5770 Review UNDERCONSTRUCTION

[Assassin48]

5770 Review

INTRO: Today i will be reviewing the XFX 5770 v1 ( HD-577A-ZNFC ). This is the first of the mid-ranged gpus featuring Full Dx11 compatibility and Ati's Eyefinity Technology. Eyefinity lets you use 3 monitors on 1 card, which give you a wider view in games and Multi-Screen setups for the office. This card comes clocked at 850mhz which is the same as both the 4850/4870. The memory comes in clocked at 1200mhz but since it's GDDR5 its quad pumped making the Memory data rate 4.8 Gbps.

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PIC OF BOX FRONT
PIC of BACK

PIC OF CONTENTS INSIDE
This Card came with the following:
1. Quick installation guide
2. Driver CD
3. A molex to 6- pin Adaptor for old power supplies
4. DVI-to-VGA adaptor
5. CrossFire bridge
6. A “do not disturb” sign.

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Closer LOOK AT THE CARD
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0960.jpg
This card uses the original version 1 cooler that directs heat outside of the case, and keeps the Card at very Decent Temps.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0961.jpg
This card has 2 dvi ports , 1 hdmi and 1 display port. The 5xxx series cards allow you to use up to three video monitors at the same time as a single desktop, feature known as eyefinity. Eyefinity is only able to work if 1 of the monitor has a Display Port or you can purchase a separate Active DisplayPort Adapter.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0963.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0965.jpg
This Card uses 1 6-Pin power.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0967.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0968.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0969.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0970.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/KBcobra/IMG_0971.jpg

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Test Setup:
965BE @ 3.4ghz Cooled by Thermalright TRUE 120
Crosshair Formula 3
2gb of G.Skill DDR3 1600
30gb OCZ SSD
300gb Velociraptor
750tx Corsair PSU
OS - Vista/Win 7 32bit
CCC 9.12

PIC OF THE TEST BENCH
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5682/p1010592v.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8714/p1010593y.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9002/p1010594g.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8054/p1010595o.jpg
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Benchmarks EVERYTHING STOCK
3dmark 03
3dmark 05
3dmark 06
3dmark vantage

DX11 Benchmarks
Heaven
Tropics
Sanctuary

Game Benchmarks
Street Fighter 4
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Overclocking the 5770
I used CCC to overclock the 5770.
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6686/9601425.jpg

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Same BENCHMARKS OVERCLOCKED SETTINGS
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CrossFire X Scaling

3DMark 03 Stock
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4166/0377583.jpg

3DMark 03 Overclocked
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1412/0390564.jpg

3DMark 05 Stock
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5429/0525291.jpg

3DMark 05 Overclocked
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/869/0530883.jpg

3DMark 06 Stock
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2510/0619536.jpg

3DMark 06 Overclocked
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3575/23534.jpg

Vantage Sock
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5803/p14479.jpg

Vantage Overclocked
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4416/p16818.jpg

Game Benchmarks

Street Fighter 4
Stock
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9621/25968.jpg
Overclocked
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9826/29023.jpg
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Final Thoughts

[Assassin48]

Ok i started on the Crossfire results first since both cards are in my system already.

Do the overclocked scores look too low ?

[Chicken Patty]

Looking good so far bro :toast:

[Kal-EL]

Looking good bro cept I'm not familiar with that combo of hardware, especially the amd cpu stuff. Have you compared it to the bot?

[Neuromancer]

Looks like a good outline for a straight up review :)

Comparisons are nice, but not really important

[Assassin48]

Looking good bro cept I'm not familiar with that combo of hardware, especially the amd cpu stuff. Have you compared it to the bot?

everyone on the bot is using the x58 platform for submissions on 5770 CF

Looks like a good outline for a straight up review :)

Comparisons are nice, but not really important

I need to do the single card tomorrow and see how that goes


Trying to do this for the ces application thing, if i don't have to pay then i'm going :laughing:


oh and i got some boints on most of the CF submissions

[Assassin48]

With some help from a friend i got some updated pics and a little better intro and some more info

does it look good so far ?

[DrNip]

Sure is a short card. Nice write up. Your well on your way. Nice wallpaper! :D

[Chicken Patty]

Good going Juan, loving the new pics and intro :toast:

[Kal-EL]

Lubbin the oca banners!:thumbsup:

[Chicken Patty]

you know Juan be reppin' dawg! :laughing:

[Assassin48]

i was getting ready to finish up the review and i went to reinstall the OS ( i did a win 7 upgrade) and i cant find my vista DVD, been looking through every box and cant find it!

should i just relabel this as a CrossFireX review or redo it on the i7 rig since the am3 rig will be down for a while and use XP ?

[Chicken Patty]

i was getting ready to finish up the review and i went to reinstall the OS ( i did a win 7 upgrade) and i cant find my vista DVD, been looking through every box and cant find it!

should i just relabel this as a CrossFireX review or redo it on the i7 rig since the am3 rig will be down for a while and use XP ?

Should be fun to see how it does on the i7 rig, you wouldn't have to change much. You already got the important parts of it.

[Assassin48]

all right, going to swap it over to the i7 rig and do some CF, it will bring more points for the team on the bot too !

[Kal-EL]

all right, going to swap it over to the i7 rig and do some CF, it will bring more points for the team on the bot too !
:happy2:

[Rogue210]

Sorry many words comes to mind for CF....but just asking what u mean by CF (sorry noob question):blush:

[Assassin48]

Sorry many words comes to mind for CF....but just asking what u mean by CF (sorry noob question):blush:

Its cool

CF means Crossfire 2 or more GPUS

Like SLI for nvidia

[Rogue210]

Gotcha thank you:)

[Assassin48]

Gotcha thank you:)

no problem :)