HD 7770 is enough istead of buying HD 7850 ?

[awsome1997]

Hi,


i'm planning to buy a gpu for gaming, is it enough to have a hd 7770 than a hd 7850 to max out latest and future games in a 1280x 1024 resolution? i'm short on budget





tnx

 

[Pedroc1999]

If you abosulutly cant strech to a 7850 then settle with the 7770, but a bit more details about PSU and CPU and you motherboard would help

 

[Mars999]

Yes a 7770 is enough for 1280x1024, but keep in mind if you move up to a larger screen so the gfx look better down the road that card maybe be a weak link...

but I would rather have the 7850... roughly 1.5x-2x faster

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=549

 

[lehtv]

On 1080p, a 7970 GHz can max out every game and play them smoothly, and will be able to do so for some time to come. In two years time, it'll probably be able to play demanding games at medium settings smoothly.

Since your resolution is about 65% as many pixels as 1080p, you'll need a card 65% the speed of a 7970 GHz to achieve the same. This is of course assuming that your CPU won't bottleneck; I would say you need at least a stock clocked i5 because the same applies to 7970 GHz on 1080p. What is your CPU?

Techpowerup's AMD Catalyst 12.11 performance charts reveal that on 1280x800, 7850 is 65% the speed of 7970 GHz, and on 1920x1200 it is 54%. So no, I don't think a 7770 will cut it. Go for the 7850 and overclock it when the games require it. Another reason to go for the better card is that it'll be better able to play games on a higher resolution, should you upgrade your antique monitor

 

[-Slacker-]

I just moved on from 1280x1024 and I can tell you that it's not enough if you want to both max everything out at smooth frame rates. My gtx 460 is the bottom of the barrel in the gf104 family, but it's not much slower than a hd 7770, and stuff like crysis 1/2 and especially metro 2033 run pretty bad at the highest settings with 4x msaa.

If you also have a solid cpu, things might be different, though I'm guessing you don't exactly own the latest and greatest

 

[crisium]

Well if you letterbox your games to 1280x800 then the 7770 will do awesome. You will probably want to do this anyway since all modern games are optimized for 16:9 (16:10 1280x800 is close enough).

 

[Pedroc1999]

Bottom Line, it depends on what kind of games you like? Different genres normally have completely different graphic demands...

 

[RaistlinZ]

What CPU are you running? I'm pretty sure a 7770 is not going to max out many games at that resolution, let alone future games.

 

[lehtv]

7770 is to 1280x1024 what 7850 is to 1080p... not enough to max out any demanding game. But most games, yes.

 

[Pedroc1999]

^^^ Seconds That ^^^

 

[awsome1997]

It is a 4 yr old pc...

CPU: Intel Pentuim Dual Core E2180 OC'ed at 2.8 ghz
GPU: from 7300gs planning to upgrade to hd 7770 or hd 7850
RAM: 2x2GB Kingston DDR2
MOBO: ASRock 945GCM-S
PSU: POWERLOGIC ATX-500W
HDD: 500GB HITACHI 7200RPM

 

[awsome1997]

CPU: Intel Pentuim Dual Core E2180 OC'ed at 2.8 ghz
GPU: from 7300gs planning to upgrade to hd 6870 or gtx 560 ti
RAM: 1GB Kingston DDR2
MOBO: ASRock 945GCM-S
PSU: POWERLOGIC ATX-500W
HDD: 500GB HITACHI 7200RPM

 

[lehtv]

Ah well. The CPU will seriously hold back any graphics card upgrade on that resolution.

That build seems familiar... didn't you post a thread about this just a while ago? Did you decide what to do about the CPU issue?

 

[awsome1997]

For the CPU, I guess I will swap my e2180 and add more money for a used Q9550, do you agree to my decision?

 

[Pedroc1999]

it would make a huge diffrence but... it is 4 generations old. Can u maybe get a 1155 i3 this would cost you about £160


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[Piroko]

With that PC I would probably go for a cheap 7750 or 7770, keep the rest for now and try to save up for a new PC. The 7770 would be enough to play most current games on medium to high-ish settings at 1280*1024.
A Core 2 Quad will not make your PC that much more 'future proof' to be worth the hassle in my opinion...

 

[lehtv]

I agree. I wouldn't go higher than 7770, and if you can find one for cheap a 7750 is good. Start saving for an upgrade to a modern platform

 

[Pedroc1999]

You can find a 7770 for £87 is the UK which is amazing value for money

 

[lehtv]

MSI 7770 £85 is the lowest I can find, practically the same price as 7750 and cheaper than any 650, both of which are inferior cards. It's only good value for money in the UK scale though... £85 is almost 140 USD

 

[SlickR12345]

Depends on how much money you have. If you feel like its a stretch to get the 7850 then its not worth it. 7770 can handle all games from medium to high resolutins

 

[Yuriman]

At that res you'll be alright. Expect to have to sacrifice details in some games, but for the most part the difference between "very high" and "highest" is almost indistinguishable anyway, with a large performance hit.

 

[ImSpartacus]

I would go for the 7770, but there's a better way.

Sit on deal forums for a few weeks. There will surely be some deals. For example, there were a bunch of $70 650 Ti (similar to 7770) deals bundled with free games like Far Cry 3 (before it was released) and others.

http://slickdeals.net/f/5551810-MSI-N650-MD1GD5-OC-GeForce-GTX-650-69-99-after-30MIR-FS-and-2-games?

I wouldn't pay $120 for a GPU like the 7770 or 650 Ti.

 

[Pedroc1999]

In the UK the 7770 is very good value for money

 

[Galatian]

I strongly advice you against the MSI 7770! I just ordered that as an upgrade for my old desktop, which is now being used as a HTPC/Gaming Rig in my living room and the fan noise in unbearable. It will be returned tomorrow.
When the card is idle (30% fan speed) you won't hear a thing, but once it get's above 50% it has such a high pitched noise, that you really won't enjoy it at all. I'm really dissatisfied with it!

 

[Pedroc1999]

For another £2 get an xfx double dissipation edition. Same noise at idle but less at load and card is much coolet