I'm looking for a new budget graphics card
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 10:58:39 AM
I'm stuck between a regular Powercolor HD 6850, Sapphire 7770 Vapor-X, or a Palit GTX 560(non-TI) OC Ed.
The Powercolor and Sapphire are priced exactly the same (around US $150), while the Palit GTX 560 OC costs just $10 more than the two mentioned above. I'm really tight on my budget so, that's as high as I can go.... I'm thinking of going for the 560 but I'm a bit worried about the temperatures of Palit cards as I've heard many complaining about it..
So what do you guys think?? Oh and I have an i5 2500k and an FSP Aurum 80+ Gold 600w PSU which I'm pretty confident about, so no worries about bottlenecking and power consumption; my monitor atm sucks but in the next month or so I'm planning to get a new one with 1920x1080 res, and I play most modern games so I just want the best bang for my bucks with my GPU. Also in case it matters, my board only has one PCIE 2.0 so will the 7770 Vapor X be optimized on just PCIE 2.0? This is the exact board I currently have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The Powercolor and Sapphire are priced exactly the same (around US $150), while the Palit GTX 560 OC costs just $10 more than the two mentioned above. I'm really tight on my budget so, that's as high as I can go.... I'm thinking of going for the 560 but I'm a bit worried about the temperatures of Palit cards as I've heard many complaining about it..
So what do you guys think?? Oh and I have an i5 2500k and an FSP Aurum 80+ Gold 600w PSU which I'm pretty confident about, so no worries about bottlenecking and power consumption; my monitor atm sucks but in the next month or so I'm planning to get a new one with 1920x1080 res, and I play most modern games so I just want the best bang for my bucks with my GPU. Also in case it matters, my board only has one PCIE 2.0 so will the 7770 Vapor X be optimized on just PCIE 2.0? This is the exact board I currently have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:31:28 AM
i like this one over the palit http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-560ti-direc...
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chrissymoe said:
i like this one over the palit http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-560ti-direc...
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chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:37:51 AM
forgot ur in the good old usa hear is a us link http://www.amazon.com/ENGTX560-DCII-OC-2DI-1GD5/dp/B005...
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 11:40:21 AM
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb [...] ores-mhdmi
Can't afford that^
The only cheap one here is Palit which makes me suspicious of Palit cards ><. Every other GTX 560 non-TI (and those are not OC Ed while the Palit one is OC Ed and is cheaper by a significant amount [$40]) is around $200 or so and I can't stretch my budget(around 160$); it's as far as it goes, and those 3 cards I'm pondering about are the only cards available here that I can afford.....
Can't afford that^
The only cheap one here is Palit which makes me suspicious of Palit cards ><. Every other GTX 560 non-TI (and those are not OC Ed while the Palit one is OC Ed and is cheaper by a significant amount [$40]) is around $200 or so and I can't stretch my budget(around 160$); it's as far as it goes, and those 3 cards I'm pondering about are the only cards available here that I can afford.....
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chrissymoe said:
i like this one over the palit http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-560ti-direc...Thats a Ti model the OP wants a Non Ti card
Mactronix
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 11:46:09 AM
mactronix said:
Thats a Ti model the OP wants a Non Ti cardMactronix
I just can't afford TI cards, way over my budget. The Palit GTX 560 is OC Ed and is only $10 more than 6850/vapor x 7770, which makes me consider it, I'm just a bit suspicious of the quality since other brands go over $200 with non-TI GTX 560 while this Palit one is OC Ed and is way cheaper
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chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:47:41 AM
goldenboy999 said:
I just can't afford TI cards, way over my budget. The Palit GTX 560 is OC Ed and is only $10 more than 6850/vapor x 7770, which makes me consider it, I'm just a bit suspicious of the quality since other brands go over $200 with non-TI GTX 560 while this Palit one is OC Ed and is way cheaperdont think this one is ti and it is priced @ 169.99 usd http://www.amazon.com/ENGTX560-DCII-OC-2DI-1GD5/dp/B005...
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chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:48:18 AM
goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 11:51:00 AM
chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:53:25 AM
chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 11:54:20 AM
goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 11:59:12 AM
chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 12:00:21 PM
chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 12:01:37 PM
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source... why dont you see if aamozon will deliver to sea
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chrissymoe
August 20, 2012 12:05:37 PM
goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:07:21 PM
mactronix said:
can you please link me to the palit card you are looking at ?Mactrionix
http://www.palit.biz/palit/vgapro.php?id=1797 here it is
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:12:38 PM
goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:15:49 PM
goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:22:38 PM
refillable said:
Can I look to the prices on there?vga: Asus GTX 560 Ti TOP DirectCu II 1gb/256bit (OC Ed) PHP 10990.00
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Where US $1 = 42 php
The Palit GTX 560 1gb/256bit ddr5 (OC Ed) PHP 7270.00 = around $160
Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor X 1gb/128bit (OC Ed) PHP 6600.00 =around $150
Power Color HD 6850 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 6499.00 = around $150
Yeah and most higher-end cards; I can't afford XD
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Its cheap because its made cheap.
It has what I would call an egg cooler which means its not a full shroud which means the hot air is not vented out the back of the case.
Most important to note is that IT IS NOT AN OVER CLOCKED CARD. On a technicality it has had the memory very slightly over clocked but nothing that you ever notice on any game or test benchmark. We are talking single figures here.
So basically its a cheaper version of a real 560 which in itself is what it is but its bad that they should try and sell it as an OC version. It will do its job but wont overclock well if at all.
As such I personally would not but this card over a reference 6850. Especially if the 6850 is cheaper.
Mactronix
It has what I would call an egg cooler which means its not a full shroud which means the hot air is not vented out the back of the case.
Most important to note is that IT IS NOT AN OVER CLOCKED CARD. On a technicality it has had the memory very slightly over clocked but nothing that you ever notice on any game or test benchmark. We are talking single figures here.
So basically its a cheaper version of a real 560 which in itself is what it is but its bad that they should try and sell it as an OC version. It will do its job but wont overclock well if at all.
As such I personally would not but this card over a reference 6850. Especially if the 6850 is cheaper.
Mactronix
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:36:25 PM
mactronix said:
Its cheap because its made cheap.It has what I would call an egg cooler which means its not a full shroud which means the hot air is not vented out the back of the case.
Most important to note is that IT IS NOT AN OVER CLOCKED CARD. On a technicality it has had the memory very slightly over clocked but nothing that you ever notice on any game or test benchmark. We are talking single figures here.
So basically its a cheaper version of a real 560 which in itself is what it is but its bad that they should try and sell it as an OC version. It will do its job but wont overclock well if at all.
As such I personally would not but this card over a reference 6850. Especially if the 6850 is cheaper.
Mactronix
Thanks for the good input but what do you think of the argument between Vapor X 7770 and 6850's? Like how most say that with more driver updates the difference between 7 series especially the Vapor X is more likely to be insignificant or quite possibly it could even overpower a reference 6850 in the future with more dx11 games coming out?
Would it matter if I go for a Sapphire or a Powercolor 6850?
The difference between the 2 here is quite absurd, I don't know why...
Are PowerColor cards' quality that much behind a Sapphire?
Power Color HD 6850 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 6499.00 = around $150
Sapphire HD 6850 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 7740.00 = around $180
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goldenboy999 said:
Thanks for the good input but what do you think of the argument between Vapor X 7770 and 6850's? Like how most say that with more driver updates the difference between 7 series especially the Vapor X is more likely to be insignificant or quite possibly it could even overpower a reference 6850 in the future with more dx11 games coming out? Would it matter if I go for a Sapphire or a Powercolor 6850?
The difference between the 2 here is quite absurd, I don't know why...
Are PowerColor cards' quality that much behind a Sapphire?
Power Color HD 6850 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 6499.00 = around $150
Sapphire HD 6850 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 7740.00 = around $180
Yes it is true that the 7 series cards will (should) get faster with driver updates and its also true that the 6 series cards wont get as much as a boost as the 7 series cards will from future updates.
This happened with the 5770 cards which were way below where they ended up at performance wise on release.
The 7770 is not very far behind a 6850 and is already faster in some games so taking everything into account then the 7770 is probably the better option after all. I have a bit of a thing about not liking the 128 bit memory interface but reviews and benchmarks show it to be no real issue.
This is a good review http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7770_Vap...
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:58:01 PM
bigcyco1 said:
I would just get the Vapor X 7770What compels me about the Vapor X 7770 is it's newer tech with almost the same performance of a 6850 and better performance with dx11 games.
And the argument that with future driver updates the Vapor X 7770 will be even better while the 6850 is left as is... But in terms of raw power, 6850 is the winner hands down.
That's why I need your help guys in deciding which to get since the Palit GTX 560 is as Mactronix mentioned = no deal
We have Vapor X 7770 vs Power Color 6850So far we have 6850= 1 vote.
Vapor X 7770 = 2 votes. (refillable change his mind
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 12:59:34 PM
mactronix said:
Yes it is true that the 7 series cards will (should) get faster with driver updates and its also true that the 6 series cards wont get as much as a boost as the 7 series cards will from future updates.This happened with the 5770 cards which were way below where they ended up at performance wise on release.
The 7770 is not very far behind a 6850 and is already faster in some games so taking everything into account then the 7770 is probably the better option after all. I have a bit of a thing about not liking the 128 bit memory interface but reviews and benchmarks show it to be no real issue.
This is a good review http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7770_Vap...
Mactronix
Yeah the 128 bit bus is one of its downsides but yeah as you mentioned its not very far behind, so the Vapor X 7770 gets the crown? Especially when they're priced almost the same here
Update:
Vapor X 7770 = 3 votes.
PowerColor 6850 = None O_O
Edit: also one more thing that worries me is that I only have a PCIE 2.0 and a Sandybridge CPU, so I might not get optimized performance for the Vapor X 7770? Or does it really not matter?
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 1:19:03 PM
selayan said:
Unless your mobo is really old, the pcie 3.0 should be backward compatible.Nah I'm not worried about compatibility since I know every PCIE graphics cards is backwards compatible, I'm just worried about optimal performance; like it would perform better in PCIE 3.0 than 2.0 since the 3.0 is what it's designed for..
And thanks everyone so doesn't really matter even performance is the same??
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LittleBuilder1
August 20, 2012 1:47:50 PM
If that sapphire HD7770 ghz ed. with vapor x cooler isn't already overclocked in the box
then isn't it designed to be overclocked? you may be able to push it very far with the
likes of free MSI afterburner software and a voltage bump. May end up performing as
well as or better than the GTX560 you were thinking about.
then isn't it designed to be overclocked? you may be able to push it very far with the
likes of free MSI afterburner software and a voltage bump. May end up performing as
well as or better than the GTX560 you were thinking about.
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goldenboy999
August 20, 2012 9:28:13 PM
jtenorj said:
If that sapphire HD7770 ghz ed. with vapor x cooler isn't already overclocked in the boxthen isn't it designed to be overclocked? you may be able to push it very far with the
likes of free MSI afterburner software and a voltage bump. May end up performing as
well as or better than the GTX560 you were thinking about.
Sorry just got back :X
Are there many variations of 7770 Vapor X? As far as I know there is only "one" 7770 Vapor X clocked at core:1100mhz and Effective Memory:5200mhz..
The 7770 I know that has many variations are the Ghz Editions, which Vapor X is part of and is overclocked 100mhz more than the regular Ghz Edition 7770's. And yes I've read that you can push it as far as 1200+ mhz core and 6000mhz memory or probably more.
More people are leaning towards the Vapor X, and I'm still pondering about which to get
Also for the crossfire advantage, I probably wouldn't be able to benefit from it.
My Motherboard only has 1 PCIE 2.0
Sad, I know I was super tight in my budget when I bought this so..... Here is my Motherboard, in case, anyone is wondering http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157251
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Best solution
The Sapphire Radeon HD7770 Vapor X edition:
techpowerup: 1235 1515 highest core oc of 5 7770s, middling mem oc
faster than hd6870 in bf3 @1920x1200 w/4xaa after oc, cool and quiet
pureoverclock competes w/gtx460(6850) at factory oc, cool and quiet
bjorn3d 1200 1475 cool and quiet
"enough power to run all the latest video games at medium to high
graphics settings at higher resolutions of 1680 x 1080 and 1080p."
this was from a few top review hits on google(cherry picked, yes)
I like reading tom's for tech stuff, but for gpu reviews i prefer
hardocp and techreport. on feb. 14th [H] showed a similarly factory
overclocked xfx 7770 provided the same gameplay experience as both
the hd6870 and and gtx560ti out of the box with still more room to
overclock beyond that. they actually sit down and play games for a
while on the compared cards and fiddle with the settings to see what
a given card can be set at and deliver what they consider to be a
subjectively smooth framerate. not scientific but how most gamers
game, not setting a bunch of cards to run at the same settings and
running them thru a canned benchmark without playing them. while
it ran a little slower fps wise compared to the two older cards
tested, they still frag bots in single at 1080p with all ultra fxaa
and real peeps in multi with ambient occlusion bumped down a hair
from horizon based to screen space, the most demanding of games in
the testing suite. and that was with the feb. drivers and no extra
overclocking. (diff. between hbao and ssao not likely to be noticed
while attempting to both frag and not be fragged yourself)
within the last year or so, techreport changed the way they analyze
gpu performance by lookin at how long cards take to render individual
frames. one card might show 50fps in a given second but have one
500ms frame(1/2second) and 50 10ms frames where another card has 40
25ms frames and a fps of 40. which card do you want? not the one that
throws in an occasional 1/2 frame to ruin the illusion of fluidity.
newer GCN architecture cards seem to have less of an issue with this
compared to older cards, at least as far as single gpu cards/setups
are concerned. higher end kepler gk104 based cards seem to have less
issues in sli than amd hd7000 series cards do in crossfire.
you can think of this kind of like how hardwaresecrets does their psu
reviews. they use a load tester and also test for ripple. a bad psu with a
lot of ripple may fail relatively quickly (taking 1 or more other components
with it), while a good psu with low ripple will likely power any rig thrown
at it within its wattage rating for many years without issue. ripple, of
course, is not the only important factor in what makes a good psu,
another is can it actually deliver its rated amount of power(or more) or
not even 1/2 to 2/3 without burning out. but back to GPUs, i would much
rather have a gpu that renders frames uniformly(albeit at a little lower fps)
that one alterating from a very long frame time to a very short one from
one frame to the next.
a couple issues with techreport are that while very scientifc and well
done, they do run all cards at same settings/res and limit playtime to
1-2 minutes to keep their frametime graphs manageable. they do strive
to test the most demanding parts of games in their test suite, tho. same
as about any site that reviews video cards so you know what a card's
worst case scenario will be in a given game.
So the 7770 ghz ed. is a great card at current pricing (especially vapor x).
GOOD LORD MAN! WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? jk (kind of)
techpowerup: 1235 1515 highest core oc of 5 7770s, middling mem oc
faster than hd6870 in bf3 @1920x1200 w/4xaa after oc, cool and quiet
pureoverclock competes w/gtx460(6850) at factory oc, cool and quiet
bjorn3d 1200 1475 cool and quiet
"enough power to run all the latest video games at medium to high
graphics settings at higher resolutions of 1680 x 1080 and 1080p."
this was from a few top review hits on google(cherry picked, yes)
I like reading tom's for tech stuff, but for gpu reviews i prefer
hardocp and techreport. on feb. 14th [H] showed a similarly factory
overclocked xfx 7770 provided the same gameplay experience as both
the hd6870 and and gtx560ti out of the box with still more room to
overclock beyond that. they actually sit down and play games for a
while on the compared cards and fiddle with the settings to see what
a given card can be set at and deliver what they consider to be a
subjectively smooth framerate. not scientific but how most gamers
game, not setting a bunch of cards to run at the same settings and
running them thru a canned benchmark without playing them. while
it ran a little slower fps wise compared to the two older cards
tested, they still frag bots in single at 1080p with all ultra fxaa
and real peeps in multi with ambient occlusion bumped down a hair
from horizon based to screen space, the most demanding of games in
the testing suite. and that was with the feb. drivers and no extra
overclocking. (diff. between hbao and ssao not likely to be noticed
while attempting to both frag and not be fragged yourself)
within the last year or so, techreport changed the way they analyze
gpu performance by lookin at how long cards take to render individual
frames. one card might show 50fps in a given second but have one
500ms frame(1/2second) and 50 10ms frames where another card has 40
25ms frames and a fps of 40. which card do you want? not the one that
throws in an occasional 1/2 frame to ruin the illusion of fluidity.
newer GCN architecture cards seem to have less of an issue with this
compared to older cards, at least as far as single gpu cards/setups
are concerned. higher end kepler gk104 based cards seem to have less
issues in sli than amd hd7000 series cards do in crossfire.
you can think of this kind of like how hardwaresecrets does their psu
reviews. they use a load tester and also test for ripple. a bad psu with a
lot of ripple may fail relatively quickly (taking 1 or more other components
with it), while a good psu with low ripple will likely power any rig thrown
at it within its wattage rating for many years without issue. ripple, of
course, is not the only important factor in what makes a good psu,
another is can it actually deliver its rated amount of power(or more) or
not even 1/2 to 2/3 without burning out. but back to GPUs, i would much
rather have a gpu that renders frames uniformly(albeit at a little lower fps)
that one alterating from a very long frame time to a very short one from
one frame to the next.
a couple issues with techreport are that while very scientifc and well
done, they do run all cards at same settings/res and limit playtime to
1-2 minutes to keep their frametime graphs manageable. they do strive
to test the most demanding parts of games in their test suite, tho. same
as about any site that reviews video cards so you know what a card's
worst case scenario will be in a given game.
So the 7770 ghz ed. is a great card at current pricing (especially vapor x).
GOOD LORD MAN! WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? jk (kind of)
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goldenboy999
August 21, 2012 10:09:21 AM
jtenorj said:
The Sapphire Radeon HD7770 Vapor X edition:techpowerup: 1235 1515 highest core oc of 5 7770s, middling mem oc
faster than hd6870 in bf3 @1920x1200 w/4xaa after oc, cool and quiet
pureoverclock competes w/gtx460(6850) at factory oc, cool and quiet
bjorn3d 1200 1475 cool and quiet
"enough power to run all the latest video games at medium to high
graphics settings at higher resolutions of 1680 x 1080 and 1080p."
this was from a few top review hits on google(cherry picked, yes)
I like reading tom's for tech stuff, but for gpu reviews i prefer
hardocp and techreport. on feb. 14th [H] showed a similarly factory
overclocked xfx 7770 provided the same gameplay experience as both
the hd6870 and and gtx560ti out of the box with still more room to
overclock beyond that. they actually sit down and play games for a
while on the compared cards and fiddle with the settings to see what
a given card can be set at and deliver what they consider to be a
subjectively smooth framerate. not scientific but how most gamers
game, not setting a bunch of cards to run at the same settings and
running them thru a canned benchmark without playing them. while
it ran a little slower fps wise compared to the two older cards
tested, they still frag bots in single at 1080p with all ultra fxaa
and real peeps in multi with ambient occlusion bumped down a hair
from horizon based to screen space, the most demanding of games in
the testing suite. and that was with the feb. drivers and no extra
overclocking. (diff. between hbao and ssao not likely to be noticed
while attempting to both frag and not be fragged yourself)
within the last year or so, techreport changed the way they analyze
gpu performance by lookin at how long cards take to render individual
frames. one card might show 50fps in a given second but have one
500ms frame(1/2second) and 50 10ms frames where another card has 40
25ms frames and a fps of 40. which card do you want? not the one that
throws in an occasional 1/2 frame to ruin the illusion of fluidity.
newer GCN architecture cards seem to have less of an issue with this
compared to older cards, at least as far as single gpu cards/setups
are concerned. higher end kepler gk104 based cards seem to have less
issues in sli than amd hd7000 series cards do in crossfire.
you can think of this kind of like how hardwaresecrets does their psu
reviews. they use a load tester and also test for ripple. a bad psu with a
lot of ripple may fail relatively quickly (taking 1 or more other components
with it), while a good psu with low ripple will likely power any rig thrown
at it within its wattage rating for many years without issue. ripple, of
course, is not the only important factor in what makes a good psu,
another is can it actually deliver its rated amount of power(or more) or
not even 1/2 to 2/3 without burning out. but back to GPUs, i would much
rather have a gpu that renders frames uniformly(albeit at a little lower fps)
that one alterating from a very long frame time to a very short one from
one frame to the next.
a couple issues with techreport are that while very scientifc and well
done, they do run all cards at same settings/res and limit playtime to
1-2 minutes to keep their frametime graphs manageable. they do strive
to test the most demanding parts of games in their test suite, tho. same
as about any site that reviews video cards so you know what a card's
worst case scenario will be in a given game.
So the 7770 ghz ed. is a great card at current pricing (especially vapor x).
GOOD LORD MAN! WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? jk (kind of)
Nice read man, thanks. I think I'll get the Vapor X.
I'm gonna pick it up tomorrow, thanks to everyone. You guys really helped me alot in deciding which to get
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August 21, 2012 10:12:04 AM
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