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06-Nov-2009, 05:19 AM #1
ATI 5770; good for my needs? :)
Hi Guys,

Just recently got paid (woo!) so am going to (finally) upgrade my graphics card

Looking to spend about £130, so found this:

ATI 5770

Seems pretty good for the money, but I can't find any benchmarks really? I mean, from the old perspective before 5 series, a 4890 is about £140, so I'm wondering if that'd make more sense?

Any advice I'll be grateful for

Thanks,

Chris
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06-Nov-2009, 05:28 AM #2
You ask if it's good for your needs, but do not list anything at all that you need or want, just your budget. Pretty hard to say. Do you need the card just for gaming, how long do you reckon it is until you will upgrade next time? What do you play, at what resolution, etc..
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06-Nov-2009, 05:32 AM #3
Ah, my bad xD

Um, mostly for gaming? I mean currently the most punishing games I play are CoD4 and Fallout 3, I play WoW as well but that's maxed on my system anyway

I probably won't be upgrading for another... 6-7 months? At least?

I play at 1280 x 1024 but may potentially upgrade to a 22-24" monitor at some point, probably 1900 x 1200 Res thereabouts, I haven't researched them at all :P
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06-Nov-2009, 05:58 AM #4
Well. This is a very double-sided issue here. 4890 is, at the moment, a better performer than 5770. Driver tweaks may tighten the ~5-10% gap a bit, even make 5770 better, but the 5770 is even without those tweaks a worthy buy in theory. Barely, if at all noticeable difference in performance, and DX11 support. Problem is, there are always less and less "real" PC games, as in not console ports. DX11 has very interesting and good features, but consoles render DX9 only, and will, for who knows how long. I would go for the 5770 if I were to choose from those two, but I've just upgraded to this piece of junk
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