ATi Radeon HD5000 Series

[DarkLobo]

Just a Month ago i got an Radeon HD5770, so far i am quite impress... it really bashed my old 8800GT, i decided to go "PowerColor HD5770 1Gb PCS+", just 5 days i installed my gpu i was playing Left4Dead2 when i heard like something hit the inside of my case, i check but found nothing... so i runned GPU-z and found that my new gpu was raising temps, so i check again and the fan somehow got stuck, when i took the card out i found that one of the blades of the fan seems to have gotten stuck, when i tried to check it just got off completely... i said, no worry... just a blade! put it back again and i heard tremendous noise and extreme vibration that made my whole case jump like if it was a blender (NO KIDDING) and the performance of the fan kinda dropped 35%... so i tried to glue the damn thing and phew... it worked and its been working for a month with no more issues.

The HD5770 is a good card, the price performance ratio is really good, its about 35-40 faster than the 8800GT for about the same price i got my 8800gt back in 2007.

One more thing, try to stay away from PowerColor, its one of the cheapest resellers but it is also has some really low quality accesories.


Anyone has heard of the PowerColor HD5770 Evolution and Sniper? PowerColor is doing some really nice stuff that has never been done in GPU cards before.

[Javokis]

For ATI, I ONLY purchase SAPHIRES. Saphire has never gimped on fans or coolants.

[DarkLobo]

I should have choosed  XFX, they had tremendous customer service and double warranty... next time im sticking with them, maybe when the 5870 lowers its 400 USD price ill grab an XFX.

Oh by the way this is my second PowerColor, i bought a HD4650 3-4 months ago for my old Dual Xeon Server and have no issues so far, could even clock the 4650 core speed up 100Mhz... thats what made me choose PowerColor, Affordable prices.

So far i can OC the HD5770 from 850-960Mhz Core and 1200-1400Mhz Ram, which game me arround 8-10 extra fps overall and its idle is stable at 42C and 63C Load.

I may just get a second HD5770 for CrossFireX or sell the current one and grab a HD5870, or maybe wait for the HD6770 and get it, somehow NewEgg seems to price higher the old Gen, i saw prices of the HD4870 at arround 200-230 USD... considering how the HD5770 performs 2-3 fps faster (HD4870 was faster in older drivers).

Oddly enough, i see no gain in FPS in vampire... im still stuck at 80-90FPS, same FPS i had in the 8800GT, it my 5770 performs EQUALLY or maybe Sligthly slower than my 8800 on vampire.

Oh yes, i am also remplacing my AthlonIIx4 for a PhenomIIx6, 200 Bucks is super deal!! got to love AMD/ATi! i seen benchies of i7 vs PIIx6 and so far PhenomII gets the crown, considering how expensive i7 is.

AMD has a bright future, totally bashing nVidia with HD5000 in Performance/Price/Power Consumption, while Fermi GTX 400 is struggling with heat and price rates, and ATi is already planning a Refresh of HD5000 Series by the end of the year and the HD6000 by starting next year!! not to forget about the Fusion Cores that will be backward compatible with AM3 socket, i think AMD already planning AM3r2 Socket, GPU/CPU in a single chip, hopefully my ASRock M3A790GXH/128m can handle the new cpu/gpu socket.

Never going back to nVidia, 8800GT was superb Gpu Card, but i totally hate nVidia for being assholes and disabling PhysX when Radeon is present as main Gpu.