But that one will be more inline with the 4890/GTX 275. The 5770 just kinda gets left out under performing and overpriced compared to the 4870/GTX 260.

I feel different about the 5750. Performs about the same as a 4850/GTS 250. Cost the same as a 1GB 4850 and is cheaper then a 1GB GTS 250.
 
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Sure, 2 5770 in crossfire will beat a 5850. One or two benchmarks it beats the 5870. But if you have enough to get 2 5770s I would still get a 5850 and when the prices drop alittle get another 5850.

I rather have one HD5850 over two HD5770

Because not all games can use two GPUs (like GTA 4 for example). Furthermore, one HD5850 can really run almost any game at max settings, and it will have lower power consumption that 2 5770 as well.
 
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