The much awaited (or so) HD 7770 is here, is it a good card?
The Card
Plain looking card.
I’ve never liked heatsink cases that cover the PCI-E connector.
It comes with DirectCU cooling.
Dual mini-DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI.
More details at the Official Product page.
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | AMD A8-3850 APU |
| RAM | Kingston Value RAM 4GB 1333 |
| Motherboard | MSI A75MA-G55 |
| Cooler | AMD stock cooler |
| Monitor | 46″ LCD TV |
| Power Supply | Xigmatek NRP-PC602 600w |
| Operating System | Windows 7 32bit |
| Driver | AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver |
Below is the GPU-Z for the card.
I’m comparing the HD 7770 against the GTX 460.
The Performance
Crysis
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 22.55 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 24.22 |
Lost Planet 2
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 23.9 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | N/A |
(unfortunately my GTX460 was being a PITA for this game, so I’ll update the scores some other time)
Alien Vs Predator
Graphic Detail : Default setting @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 37.1 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 39.7 |
Furmark
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
| Card | Average |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 29 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 64 |
Unigine Heaven 2.0
Graphic Detail : Full HD, 4xAA, 16xAF, Tesselation at NORMAL.
| Card | Average |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 29.2 |
| Leadtek GTX 460 | 31.8 |
Operating Temperature
Furmark was used for graphic card stressing.
| Card | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) | Stress (°C) |
| ASUS HD 7770 | 39 | 57 | 67 |
Readings were taken when ambient temperature was around 25°C.
– Load, Furmark was run for 1 minute at Full HD with 4xAA.
– Stress, Furmark was run under the Stress Test mode for 5 minutes.
Conclusion
Coming in at RM 589, the ASUS HD 7770 is on a premium price of the HD 7770 range and it’s lovely to see that the GPU runs cool despite the stress on it.
That said, while this is a good product itself, it’s hard to justify the price (regardless of brand). The Radeon HD 6850 has been around for quite a while, it performs better than the HD 7770, consumes a bit more power and cost almost the same. Comparing to the nVidia side of the picture, the HD 7770 performs close to the GTX 460 (and old card) and consumes far less power.
So what we have with the Radeon HD 7770 is the familiar performance we’ve seen for a long while, and a rather high price but only with somewhat better power consumption. Seriously, gamers don’t care about power consumption. 🙂 In short – HD 7770 cards (including this one) are just not worth the price.
*Photos taken with the Canon Powershot G1X
Dear Goldfries,
What does this means in terms of real life usage:
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ Full HD
Card Average
ASUS HD 7770 29
Leadtek GTX 460 64
This is the only reading which the difference is very wide.
Thank you in advance.
Does this graphic card support for all kind of pc’s ?
Or only some Pc’s can ?