ATI Radeon HD 4770 In CrossFire: Unbeatable At $220

[spearhead]

yes but it would be nice to compare this to real world preformance.
for €89 euro the 4770 is a bargain it actualy allows buget gamers to own an awsome gaming machine under €450-500 with 19-22 inch TFT screen included. it might be tight but if one goes for a 65nm quad he can actualy do that within this buget. even a sb750 motherboard would be possible.
but for most it might be more economical to head straight to the 940 and 4770 CF ,4890,gtx260 and a luxuary 23 inch screen which almost has become the mianstream resolution at 1920 x 1280 imagine gaming on that would be an awsome experience . here i found Acer TFT Monitor H233HAbmid 23 2ms to be the best possible deal for €189 but Samsung 2333SW 23", DVI 5ms isn't bad either €1 cheaper http://www.4launch.nl where i got the price reference from btw. at www.tweakers.net/pricewatch i can index the cheapest shop for a certain component and 4launch isnt the cheapest here in the netherlands but i took an overall look at those meeting my low price demands and bit of service and quality. not like those from pixmania who send you a ripped apart box without your 4870x2 card or something a friend had or those of 4allclients who dont send you the hardware you paid for at all i rather pay €5 more then and pay the mail man at the door when i can actualy see the situation it is deliverd in.

 

[Ciuy]

no sane person in this world will ever buy an i7 and all that expensive gear and use 2 4770 on it? this test is ridiculous and useless... this must be the only time in this world that this setup will ever be used.

4770 is for budget people, and budget people dont have i7`s and 6 dom corsairs in their rig, they mostly have a decend dual-core ...

People just dont know hwo to test things ...
maybe future reviews will be more realistic.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]Ciuy[/nom]no sane person in this world will ever buy an i7 and all that expensive gear and use 2 4770 on it? this test is ridiculous and useless... this must be the only time in this world that this setup will ever be used.4770 is for budget people, and budget people dont have i7`s and 6 dom corsairs in their rig, they mostly have a decend dual-core ...People just dont know hwo to test things ... maybe future reviews will be more realistic.[/citation]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4770,2281-12.html

 

[spearhead]

lol that benchmark isn't worth much when you take in mind the huge cost diffrence between the two platforms. core i7 965 costs you a kidney or should i say $4k if you want it all high-end from a builder such as alienware. if you build it yourself ofcourse less awsome looking but alot cheaper your still above the $2k mark. 1 athlon 7750x2 costs less then a 6000+ brisbane dual core yet it has much more cache and faster cores and an unlocked multiplier. you could have the components needed to run that 4770 for less then €200 really a decent AM2+ motherboard and 4gb of ram dont cost a thing here, take in account you could get a cheaper board such as 790g or v instead of a 790x or 790gx and your done for about €150. still you get frames high enough to play games such as gta 4 on a 1680x1050 resolution at almost the 60fps maximum your monitor is able to view anyway. realy dont bother that much about it. as long as the fps keeps above 30 then its ok with a bit of overclocking to 3,2ghz for example the 7750 x2 can handle it with more ease. just imagine how cool it will be when we will see the phenom II x2 entering the game with a simular price point. the full 6mb l3 cache and alot of OC head space for less then €70 that would whoop the e8xxx series out of buying them as much as it is a better deal to get a phenom II 920 or 940 quad for the €169 intel is still asking for those e8500 dual cores and you still save atleast €20 on the motherboard when you go for GA-MA790X-UD4 instead of a p45 board. i think there is not much reason left to go for intel unless your willing to pay €1200 and get the core I7 920 for overclocking purposes since it is a faster on a lower clockspeed then phenom II but dont expact it to hit 4ghz easily because those I7's can get quite hot you need a decent cooler for atleast €35 and a motherboard with a good powerdesign such as pt6 deluxe which costs about €250. its not that i have anything against intels core 2 series Q6600 still kicks them high when ocing but intels core 2 quads are just priced to near to core i7 920 that it is more reasonable to get core i7 920 then one of those. the AM2+ phenom II cpu's however cost alot less and get about the same fps for gaming as i7 dous no matter if it is gpu bottlenecked or not 60fps is the max anyway for most monitors and the AM3 Phenom II's are also priced to near to core i7 920. for almost €50 more for the 945 then the 940 while just getting not even 200 points more in benchmarks i cannot justify the price diffrence. AMD is bringing out a lot of compatetive products latley. see for your self how they are about to serve the market gap as for the replacement for all there 65nm components. Those new 45nm parts are making a good alternative for any core 2 based cpu http://tweakers.net/nieuws/60059/reeks-nieuwe-athlon-ii-en-phenom-ii-processors-op-komst.html

 

[W Craven]

read the first couple pages of the comments, and you'll find your answer

When useing a $1000 cpu to showcase budget hardware then it's misleading people in thinking there going to out class someone running a 260GTX that runs at full peak on an e5200@3.87Ghz that overclocks like mad.. my 260GTX overclocks to 756/1512/1250.. sure i could see a diffrent in my card with an i7 but i don't need it for my games.

 

[W Craven]

Also i score 13,115 points in vantage with the e5200 so i really see no 2 yard sticks that he speaks of with running twin 4770's vs a single 260GTX

 

[spearhead]

yes indeed but a single 4770 is fast enough to run most games and dous not require a 600watt powersupply. gtx260 is nice to get and some suppliers deliver it with a free game such as xfx. it dousn't matter much if one chooses 2 times 4770 or a gtx260. gtx260 is the better choice when you want to save the money tough you wont need a dual pci-e motherbord for that and you still get great preformance. your e5200 is a nice cost effective cpu to have you did a good job buying it. you basicly get a e8xxx but with less cache to compensate for this,they indeed overclock like awsome . i think it still it pretty tricky to make a choice for a dual setup above a single card. your more dependant on drivers and you might give your cpu more workload that is why i like to see the results with cheaper cpus.

 

[AParsh335i]

I dont know about you guys, but I want to see 4770 Crossfire versus 4850 crossfire to see if the 4770 takes over in that case.

 

[Guest]

What about GTX280 power consumption?

 

[Guest]

Seriously, where are the 280 results?

 

[jimmysmitty]

Just a correction here, Left 4 Dead does not support anything in DX10. Its all DX9.0c.

 

[bikeracer4487]

yeah, while they certainly are impressive I couldn't help but notice that when matched against a GTX 280, while it was very close, IMO the 280 won. But the point is that as far as I've seen a GTX 275 is faster than a GTX 280 and I'd rather spend a bit more to get 1 graphics card so I still have the ability to upgrade later on. By buying 2 4770s you'll have to change cards again when it's time to upgrade, vs. just getting another card for a much larger performance gain.

 

[Dave_69]

Darn. I bought a 4870 just two months ago. Oh well.

 

[Guest]

Can we see a comparison of:
+ Crossfire 4770 vrs
+ Crossfire 4850 vrs
+ 4890 all by its lonesome?

 

[madhand]

will this card support directx 11.0 ?

 

[bikeracer4487]

ill this card support directx 11.0 ?

dude...no.

 

[kingwaldo]

Gigabyte 4870 1GB works sweet for me running st 1920x1050, will run crossfire when the price is right

 

[RazberyBandit]

Hey Chris. Maybe you should update the award to a "Recommended Buy for May 2009" or edit the final conclusion. The market has changed drastically since this article was written.

512MB 4850's are cheaper in price currently, with 1GB versions about the same. If you were lucky enough to buy these at about $220 30-50 days ago, great! If you're thinking about buying them now, think again.

 

[rafer]

I second(third?) the request for a 4770 Crossfire vs 4850 Crossfire.

 

[hikeran]

ok but what about my 790gx chipset the second slot supports x8 that sure is going to cut the performance but how much i would love to see it in number.plzzzzz

 

[anonymous508]

Yeah...HD 4850s cost 100$ now. So no one should really buy this card at present time unless you are drastically limited by power or space requirements.

IMO this card is pointless unless the price drops to a solid 80$ or less...there is no point in buying this for $105 or even $90 when you can get a 4850 for 100 bucks even.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Well, this article is from May 2009. It is 3 months later and things have changed quite a bit. That's par for the course. The price of some video cards are dropping but not the HD 4770. prices are the same at online stores. This past week the local Fry's Electronics Store in Phoenix, AZ received their very first shipment of XFX HD 4770 video cards. They never had any 4770 cards in the past. The price for the card increased $20.00. With lower prices online for other cards the 4770 may no longer be a good deal.

 

[rudig]

How about a 4770 Crossfire vs 4850 Crossfire review?
They're hard to find, and the review would be really helpful.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Well, it's three months later and 4770's seem to be in stock now. I bought the XFX version that has the fan shroud that is supposed to exhaust air out the rear of a perforated slot. It's a nice mid-level, general purpose, energy efficent graphics card.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

nice, mid-level, general purpose, energy efficent card the happens to do well in Crossfire mode. You just have to remember that it is not a high end card.