Better upgrade option on my system- HD6670 or HD 5770?

[aniket_d]

Hello,
I live in India. I owned a XFX HD 5670 1gb DDR5 that had some problem within my warranty and so I gave it to the distributor I bought from. My card will be replaced but they don't have the same model. Now I have a choice to pay some more and get another card. The supplier suggested HD 6670 1gb DDR5 or HD 5770 1gb DDR5.
I can spend max upto anoher INR 1.5k more. Moreover the manufacturer can only be xfx. If there are any other cards that I should be checking out coming within my budget- please mention. I had bought my HD 5670 1gb DDR5 for INR 5.6k.So total for the new card would be INR 7.1k.
My PC (3.5 yr old pc) specs are-
PSU- cooler master extreme power plus 500W
Max Res- 1360*768 analog
ups- apc BR 600 (360W)
CPU- intel core2duo E7500 2.93GHz
Ram- Kingston 4GB 800Mhz (2 sticks of 2gb ddr2 each)
motherboard- nvidia geforce 9300/nforce 730i
pci slot- 1 x16 pcie 2.0
Also is it so that getting a higher card (e.g HD5770 over HD6670) would bottleneck on my system because of the ram, cpu and motherboard pcie slot bandwidth?
Thank you.

 

[aniket_d]

I posted my ups model wrongly- its an apc RS 500...

 

[ASHISH65]

At 7.1k get hd 7750 with eyes closed.it is best card for your resolution.it will work with your psu and pc.

 

[akshayghai29785]

Can you get a 7750 it would be worth considering new architecture & low power consupmtion??

Also between the two you mentioned 5770 is better as it was later on rebranded as 6770

 

[aniket_d]

@ashish65
wil my ups pull it? its 300W.

 

[ASHISH65]

Yes it will.hd 7750 just consumes 43w at peak.even i am running hd 7750 at 300w psu for last 1yr without any problems

 

[aniket_d]

Can you get a 7750 it would be worth considering new architecture & low power consupmtion??

Also between the two you mentioned 5770 is better as it was later on rebranded as 6770

I said HD 6670 (next gen model of HD 5670- the one I had) , not HD 6770. I know that HD 6770 is a rebrand of HD 5770.

 

[aniket_d]

@ashish65 what is the price of the core edition of HD 7750 1GB ddr5. Also does it only come as a ddr5 variant? If more variants- then which is better (considering both price and performance) ?

 

[ASHISH65]

Core will be 8k (overpriced).hd 7750 comes with ddr5 in india.

 

[aniket_d]

Then which one should i get? as i said my budget is 7.1k

 

[ASHISH65]

Hd 7750 ddr5 at 7k hands down.

 

[aniket_d]

Ok good. Let me ask my distributor what price he is asking (depending on what model of 7750 he has)!

 

[bigshootr8]

The 5770 and the 6770 performance wise were very close to one another so I don't see a reason to to a 6670 because you will be probably getting less performance then you would with the 5770. However, I do agree with the 7750. I've seen lately people from India on the forums purchase from amazon but if you could manage to find a 7750 within your range I'd say do it.

 

[ASHISH65]

I bought in local store at 6.7k.it depends on your shopkeeper.i would say only get saphhire or gigabyte models due to there service support in india.

 

[bigshootr8]

Ah, the other companies aren't nearly as good in India then Ash?

 

[ASHISH65]

No the gpu brands of his,msi have no service center while asus service is worst in india.

 

[aniket_d]

I bought in local store at 6.7k.it depends on your shopkeeper.i would say only get saphhire or gigabyte models due to there service support in india.

Well that would be a problem as my distributor keeps only xfx brand here. So its gona be xfx HD 7750 if it has to be... :/

 

[ASHISH65]

Xfx is fine.but i donot know there is service center in india

 

[bigshootr8]

They have one probably. I found this link its possible its not there anymore but hey its something.
http://service-center-in-mumbai.blogspot.com/2011/05/xfx-service-center-in-mumbai.html

 

[aniket_d]

Ya they do have a service centre in mumbai, as they had sent a replacement for my faulty HD 5670 from there. It was a 2gb ddr3 HD 6570 which i returned immediately! And I asked for an alternative, which is I can get a different card by paying the residual price but it has to be xfx...

 

[ASHISH65]

That is rashi periparls i know them as i am from mumbai so i think op can go for xfx.

 

[aniket_d]

@ashish
Just in case if I don't get a normal model of HD7750 (I hope I do get- 'fingers crossed'),
am guessing both the core and black editions wil be overpriced. So in such a case what alternative card should I look for within my budget?

 

[ASHISH65]

Core edition.you can get hd 7750 at flipkart.

 

[aniket_d]

Not flipkart remember. This card will be my replacement so it has to be from the distributor from whom I had bought my 1st card.
hd7750 Core edition it is then. Thanks for all the info. Will keep you posted about what I finally get....

 

[ASHISH65]

Happy gaming!!