GTX 260 vs 5770. Still couldn't decide

[PTR]

Greetings. I know this question has been asked a lot before. The GTX 260 vs ATI's 5770. From what I've read on different forums they seem to be leaning towards the 5770. I have been thinking about this for weeks but I still can't cement my decision as to what to get... the forums have provided a lot of useful information regarding this issue but everything too close to call for me. I'll list down the things that entice me to get the cards involved.


First, the GTX260 c216

1 nVdia's driver are way better than ATI's I've read.
2 has more raw power than the 5770. probably because of the whole 448bit thing while the 5770 is only 128bit, if I'm not mistaken
3 I have been using nVidia since the Riva TnT era. Familiarity, brand name trust and such sh*t I guess
4 Physx


as for the 5770

1 DirectX 11
2 Power consumption <--- huge factor
3 new tech compared to nVidia's gtx260 c216
4 heat

These are the games I play currently:

World of Warcraft
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2
Gears of War
Guild Wars
Dragon Age
Borderlands
Medieval 2 and Empire: Total War

and the games I will be playing in the future:

Starcraft 2 (duh lol)
WH4k: Chaos Rising
Diablo 3
more WoW

So my questions are:

Would PhysX matter? Because I'm wondering if there will be a big impact on the games I'm currently playing or will play in the future.

What about Dx11? Sure I'm on XP atm but I am going to upgrade to Win7 real soon. Would the DX11 factor have a huge impact in dx11 supported games specially when it comes to framerates?

BTW, I'm running them at 1920x1080 with a C2D E6400, 2GB DDR2 667 dual channel RAM. And I'll be upgrading from a 9600GSO 768MB. So with those things stated, which way should I REALLY go? a GTX260 or the 5770?


again, Thank you in advance.



Peter

 

[PTR]

that might actually be good for you then
anyway, if you don't want to keep the card very long, you might as well get a cheaper 4870, and save some cash.
You could even use that money for a stronger video card, just remember....that's a long time from now.

we might have ati 6xxx series
then the waiting game really starts

lol I thought about that but the dx11 is too good to ignore I think. That and the 4870 is around $15 or so more expensive here. For some strange reason :lol:

 

[jay2tall]

I don't intend on keeping the 5770 for long, regardless of nvidia's performance on their next gen cards. I'm looking to sell the 5770 around June or August and get something that has serious power. I also plan on upgrading my power supply and CPU/mobo along the way since they're starting to age (asrock4coredual vsta + e6400 + 2x 1GB DDR2 667 and a never heard brand of power supply).

If are only keeping this 6ish months that you say. I would probably take the Gtx260 in the short run. It will give you the most power right now.

However, Why not just get a 5850 and move it to your new system when you are ready? If you buy a card now and then have to sell it and buy again, wouldn't it just make sense to buy a nice card and move it to your new setup? Are you saying the 5850 doesn't have "serious power" or are you referring to a dual GPU card or something of that nature?

 

[Ehsan w]

lol I thought about that but the dx11 is too good to ignore I think. That and the 4870 is around $15 or so more expensive here. For some strange reason :lol:

whahahahaha

well I guess it's a good thing then, you can get the 5770 with dx 11, and save some money
anyways
what about the 5750?
thought about that yet? what are the prices like around your area?
you might not save a whole lot, but we can try to look for something good
on newegg:

ati 5770 : $165,-
ati 5750 : $140,-
I'd say that's about 15% cheaper
personally I would go with the 5770 though.

 

[PTR]

If are only keeping this 6ish months that you say. I would probably take the Gtx260 in the short run. It will give you the most power right now.

However, Why not just get a 5850 and move it to your new system when you are ready? If you buy a card now and then have to sell it and buy again, wouldn't it just make sense to buy a nice card and move it to your new setup? Are you saying the 5850 doesn't have "serious power" or are you referring to a dual GPU card or something of that nature?

lol Now it's starting to show why I couldn't decide earlier Anyway, like I said... directx11 and the power consumption vs a slightly higher frame rate on the gtx260. The 5850 does have some serious power, no doubt about that, but I'm very much interested on how nvidia's next would perform at the same price point. I only intend to sell early because I want to get a bit more than selling it late next year while using something temporary. A dual card set up still wouldn't be an option for me since it would mean I have to power another card... which wouldn't help one bit in keeping the cost of running a computer down.

whahahahaha

well I guess it's a good thing then, you can get the 5770 with dx 11, and save some money
anyways
what about the 5750?
thought about that yet? what are the prices like around your area?
you might not save a whole lot, but we can try to look for something good
on newegg:

ati 5770 : $165,-
ati 5750 : $140,-
I'd say that's about 15% cheaper
personally I would go with the 5770 though.

The 5750 is a bit cheaper, yes, but I wouldn't want anything less than a 5770 since I'll be running 1920x1200 and I don't think the 5750 can handle that with the details set higher. But if I do go with it, I'll have some spare cash on me... you know what that means. Hooker money. Gotta love em holiday hookers :lol:

 

[Ehsan w]

lol Now it's starting to show why I couldn't decide earlier Anyway, like I said... directx11 and the power consumption vs a slightly higher frame rate on the gtx260. The 5850 does have some serious power, no doubt about that, but I'm very much interested on how nvidia's next would perform at the same price point. I only intend to sell early because I want to get a bit more than selling it late next year while using something temporary. A dual card set up still wouldn't be an option for me since it would mean I have to power another card... which wouldn't help one bit in keeping the cost of running a computer down.





The 5750 is a bit cheaper, yes, but I wouldn't want anything less than a 5770 since I'll be running 1920x1200 and I don't think the 5750 can handle that with the details set higher. But if I do go with it, I'll have some spare cash on me... you know what that means. Hooker money. Gotta love em holiday hookers :lol:

right....actually I was thinkin' about a better video card when you get something more powerful
butt
hooker money is fine too I guess

 

[imjelena]

Hello guys i would like to ask if anybody play world of warcraft with this card and if so can you play game with max settings and what fps you can get with 5770 ? Tnx in advance.

 

[PTR]

So I finally got the 5770. Happy with it. Looks to me it consumes less than my previous which was the 9600 GSO since the 5770 only required only one power connector thingie. I am happy with it but I'm experiencing bottleneck issues because of my older cpu and slower 667 RAM. I tried overclocking the thing from 2.13 but I only got as far as 2.35. Must be the mobo.

Hello guys i would like to ask if anybody play world of warcraft with this card and if so can you play game with max settings and what fps you can get with 5770 ? Tnx in advance.

Ypu I do get to play on max settings but I tend to go around 20 in some places with shadows set to max. I set it to medium and I got 35 fps up

 

[jennyh]

Put the shadows down a notch. Not even my Phenom II and 5850 can cope with full shadows on WoW in certain places, but a single notch down can add 10+ fps easily.

 

[PTR]

Put the shadows down a notch. Not even my Phenom II and 5850 can cope with full shadows on WoW in certain places, but a single notch down can add 10+ fps easily.

wow. no ***. I was under the impression you can go full everything with a card like that.... conspiracy anyone? :lol:

 

[jennyh]

There is nothing that will do it, but tbh it's down to bad coding more than anything else.

You won't even notice the difference between 1 notch down and full.

 

[PTR]

There is nothing that will do it, but tbh it's down to bad coding more than anything else.

You won't even notice the difference between 1 notch down and full.

sad. to think it's a 5 yr old game that's running on recent hardware

 

[imjelena]

Ahh thank you for your answer Anyway 1 notch is nothing enjoy your game .