Which card - HD 5770, HD 4890, GTX260

[Bungral]

Hi guys,

Quick question and all opinions wanted.

I’ve been asked to spec up a PC with a GFX card at around £100.

The first card that sprang to mind was HD 5770 or GTX260, so I looked at a couple of reviews and they tend to trade blows depending on the game. The HD5770 uses much less power, is cooler and is just about the same price (around £120) along with DX11. The GTX260 on the other hand comes with Batman thrown in. Oh yeah but the HD 5770 comes with Dirt 2.

Between the two, I’d definitely go with the HD5770 I think, but then a spanner got thrown in to the works as I saw the price on the HD4890 which can be had for about £130 and it batters the other two cards. This comes at a cost in power consumption but still is a great deal.

Which would you go for between these three cards:

Point Of View GTX260 216 Core EXO Edition 896MB £121.33

Gigabyte HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 £134.55

ASUS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 £120.95

I know that the HD 4890 & HD 5770 would both have 3 year warranties and after a little searching around, it seems the GTX260 is covered by a 2 year warranty.

 

[f0x.]

Depends really what you want, the 260 gives great performance, but that extra £10 for the 4890 also makes it a contender.

The 5770 is a good choice, but buying it solely for DX11 is a mistake imo, as judging by the last generation, lets take for example the 8600gts, isnt always worth it in the long run. It simply wont have the power to run later generation dx11 games, same way the 8600gts couldnt run later dx11 games.

If it was my money, the 260 would be my first port of choice, with the 4890 running a close second. Only because of my love for the Green

 

[Bungral]

Thing is the only reason I'd go for the 4890 for him is as it's far superior in performance.

The 260 however is older tech, more power hungry, more expensive, louder, hotter and wins about 50% of benches vs the 5770.

Have done more reading since starting this thread and it's now really either the 4890 or the 5770.

 

[f0x.]

Its new old tech, that 55nm refresh it got made it alot cooler, quieter and quicker. Im with you on the 4890 in terms of performance, so if its coming down to what card to get now, between the 4890 and the 5770, smart moneys on the card that will give better performance in the long run. that 5770s not going to get much quicker even with driver enchancements.

 

[AMDFTW]

ide still say a 260

 

[Rastalovich]

Think it depends who ur building for. If u ask them "what u think about physx ?" and "what u think about Dx11 ?".

If the answers come back with more questions or just look at u like u just re-invented chocolate that tastes like salt, the 4890 would have to be the way to go.

Not only that, but it's got a price reduction on it by the looks of things.

 

[Hemicuda]

I had a HD4890 - You got hearing protectors ?

Personally I'd go HD5770...If you like it then you can buy it a friend when the prices come down and go Crossfire- the prices will fall when the Fermi cards come out. If at that time the GTX360/380 looks promising and you want to give it a go, then selling a HD5770 is going to net you a greater return than a GTX260.

 

[AMDFTW]

what motherboard I.E SLI or xfire,if x58 then i still say gtx260

 

[Rastalovich]

Any idea what the price of HD5145 or HD5165 cards will be ?

 

[siravarice]

Considering there won't be any DX11 games until 2011, go for the 4890. It's superior to both and only a tenner more. However, I use a 260 and i overclocked it by miles beyond the original factory settings, it's now probably on a par with the 4890. If you are gonna get one, go for the Gainward one, it has a different cooler which is still as noisy, but much more efficient, my temps run at around 45~50 when playing CoD 6 for a couple hours.

 

[killablade]

No DX11 games till 2011?

So what's Dirt 2 then?

 

[Rastalovich]

"A" game, which is no use to u if ur an fps or rts fan

 

[Luigi]

I'd go for the 5770...

As it uses less power and therefore should run cooler, it will save you leccy money and should also overclock very nicely - closing the performance difference.

 

[Diablo]

I'd also go for the 5770, exactly what Luigi said, plus they can overclock very nicely bringing the performance difference right down. And then when prices drop, stick another one in for crossfire.

4890s will be hard to crossfire because the supply will dry up before too long as the 5870/5890s come into stock again/reasonable prices.

 

[Bungral]

None of those products are even in stock now...

I went with the 5770 as the 4890 wouldn't have fit in his case it turns out.

 

[Hemicuda]

Considering there won't be any DX11 games until 2011...

Last time I checked, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat was both a fps and DX11 - I'd be more than a little surprised if the held the release til 2011-especially since it's slated for release in seven weeks (for those of us not already gaming with the Russian and German language version already)

 

[siravarice]

I mean proper games using the full on DX11 stuff. Especially that Uginix engine or whatever its called with tesselation and what not.

 

[jeff4952]

I'm sort of stuck between deciding between a 4890 and a 5770.

A 4000 series radeon won't work in CF with a 5000 series, right?

I know its like that with the 3000/4000 series cards.

So my thought was grab a 5770 now and then a 5870 when prices tank after nvidia's next generation comes out so i can still crossfire them ( i have 2 moniters)

 

[killablade]

I'm sort of stuck between deciding between a 4890 and a 5770.

A 4000 series radeon won't work in CF with a 5000 series, right?

I know its like that with the 3000/4000 series cards.

So my thought was grab a 5770 now and then a 5870 when prices tank after nvidia's next generation comes out so i can still crossfire them ( i have 2 moniters)

How do you mean? Crossfire a 5770 + 5870????

 

[jeff4952]

yes.

I thought you could crossfire say a 5870 and a 5770

but not a 5870 and a 4870. well, so i heard. can you confirm that?