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Little has changed since the first time we took a look at Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire performance some 8 months ago now. Pricing has remained unchanged, as AMD has seen no reason to drop the $160 US price tag of the Radeon HD 5770, keeping the cost of a Crossfire configuration at a little over $300 US. Furthermore the performance of Crossfire is still just as strong in today’s more modern games when compared to those used for the first round of testing.
 For example at 1920x1200, which was the resolution that we focused on, adding a second Radeon HD 5770 graphics card improved performance by 75% when testing with Aliens vs. Predator, while we saw a 78% performance increase when testing with Battlefield Bad Company 2. Other new games such as Just Cause 2 and Metro 2033 saw 63% and 86% performance gains respectively. When testing these newer games we found that the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire configuration outworked the GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 5850. In fact, on average across the thirteen games tested the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire cards were 17% faster than the Radeon HD 5850 and 9% faster than the GeForce GTX 470. Perhaps even more impressive than any of that was the fact that the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire graphics cards were less than 1% slower than the Radeon HD 5870 on average. In four games, being Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X, Metro 2033 and World in Conflict Soviet Assault, the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire cards were found to be faster than a single Radeon HD 5870, while they delivered the same performance when testing with Far Cry 2. When you consider that the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire setup costs just $320 US, making it 20% cheaper than a single Radeon HD 5870, 9% cheaper than the GeForce GTX 470, and just 3% more expensive than the Radeon HD 5850, it really starts to make sense. At just 3% more than the Radeon HD 5850 we enjoyed up to 50% more performance, while on average this setup still provided 17% more performance. The other great news about this affordable setup is that the supporting hardware won’t burn a hole in your wallet. This setup can be supported by affordable AMD or Intel motherboards as long as they feature dual PCI Express x16 slots with at least x8 bandwidth. The other good news for the more power conscious readers is that a pair of Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards consume less power than a single GeForce GTX 470 under load. When summing up our conclusion 8 months ago we had this to say… “While we would not go as far as to say you should forget the Radeon HD 5870 and go for a pair of Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards, there is no denying that these budget graphics cards are really something when used in Crossfire. For those looking to spend around $300 US on their graphics card budget, we feel that the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire configuration is the way to go.” Now many months later, after the release of the new GeForce GTX 400 series, nothing has changed in our opinion and that original statement still stands. If anything, we are now more sold on the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire setup, as it has proven to support newly released gaming titles just as well. |
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Richie |
Posted on: 06/15/2010 08:33 AM
I purchased a second 5770 based on the results of your first article and I have never looked back. AMD has been working well to get profiles updated for new games as well which is great to see. I can also confirm that the performance in Battlefield 2 BC is very good. |
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Davo |
Posted on: 06/15/2010 11:34 AM
I'm in love with my 5770 setup and have been ever since I got it  I really thought by now there would be something that offered slightly better value to gamers. I am glad to see there isn't just yet! |
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a dude |
Posted on: 06/15/2010 10:45 PM
I decided on a 5770 setup when I found a set of Asus Cucore's for under $280 after rebate with free shipping. If you have a crossfire capable motherboard, this is simply the most cost effective way to jump on the DX11 bandwagon. Having been a Nvidia fan for years, I feel I made the right decision. ATI image quality is far superior from what I've seen so far. Very very happy I am. My only regret is waiting and hoping Nvidia would bring something mindblowing to the table and that didn't happen this time. Nice article. |
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kenny |
Posted on: 06/15/2010 11:05 PM
Go the 5770 CF!!! Great article thanks. |
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RedSky0 |
Posted on: 06/16/2010 11:52 AM
Now all they need to do is release a 5770X2, not that they will. Somebody should have told me that Crossfire was actually going to be good value a couple of years ago ... |
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Bowser |
Posted on: 06/16/2010 12:01 PM
yeah well crossfire still scales like sh*t compared to sli but dual 5770's is the way to go. imagine if they scaled like a pair of gtx 470 cards though. that would be insane! |
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Morgan |
Posted on: 06/22/2010 11:19 PM
Would the performance values be similar for a P55 board, or would the 8X 8x, limit performance. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 06/22/2010 11:26 PM
@Morgan - No it would be the same on a P55 board. Nice article. |
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Sharpy |
Posted on: 06/24/2010 09:43 AM
wow I did not know Crossfire worked that well now. this is very interesting. nice work |
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sirfanxalot |
Posted on: 07/23/2010 05:02 AM
I am buying a new PC and was planning on going the P55 LGA1156 route with an Intel core i5-750 CPU and planning on getting the ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB (Crossfire) setup, but then I ran into a little bit of a problem: most P55 motherboards do have 2x PCIex16 slots, but the affordable ones (the reason I'm not buying an LGA 1366 + core i7-920 or such) all have the PCIex16 lanes shared, so for a Crossfire setup the bandwidth gets lowered to 2xPCIe@x8. Is it going to be worth my while to do this? How much is it going to hurt performance? (As I understand it, PCIe2 delivers twice the bandwidth of PCIe, and obviously PCIex16 delivers twice the bandwidth that PCIex8 does. So it makes no sense to me how it doesn't make a difference). Please help!? |
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ProX |
Posted on: 07/26/2010 01:07 AM
@ sirfanxalot - Dual PCIe 2.0 x8 bandwidth is fine for today's graphics cards, you will not notice any performance loss. |
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GAx |
Posted on: 09/16/2010 07:50 PM
I prefer 470 |
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Anon |
Posted on: 09/30/2010 08:12 AM
AWESOME follow up on the first article. First article was one of the MAJOR reason I set up my 5770 X2 in the first place. Was recently worried that through drivers, or maturing of the 5870/5850 that my system was no longer relevent. Well, you've proved me totally wrong and once again am confident in my build. THANKS! Legion. (Deal is even sweeter as I swung X2 for 200$ used. ) |
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ZoTHoS |
Posted on: 01/20/2011 08:42 PM
Nice i already have one XFX HD5770 XXX card and another one would be nice and now after reviewing this article it makes me want another 5770 really bad!! I really need to upgrade my PSU first as i am in dire need of one already because now i just saw this review and with the 5770 taking up over a little half of my PSU when on load... I only have an Ultra X-Finity 500w dual 12v rails S.L.I. psu and with the 5770 taking up 254 watts on load i just think dang man i really need a new psu i play games at 980/1380 35c on load its nice but when i go over 1000/1400 i start seeing restarts/bsod oh and why my temp is so low is because its about 15f-25f outside and my pc is in the window with the side panel off!! :-) cant wait to upgrade the psu and get another HD5770 for CF!!! Heres 2 pics of me playing NFS Shift with my XFX HD5770 XXX card very nice low temps and Great FPS!!! http://img26.imageshack.us/i/shift20101227151254550.jpg/ http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/2659/shift20101227151338322.jpg |
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Randy |
Posted on: 12/07/2012 10:52 PM
Just bought a second used Saphire 5770 for $75 ... the first one only cost me $80 ... thinking of trying eyefinity 6 setup ... lots of used DVI monitors around and Displayport to DVI adaptors are only $5 each now on ebay. Alternately it can be my 6 monitor extended workstation ... should be fun. |