AMD Radeon HD 7770 And 7750 Review: Familiar Speed, Less Power

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These are the lowest-end cards built using AMD's new Graphics Core Next architecture. Is 28 nm manufacturing, a fresh design, and new functionality enough to warrant upgrading existing value-oriented champs like the Radeon HD 6850 and GeForce GTX 460?

Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11

AMD’s Radeon HD 7770 almost exactly ties Nvidia’s 256-bit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB in 3DMark 11’s overall suite score. We find the Radeon HD 6850 1 GB just slightly ahead. The Radeon HD 5770, meanwhile, finished quite a ways behind.

The Radeon HD 7750 nearly ties Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 550 Ti. That’s pretty cool, considering the 7750 is a single-slot card that doesn’t need an auxiliary power input, while the GTX 550 Ti eats up two slots and requires a six-pin connector.

Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.