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February 23, 2011 8:47:37 PM

HI,

I have a XFX ATI HD 5770 Graphics card and an Asus M4A79XTD EVO MOBO. I plan on going to a X fire set up in the near future(about a month or 2), but i was wondering which card would pair best with my current card for an awesome set up? ( my budget will be 180-220$. Thank you for your input.

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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 23, 2011 9:02:43 PM

Another 5770 would be about your only option.
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February 23, 2011 9:05:56 PM

Ok, that's good know thank you
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a c 107 U Graphics card
February 23, 2011 9:48:25 PM

You can crossfire with any 5770 or 5750, but it would be best to use a 5770 with the same clock speeds.
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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 23, 2011 9:50:39 PM

Well, yeah a 5770 is optimal. OP: Here's the official chart of compatibility:
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February 24, 2011 6:05:02 AM

For a 220$ budget you should be selling your current 5770 and getting a single 6870 (~200$), which outperforms 5770 crossfire

*Edit, should get about 70$ or so for the 5770 so will only cost you 130$ out of pocket, or roughly the same price as adding a 5770, but for better performance and future upgradability*
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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 24, 2011 1:51:47 PM

^Depends on the game, but that's not a bad idea at all.

5770 CF review:
http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/ati_radeon...

It's vantage score is nearly at 5870 levels and in some games it performs that well, but in other games it's below even a single 5850. A 6870 is slightly better than a 5850. So, I would agree that a single 6870 is probably a more stable choice for fairly similar performance.
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February 26, 2011 2:33:50 AM

6870s amazing CF scaling + DX11 makes it a much more preferred solution to 5770 CF imo for the same $$$.
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February 26, 2011 7:44:33 AM

is there a single ati card that will match the performance of 2 5770 in crossfire?
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February 26, 2011 9:20:14 AM

Like I said earlier - the 6870 and above are faster, 5770 is roughly as fast as a 5850.
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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 26, 2011 7:33:59 PM

6870 would be very close to two 5770s in CF. 5870 would be even faster, then 6950 and up. From Nvidia's camp, a GTX470 should be close but faster, then I think a GTX 560 Ti would be the next one up.
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February 26, 2011 7:52:50 PM

Cool, I think I am going to get a 6870, is there any difference between brands? Which brand is reconmended?
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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 27, 2011 12:04:07 AM

Doesn't matter too much. Can't go wrong with most of them although Sparkle isn't considered that great. If you want a good one, something like Sapphire VaporX, MSI Twin Frozr 2, Asus DirectCU, basically any of the ones with custom coolers. And then they usually have their factory overclock versions like the Sapphire Toxic or MSI Hawk. But I wouldn't spend the extra on those personally, since it's super easy to overclock cards yourself.

Reference models are generally the cheapest, they're the ones that have a small fan at the back and are fully enclosed otherwise, then vent the air outside the case. They're pretty decent but tend to be louder than the more beefed up coolers. My two 5850s were reference models and they did great, overclocked great and kept cool enough but man they would get super loud. If I did it again I would just spend a little extra on the better cooler. As it is I bought aftermarket silent coolers for them lol.
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February 27, 2011 4:03:53 AM

Reference models are great because they provide voltage enabled overclocking, whereas the non-references typically don't.

The DirectCU is an excellent model for the price (typically one of the cheaper non-references), as are the Gigabyte non-references.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

209$ After Rebate Free Shipping w/ slight factory overclock and good non-reference cooler isn't a bad choice.

But Wolf is right - almost can't go wrong. (but yeah I bought aftermarket cooling for my reference 6870 CFs too lol they were LOUD mofos in crossfire, but fine in single setup)

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February 28, 2011 1:20:57 PM

on the factory OC'ed cards, are they safe to manual do a OC on top of the stock OC? or is the factory oc versions for the people that don't want to have to manually OC?
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a c 124 U Graphics card
February 28, 2011 1:54:24 PM

Generally the factory OC's are for people who don't want to OC their cards. For example Sapphire has VaporX and Toxic editions of their cards. They have the exact same coolers and PCB, the only difference is Toxic is overclocked already and costs a bunch more. Same with MSI Twin Frozr and Hawk. I'm sure other brands do it as well.

I don't know if Asus has their DirectCU TOP cards out yet for the 6xxx series but those cards should have the best OC potential due to being the highest binned cards.
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February 28, 2011 2:01:03 PM

oh, i see. Asus does have a 6870 DirectCU card out. its priced at 219 on newegg. I am debating on getting a 6870, but i am stuck between XFX and Asus. What would you guys get? This is probably a lame theory, but since i have an ASUS mobo, will the ASUS GPU work better with the mobo since they are same brand?
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February 28, 2011 6:01:55 PM

Nope, mixing GPU and Motherboard brands is never an issue.

By all means go for the DirectCU if you've had good experiences with Asus (providing the price is competitive) - they're generally very good cards.
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