HD 5770 vs HD 7750

[lancelionroar]

So, I'm about to upgrade soon, and I was planning on getting the HD 5770, but just today my friend suggested a 7750 as my budget could probably handle it, so I checked it out, honestly I couldn't find much helpful results on google, except a theoretical compare between the two of them on hwcompare.com which showed that the HD 5770 is better in terms of performance, while the HD 7750 is better in terms of power consumption, and I found a thread on these forums actually, but it was a HD 6770 vs HD 7750 instead, and since HD 5770 and HD 6770 are pretty much similar, I thought that thread would help, but that thread had both people saying the HD 7750 is overall better and others saying the HD 5770 is better, so I'm kinda confused here, I get that the HD 7750 consumes less power, but is it also better at performance than the HD 5770? I also see that the HD 7750 is slightly more expensive than the HD 5770, so I'm not really sure here, but what really matters to me now is to know which of them is better at PERFORMANCE? Also is the HD 7750 worth the extra money if I'm going for gaming? (Gonna be gaming at 1440x900)

 

[lancelionroar]

wow did the anandtech thing and I see no reason to get the 5770 at all

Sorry but I don't understand. :S

 

[spentshells]

a 6850 is the best you can do and it is only a few dollars more than a 7770

 

[lancelionroar]

a 6850 is the best you can do and it is only a few dollars more than a 7770

Yeah, I understand that, but my biggest concern is the bottleneck, which might make me feel like I gained only a little more performance over my old card.. If it is confirmed that even with the bottleneck I'll gain alot more fps than what I'm currently getting with the HD 5450 then I'll go for it without having to worry.

 

[spentshells]

if you are gaming with a 5450 now any of the cards mentioned will simply blow you away.

No matter what card you decide on the performance difference will be so far beyond what you are experiencing now you will not know what to do with yourself.

Get whatever is cheapest 5770 or 7850 or 6850 (doubt it) you might even find a 5830 6790 cheaper than a 6850. Perhaps A Nvidia gts 450 would just make your day. All the way around you are going to really be happy so just get whatever is cheapest in those cards I just listed. The gts 450 being the weakest.

 

[lancelionroar]

if you are gaming with a 5450 now any of the cards mentioned will simply blow you away.

No matter what card you decide on the performance difference will be so far beyond what you are experiencing now you will not know what to do with yourself.

Get whatever is cheapest 5770 or 7850 or 6850 (doubt it) you might even find a 5830 6790 cheaper than a 6850. Perhaps A Nvidia gts 450 would just make your day. All the way around you are going to really be happy so just get whatever is cheapest in those cards I just listed. The gts 450 being the weakest.

Thanks, getting blown away was my hope all along 😛 if the HD 6850 will blow me away the most out of all the other cards you stated, that's the one I'm getting, just need you to confirm it. 😉

 

[spentshells]

Well as I mentioned get the cheapest card or get the overclock as much as you can if you can and get the 6850

 

[teh_gerbil]

Yeah, each computer is different with different bottlenecks, I am talking where you played LOW to get decent framerate, you'll be playing HIGH! (But on GPU bound games)

Heck, even on CPU bound games the FPS will still KICK ASS! Cause let's face it, the GPU does most of the work anyway..

 

[lancelionroar]

Yeah, each computer is different with different bottlenecks, I am talking where you played LOW to get decent framerate, you'll be playing HIGH! (But on GPU bound games)

Heck, even on CPU bound games the FPS will still KICK ASS! Cause let's face it, the GPU does most of the work anyway..

Great.. So I guess HD 6850 it is then.

 

[lancelionroar]

Sorry for bumping the thread again, but I need one more confirmation/opinion if getting the HD 6850 is worth the upgrade even with the bottleneck.

 

[fantastik250]

No, you're better off getting a 7750, what's the point of getting a stronger card?

 

[mouse24]

No, you're better off getting a 7750, what's the point of getting a stronger card?

Hes gonna be upgrading some time next year, I expect he wont want to upgrade his gpu at that point, and he has the money right now so it might be better to get the better gpu for future reuse.

It all depends on what he wants to do and how he wants to plan his upgrade schedule really.

 

[fantastik250]

It's understandable. It comes down to his choice. So it's either a small upgrade or being content now, and wait for a full upgrade.

 

[teh_gerbil]

6850 by far. Don't hamstring your gfx card for 2 years for the sake of saving a few bucks, who knows, the *** could hit the fan and you can't afford a new rig for a fwea years. The extra difference in price is negligible compared to the extra performance of a 7750 vs a 6850. (My 2c anywho..)

 

[lancelionroar]

6850 by far. Don't hamstring your gfx card for 2 years for the sake of saving a few bucks, who knows, the *** could hit the fan and you can't afford a new rig for a fwea years. The extra difference in price is negligible compared to the extra performance of a 7750 vs a 6850. (My 2c anywho..)

You're right, my concern was that with the HD 6850 getting bottlenecked, the 7750/5770 might give better performance (cause of no bottleneck, but this is just what I'm afraid of and I'm not really that much of a tech geek) so will the HD 6850 give me better performance than all the other mentioned cards even with the bottleneck?

 

[AlkinP]

Oivei....Hello everyone.

A lot to read here BUT have anyone payed attention to 7750 PCI interface? Well it is PCI Express 3.0 x16 ready. SO here is the question: did anyone tested this baby on Z77 chipset with PCI 3.0 capability vs....infamous 6850??
Yes i know that on PCIe 2.0 6850 eats 7750 alive...256bit vs 128bit memory Interface...etc.

So what do you guys think? If PCIe 3.0 capability thrown into equation will 7750 still loose?

oh and BTW add i5-3570k to the mix

 

[mouse24]

Oivei....Hello everyone.

A lot to read here BUT have anyone payed attention to 7750 PCI interface? Well it is PCI Express 3.0 x16 ready. SO here is the question: did anyone tested this baby on Z77 chipset with PCI 3.0 capability vs....infamous 6850??
Yes i know that on PCIe 2.0 6850 eats 7750 alive...256bit vs 128bit memory Interface...etc.

So what do you guys think? If PCIe 3.0 capability thrown into equation will 7750 still loose?

oh and BTW add i5-3570k to the mix

PCI-E version is relatively irrelevant, as even the top end cards are hardly using 8x pci-e 2.0, all 3.0 does is double the bandwidth cap, of which we are barely using half of at most.

 

[AlkinP]

That's exactly what i was interested in. I thought it wouldn't use all bandwidth. So i guess 6850 it is

 

[lancelionroar]

Lol, alright, back to my question please.

 

[mouse24]

Can't give you a definite answer and testing with current high end cards and older procs has not been done to my knowledge.

 

[spentshells]

PCI-E version is relatively irrelevant, as even the top end cards are hardly using 8x pci-e 2.0, all 3.0 does is double the bandwidth cap, of which we are barely using half of at most.

relatively irrelevant AWESOME

 

[lancelionroar]

Can't give you a definite answer and testing with current high end cards and older procs has not been done to my knowledge.

I guess I'll just be hoping while getting it then. :S

 

[mouse24]

relatively irrelevant AWESOME

Aha, nice catch 😉 <3

 

[lancelionroar]

Aha, nice catch 😉 <3

*Cough* Need to find someone with HD 6850 and E5700 to ask them..

 

[teh_gerbil]

@OP:

http://www.game-debate.com/gaming-pc/index.php?r_id=114204&cpu=Pentium%20Dual%20Core%20E5700%203GHz&gpu=Radeon%20HD%206850&ram=4GB#gamingPCReport

Here's someone with more or less your rig, pick a game and see the according FPS in FullHD!

 

[fantastik250]

Honestly, whatever it is, the 7750 will compliment your CPU better.