HD 5770, what the Nvidia equal?

[CliveBear]

I'm thinking of buying a Hd 5770 which from what i've read about it is a good solid, mid range gaming card. The cheapest I've managed to find it is £116 which is abit to pricey for me at the moment, so whats the Nvidia equivalant and is there another cards that performs just aswell but a little less money?

 

[coreydmorton]

To be honest you'll not find an nVidia equivalent of an ATI card for less. Especially the Radeon 5770. Either save up enough for the 5770, or settle for a lesser radeon card. I used the 5770 for a year before i upgrade to a gtx 5770, it was worth the money. Though, there are much better 6000series of the radeon that work much better for only a bit more...though your cash seems to tight to bother hehe

 

[CliveBear]

Well at the moment anything is an upgrade over my Hd5450 lol and the 5770 looked like a very good upgrade for me, just hadn't bargained on the price.
any ideas about what cards a more or less the performance as the 5770 would be great, i'm not really looking to play graphically intensive games, mainly cataclysm

 

[coreydmorton]

Catacylsm is DX11 right? Yeah, you'll need the 5770 for DX11 support.
Also i don't want to hurt your feelings (hehe) butttt if your price range is that low right now, you should wait to upgrade your card. Cards are not cheap.

 

[renz496]

5770 is pretty much equal to nvidia GTX550. but nvidia GTX550 should be more expensive

 

[coreydmorton]

Though, to answer your question, the 5770 equivalent in nvidia is the GTX 260, which is ...actually quite less on ebay, so this is an exception to the power vs cost theory i outlined a minute ago. Anyway, the GTX 260 is as low as $70. Though you'd be CRAZYYYyy to get it The 5770 can play many games at max frames at full settings. (I played crysis on all enthusiast at 30fps) So pleaseee just get the 5770 hahaha But if you really can't find the few extra bucks the GTX 260 is ok (though it still doesn't have DX11 support)

http://cgi.ebay.com/PNY-Technologies-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-260-VCGGTX260CX-/140534188775?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item20b87d8ae7

 

[renz496]

that's from the older generation plus GTX260 doesn't have dx11. the only dx11 cards that perform almost equally to 5770 is GTX550. GTS450 able to catch up with 5770 when overclocked but the reference version sits between 5750 and 5770. btw if OP want to play WoW in dx11 he will need dx11 capable card

 

[shrkbay]

GTS 450 is running a bit worse than 5750, but runs better than 5770 on WoW and most of the other MMORPGs

 

[jyjjy]

Yeah, the Nvidia equivalent of the HD5770 in terms of performance was the GTX 260(212 core model.) However it is DX10, much less power efficient and only available used at this point. The closest current equivalent would be a GTS 450 with a fairly steep factory OC(925mhz or higher) but I don't think you are going to find such a card for cheaper than the HD5770 and the comparison ignores that you can OC the HD5770 as well.
Another equivalent to the HD5770 which may actually be cheaper if you can find it is the HD4870. Like the GTX 260 though it is DX10 and much less power efficient.
All of that said you should be able to find an HD5770 for less than you say. Here is one for £90;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-149-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515
or here is an OEM card for £78
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Bargain+Basement/Z-VTX+ATI+Radeon+HD+5770+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43632

 

[CliveBear]

Hah I didn't actually realise that WoW supported DX11, so having a card that supports it isn't really a huge concern to me, however I have just founf the 5770 for £92 on amazon which is a fair old saving. Would you recomend the 512md or 1gb version
feel stupid for asking but what does OEM mean?

 

[shrkbay]

definately 1GB, OEM=Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

[yummerzzz]

You could grab a HD 6850 or 6790 for around £110.

OEM means : Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

[renz496]

GTS 450 is running a bit worse than 5750, but runs better than 5770 on WoW and most of the other MMORPGs

it depends on the game. basically GTS450 is equal to 5750 but roughly the card sits between 5750 and 5770

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Axle/GeForce_GTS_450_OC/28.html

Hah I didn't actually realise that WoW supported DX11, so having a card that supports it isn't really a huge concern to me, however I have just founf the 5770 for £92 on amazon which is a fair old saving. Would you recomend the 512md or 1gb version
feel stupid for asking but what does OEM mean?

sometimes it depends on your resolution but that extra RAM will give you more headroom if you want to crank up setting that will use more VRAM such as AA. but normally most 5770 equipped with 1GB GDDR5 RAM. i myself never seen 5770 with 512MB of RAM to this date (though such a card could be exist). as for OEM you can check this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer

 

[CliveBear]

the OEM card that Jy linked is alot cheaper than others like xfx and sapphire, is it lower quality or worse performance?
Wel before i get the 5770 i've got buy a bigger psu i was thinking of buying Coolermaster GX 550 which is more than enough power

 

[nforce4max]

Don't waste your money on the gts 450 or the 6790. The 5770 is still a decent card just not the red hot wet nipple dream that many last year made it out to be. If you want something with a bit more performance then settle for either a 6850 (nice) or a gtx 460 (stable drivers but hell to keep cool) and both cards are good buys. If you do settle for any thing nvidia don't buy Palit (sh*t) or Gigabyte. HIS, Asus, XFX, ect for ATI and for Nvidia EVGA has for a long time been a favorite.

 

[yummerzzz]

HD 6850 for £20 more, thats worth it IMO.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/9074812/art/pixmania/radeon-hd-6850-1-gb-gddr5.html?srcid=867&key=YkwqIRE6PLaJe90kAjIMXXtJQnQJE9/gG+8WMgAxY0x6chYgPLTYJNwvVGYHVH1CQHoJCA==

 

[jyjjy]

OEM in this circumstance means the card comes with no packaging/retail box/extras/manual. You just receive the card and nothing else.

 

[jyjjy]

Here is an HD5830 for just £79;
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/9563916/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-5830-xtreme-1-g.html
That's actually on par with the cheapest you can find it in the states which is rare. It's probably your best choice if you don't want to spend the money on the HD6850 linked above.

 

[CliveBear]

ahh thanks
I know i'm going to be rediculed for being cheap now, but i'm at uni and money is stupidly tight right now =/ So im wondering how much of a performance drop is there between the 5770 and the 5750?

 

[jyjjy]

And here is an HD5850 for £98 which is also a very good deal and what I would recommend if you can afford it;
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/9583388/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-5850-xtreme-1-g.html
It is actually faster than the HD6850. Here is a recent performance chart that includes all the cards being discussed at high resolutions.

 

[jyjjy]

ahh thanks
I know i'm going to be rediculed for being cheap now, but i'm at uni and money is stupidly tight right now =/ So im wondering how much of a performance drop is there between the 5770 and the 5750?

The HD5750 is almost exactly equal in performance to the GTS 450 on the chart above.

 

[jyjjy]

BTW what is the native resolution of your monitor and what kind of power supply do you have?

 

[CliveBear]

1440x900 resolution and a OCZ stealthxtreme 2 500watt

 

[jyjjy]

Your PSU should handle any of these cards so don't worry about that. Your resolution is pretty low by today's standards which means you can't get away with a cheaper card. Here is some numbers for Cataclysm at a resolution similar to yours;

The HD5750 should actually be fine if you are seeing it at a good price although I'm not seeing it at prices that make sense compared to that £79 HD5830

 

[CliveBear]

Thanks for the chart where do you get them from? Havn't looked at the 5series cards much before but from what I know (or guess) the 5830 is a high end 5 series card, which is comparable or even better than the HD5750. Will it run other games besides Cataclysm such as Mass effect 2?
Sorry about all these questions, just need to make the right buy