5770 issues should i get it?

[theunkown]

Hello,
i wanted to get a XFX HD5770 850M 1GB card but i hear it has ALOT of issues the card has a 3 year warranty so is it worth the risk?
i was gonna get it with this new setup

core i3 530m @2.93 GHZ
Gigabyte h55-usb3 Mobo
kingstone 2gb ddr3 ram
and quality 500watt psu

 

[Helltech]

The card doesn't have a lot of issues. Its a good card.

 

[theunkown]

cuz i heard about the vertical line problem the freezing BSOD micro stutters and so on
is it usually driver related?
if so what the most stable driver i could get my hands on?
this is my first build btw

 

[theunkown]

does anyone have another opinion?
would be much appreciated

 

[pepperman]

The issue was driver related, and AFAIK, the issue has been fixed for several months now. As for the latest driver, just go to AMD's website and you can download it from there.

XFX has a double lifetime warranty if you register your card within 30 days of purchasing it, so if you plan on keeping your card for a while, its a good brand to pick. I can also personally attest to their quality as I own four of their cards and any issues I have had were fixed swiftly through their support team.

 

[theunkown]

The issue was driver related, and AFAIK, the issue has been fixed for several months now. As for the latest driver, just go to AMD's website and you can download it from there.

XFX has a double lifetime warranty if you register your card within 30 days of purchasing it, so if you plan on keeping your card for a while, its a good brand to pick. I can also personally attest to their quality as I own four of their cards and any issues I have had were fixed swiftly through their support team.

thx for the quick reply.
the problem is i live in egypt so iam not sure about XFX support here but the shop itself offers a 3 year warranty,
anyways i heard the 10.8 drivers where a joke
i was gonna get it like in a week so i was worried about driver stability and so on.

 

[Helltech]

ATIs drivers are pretty iffy right now. If 10.8 doesn't work for you, I'm sure you can find a stable driver set in the 10 suite. If 10.8 doesn't work, you can try .7,.6,.5 so on and so forth.

 

[theunkown]

seems like ati sucks when it comes to drivers still using driver cleaners in safe mode every few minuts seems like a pain but the 5770 is kinda the best card for the money atm :l .
hope iam lucky i have been drooling over this card for a few days now and i never thought of looking at ati driver issues.
whats the problem anyways?
i thought ati and nvidia had solid drivers that you would never have any issues with but hell i have been using a 7200 gs so iam pretty much a noob in the GPU area.

 

[Helltech]

The 10 suite for ATI just hasn't been solid at all, I'm not sure why, it just seems a LOT of people come here for driver problems and using older drivers fixes those problems.

But even if there are driver problems, you can still use older drivers so its really no big deal, if it was I wouldn't recommend the cards I do.

Nvidia's drivers seem to be very stable as of late, however.

 

[Griffolion]

For myself, 10.4 were the best drivers for my 5970, ran BC2 no problem at high FPS as you'd expect. 10.5 - 10.8 and i'm going at 40 FPS at best with settings turned down, some major oversights on profile optimisations by ATI.

I'd go back to 10.4 but i don't know the exact process you need to go through with driver sweeper etc.

 

[Tamz_msc]

You could consider the GTX 460.

 

[theunkown]

cant dont have the budget i barely got away with the 5770

 

[theunkown]

For myself, 10.4 were the best drivers for my 5970, ran BC2 no problem at high FPS as you'd expect. 10.5 - 10.8 and i'm going at 40 FPS at best with settings turned down, some major oversights on profile optimisations by ATI.

I'd go back to 10.4 but i don't know the exact process you need to go through with driver sweeper etc.

iam not sure but u use driver sweeper in safe mode havent tryed it myself
i heard 9.12 was stable for alt of people and the 10.5 and 10.7 where good as well.

and speaking in general sry for the late replies went to sleep yesterday like regular humans

 

[theunkown]

oh and i could just wait and get the gtx 460 768MB when i have the money it wont be a problem the diffrence in priceing here is the XFX 5770= 1035 LE
the ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 = 1350 i could come up with the money
and the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB SC is 1370 LE
and iam only gaming at 1440x900

 

[theunkown]

well i cam up with the money for the gtx 460 and since Nvidia doesnt have problems with drivers i have decided to go with it the 460 768 MB but how long is it anyway comparing it to the 5770