News - AMD fleshes out revised ATI Radeon HD 5770

[shaithis]

To be fair, the 5770 kicks out very respectable framerates at 1680x1050.

For 1920x1200 and above, you should be looking at a different price bracket anyway.

Many people would buy the 5770 over the 4890 due to less heat and noise.....and the fact that on their screens they won't see an iota of difference between it and the 4890.

And shock horror, who would have thought that you might be paying a small premium for the newest range of card! I am sure once we get to the other side of xmas there will be quite a gap in the prices between 5770 and 4890.

oh, I think you misread Kalniels post

[tocbg]

Hey Folks,

I am looking at going with the 5770, I have only got a small (naff) 1280x800 monitor so I don't think I'll notice much difference until I upgrade the screen.

I have heard that too Rollo, this was my only real sticking point as I think that overall the card is a good choice when looking at the noise/ power usage numbers. As you can probably see by my spec I'm running an ancient X700 Pro so anything will be better than that on the most recent titles. I reckon there will be a second wave I'm sure in early 2010 with a revised mem bus. Wouldn't surprise me if they used them for a 5790 type card.

I can't say I'm a fan of the new "egg" cooler, again I have heard that the temps and the noise are marginally cooler but I personally liked the first version cooler, there was something about it that just suited the 5xxx range. It's a pity that this is being done as a cost-cutting measure as most of the prices have been around the same for the 57xx range since launch (between £110 and £140).

I'll most likely pick up a "3rd party" GPU heat-sink at some point, does anyone know if Arctic Cooling is covering the 5xxx range yet?

Cheers,
Harv

[atmadden]

I have an Asus 5770 bought a week ago from Scan and this has the new cooler on. I also bought one at launch with the old cooler on and this runs hotter and exhibits problems at idle.

The new one is cooler and runs better imho