The first HD5xxx series to reach goldfries.com 🙂 Of course, I certainly welcome it with more than open arms!
How good is this card? The HD4770 was alright but nothing spectacular. Now the HD5770, priced at around RM 600 – will the card be worth the price?
The Appearance
The PowerColor Radeon HD5770 uses the reference cooler, you can see that it looks JUST LIKE THAT for practically any other brand.
The ATI RADEON words clearly STAMPED on the case.
The fan commonly seen on ATI Radeon reference coolers.
4x digital output! That I like, bye bye VGA out. 🙂 Here’s 1x HDMI, 1x Display Port and 2x DVI.
The front (or some may prefer to call it side) of the card, while it looks great, I didn’t quite like it that it’s blocking the PCI-E connector.
The Bundle
– Driver CD
– Manual
– DVI to VGA adapter
– Crossfire cable (Yes! it comes with a crossfire cable!)
Card Details
Here’s a summarized detail of the card.
More details at the official product page
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.6ghz |
| RAM | OCZ 1066mhz 4GB Dual-Channel Kit |
| Motherboard | MSI P55-GD65 |
| Cooler | Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme |
| Monitor | 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD |
| Power Supply | Gigabyte Odin GT 550w |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit |
| Driver Version | ATi Catalyst 9.10 |
The Performance
World In Conflict
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 32 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 35 |
Company Of Heroes : Opposing Fronts
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 56.9 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 55.9 |
Lost Planet : Extreme Condition
Graphic Detail : Maximum at 1680 x 946
| Card | Snow (Average) | Cave (Average) |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 43.3 | 60.5 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 64.6 | 60.6 |
Crysis
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 19.03 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 22.21 |
H.A.W.X.
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050, not using DX10.1 for mode.
| Card | Average |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 44 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 52 |
Furmark
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 27 |
| Gigabyte Radeon HD4890 1GB | 42 |
Operating Temperature
Furmark was used for graphic card stressing.
| Card | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) | Stress (°C) |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 40 | 73 | 77 |
Readings were taken when ambient temperature was around 25°C.
– Load, Furmark was run for 1 minute at 1680×1050 with 4xAA.
– Stress, Furmark was run under the Stress Test mode for 5 minutes.
Power Consumption
A little more details on the maximum power consumption of the HD5770 based card.
| System Power Consumption | Maximum (w) |
| HD5770 | 110 |
| HD4890 | 190 |
Conclusion
Despite being a 128-bit card, the HD5770 delivers almost as well as the 256-bit HD4890. Not only that, you get really similar performance (in most cases) at less than 90% of the cost (The HD5770 and the HD4890 at a very close price range, the HD5770 being cheaper by anywhere from RM 80 to over RM 100.) and having the power consumption reduced by nearly 50%!
I’m was also impressed by how the card performed admirably against the Furmark stress test. I didn’t find the card noisy, you could reduce the RPM if you need to. Oh and just to add, the 4 digital output and the DirectX 11 support adds to the overall value of the card.
As you can see I really like this card. 🙂 I’m even more happy that it comes with Crossfire cable! Now if only I could get another HD5770 to crossfire on my P55 board.
I will definitely buy 5770 based on the power consumption. 🙂
Eyefinity!
Did anyone Say Crossfire 5770? 😀
Goldie, are u sure it’s 2x HDMI and 2x DVI?
I thought all new HD5xxx series comes with 1x Display Port, 1x HDMI and 2x DVI??
my friend just bought this card last month (he prefer 4890 at 1st but i hasut dia kaw2 :D)
and now he want to do cfx,can psu Tagan Stone Rock 500W is enough to juice both card?
@jayce – nice leh
@boony – you fishing for buyer ah? 😉
@cloudwan – yes, you’re right.
@z45 – 500w to CF this one is fine, he can upgrade later.
urm..may i ask..is it worthy to CF 5770 then a single 5870??
is this card recommended over the hd4870 ? whats the price & performance difference like
@raikein – I’d say single HD5870 makes more sense.
@anon – I’d say the HD5770 is better. though it costs more than the HD4870, it consumes less power than the HD4870 and performs close to the HD4890. PLUS it being the HD5xxx card meaning it holds better resale value too. 🙂
More speed and stream processors than Powercolor HD 5750 series.
The performance is very good for the price I paid.
can i use this gpu with asus p5ql-pro mthboard? with e7200? any bottlenecks?
No there won’t be any bottleneck. The bottleneck usually comes from your processor, hard disk etc.