5770 or 460 or 6850

[Andrius Rackauskas]

So lol... Im about to buy new card for christmas, now i have 3 cards in my mind, they all cost about the same, so these are the cards 5770,GTx460, and 6850. My pc specs:

Intel 2 quad CPU q6600 @2.40GHz
4gb ram
Windows 7 64bit
600W enermax PSU
and my current card 8600gt ( )

I play at 1400x900 res, mostly i play Heroes Of newerth, Battlefield bad company2, Call of duty: Black ops, Starcraft2, Team fortress2, and etc.

So wich card should i choose? im not planing on doing any sli or crossfire things or smth like that.

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Errr they don't cost the same.
5770 @ 7.8k
GTX 460 @ 10k
GTX 460 Cyclone @ 12.8k
HD6850 @ 11.5k

At 1400x900 a HD5670 would be enough. But you can for above Graphic cards.

In performance HD6850 is similar to GTX 460 and better than 5770.

 

[Andrius Rackauskas]

well almost the same and is 5670 better than 5770? i doubt 5670 would even run BO on max

 

[Ishu Gupta]

No HD5670 is lesser than HD5770. And it can run Black Ops at max. If budget permits get HD6850 for futureproofing.

 

[Cilus]

I agreed. HD 6850 is the best choice here.

 

[desiibond]

for 1440x900 resolution, a HD5770 should be more than enough if you are not planning to add FullHD monitor in another year. Else go for HD6870 or HD6850

 

[mitraark]

Get the 6850 , it will serve you well for a good few years/

 

[vickybat]

I am running call of duty BO , Crysis, Assasin's creed 2, Battlefield bad company 2, Medal of honour 2010, lost planet 2,street fighter 4 ,F1 2010.. etc in my current radeon 5750 at high settings with 8x af and 4x aa @ 1600x900. There is absolutely no slowdown and hindrance in framerates.

So 5770 and 6850 will run them easily and maybe it at 1920x1080.

 

[Andrius Rackauskas]

so ok, i can get 6850 "XFX HD6850 PCI-E 775M 1GB 2XDVI/DP/HDMI" for 241.60$ at my local shop should i take it ? or get "MSI HD5770HAWK PCIE 1GB DDR5 DVI+HDMI+DP" for 202.49$ ? what is better, if im not planing on upgrading my card again, for like 2-3 years? which card could run all those new games at my resolution (1440x900) the best?

 

[Ishu Gupta]

They are both good. How long they can still be good, no one can be sure. HD6850 will last longer than HD5770.

 

[Zangetsu]

HD6850 will last longer than HD5770.

yup it will.....


@OP: get HD6850 but from other brands like MSI,Sapphire & not from XFX....

 

[Ishu Gupta]

^
He looks like he's not in India. How is XFX in US etc?

 

[ssb1551]

@ OP - While getting your 6850 do remember to get a good PSU like Corsair/Seasonic..Is enermax a good,reputed brand?

 

[Ishu Gupta]

^
Yes its very good.

 

[Piyush]

so ok, i can get 6850 "XFX HD6850 PCI-E 775M 1GB 2XDVI/DP/HDMI" for 241.60$ at my local shop should i take it ? or get "MSI HD5770HAWK PCIE 1GB DDR5 DVI+HDMI+DP" for 202.49$ ? what is better, if im not planing on upgrading my card again, for like 2-3 years? which card could run all those new games at my resolution (1440x900) the best?

FIRST OF ALL
is that PSU enough?
i've never heard of that brand before

if u wanna play games at 1440 *900 in future too
then go for HD 5770
it will handle all the upcoming games at ease

and if u may wanna go for higher resolution in future
then go for either GTX 460 1GB or HD 6850
the latter one has my vote

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Yes that PSU is around TX650W. Can easily sustain a load of 600W plus.

Costs around $150 = Rs 7500.

 

[mitraark]

40$ only extra for the 6850 . gp for it.

Enermax is a good brand , i think they were the first to bring out a 1 KW PSU way back in 2006/

 

[Reaper_vivek]

so ok, i can get 6850 "XFX HD6850 PCI-E 775M 1GB 2XDVI/DP/HDMI" for 241.60$ at my local shop should i take it ? or get "MSI HD5770HAWK PCIE 1GB DDR5 DVI+HDMI+DP" for 202.49$ ? what is better, if im not planing on upgrading my card again, for like 2-3 years? which card could run all those new games at my resolution (1440x900) the best?

Speaking purely on personal experience..the 5770 HAWK is very good..at 875 mhz on stock i have played all of the games u've mentioned(except black ops) at 1080p and havn't experienced a lag at max settings..
My point is, its a very COOL(literally) card owing to the fact it has 2 huge fans..it is easily overclockable..i tested it at 895 mhz core and memory at 1250 mhz and it was stable..

The thing with a gfx card is No matter how much u spend on a good one it will be pretty outdated after a while..so i would say choose the 5770 as there is not much difference in the performance and at ur resolution both will give the same overall effect..even few years down the line...

Note: the 68** was launched to replace the 57** series..so 6850 and 5770 are quite similar in performance

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Note: the 68** was launched to replace the 57** series..

This is correct

so 6850 and 5770 are quite similar in performance

This is not. HD6850 performs better than HD5850. Just behind HD5870.
And when you crossfire, it can beat HD5870 CF.

 

[vickybat]

This is correct



This is not. HD6850 performs better than HD5850. Just behind HD5870.
And when you crossfire, it can beat HD5870 CF.

AFAIK 6850 doesn't perform better than 5850 but 5850 is ahead of 6850 in all benchmarks. Even the 5850 takes the lead over 6870 in some tests.

Take a look at this and this

Go through all the tests