ATI 5770's

[pksmith]

An ATI 5770 with 512MB of memory is available, will this handicap it compared to 5770's with 1024MB of memory?

 

[wiinippongamer]

ALL 5770s are 1024mb as far as I know, and if it exists then it's not recommended due to being a unnoficial card and having potential design flaws and driver problems.

 

[JDFan]

Depends on the resolution and settings (higher resolutions and Higher settings like AA, AF etc. use more RAM) that you will be using and the games\programs you will be using -- but in most cases the price difference is only $10+/- so I'd get the 1gb. standard version to avoid it being a problem.

EDIT : @ wiinippongamer - the 512mb. versions have been available since shortly after release (at that time there was a greater price difference which made them a viable option but the cost of an extra 512MB of DDR5 memory is now so small that they no longer make much sense so only one or 2 manufacturers still offer them.) For Example : This PowerColor Model

 

[wiinippongamer]

Didn't know that, can't see any on newegg nor amazon though.

But yea it's just not worth it because of such a small price increase