min specs for SOW

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by hellbomber

Radeon ATI HD5770 1 gig card is nothing to laugh at

i had a 5770 running eyefinity on 6000x1200 ... granted i could only have aa on in a few games and most games were at medium / low settings.... on a single screen it doesnt do bad, but you certainly wont be maxing the settings without some lag, depends whats important to you, if your short on cash then i would just stick with the 5770 and whenever you get a present or something maybe ask santa clause for a 5870, 5770 have good resale value i actually sold mine for more than i bought it for on ebay

What are you going to do when SOW comes out and you have all sorts of graphical issues with your ATI card? Download the latest Nvidia drivers

[hellbomber]

Let me post this link from the SLI vs XfireX thread

http://techreport.com/articles.x/19404

ok your an idiot or a troll .. those tests are all with high aa and af... 5770 choke on high aa and af, if you put it at 2x aa and or 0 - 2 af.. the 5770 would be running up ALOT higher on frames probably double, find one card in the 5770 price range taht does anywehre near as good.... didnt think so.. not only does it give the most fps per dolalr it also gives the most fps per watt.. its an extremely efficient mid range card.. comparing it to high ends is doomed, ive never been a fan of crossfire, i dont use crossfire, i hear SLI is alot better, but comparing a mid range card to high ends? seriously what did you expect


the 460 does about 33% better than the 5770

it also costs $230 but you can pick up a 5770 for $150-160 230 / 155 = 33% price difference so if u dont have the money to spend on a 460 you wont fins anything better at that price point in DX11

[hellbomber]

What are you going to do when SOW comes out and you have all sorts of graphical issues with your ATI card? Download the latest Nvidia drivers

thats funny becasue i did have driver issues with my 5876 2GB, but a week later 10.5 betas came out havent had a single problem since then

[hellbomber]

It sure is.

Let me post this link from the SLI vs XfireX thread

http://techreport.com/articles.x/19404

these reviews that you all read are completely worthless to real world use.. what the reviews SHOULD DO is see how high settings they can get with each graphics card at 60FPS.. not force the mid range cards to choke on high settings and let the high ends win easily, if you lowered the aa and af for the 5770 it would be keeping up with the high ends on high aa and af, thats real world performance what you loose with a 5770 isnt frames as that review would have you believe, what you loose is graphics detail, 5770 can run any game out today at 60fps, just have to set graphics settings down a little

[hellbomber]

i will say that a 460 is one of the best cards out thier tohugh especially within price performance, but it does cost alot more than 5770, some cant afford that, what the 460 does do well is smacks the 5830 like a red headed stepchild

[swiss]

Are you sure 5 subsequent posts are enough? Maybe you want to add another 3 or so?
Are you confused or drunk?
The latter is an excuse I would accept.

ok your an idiot or a troll

Thx Mr.Charming, see above.

those tests are all with high aa and af... 5770 choke on high aa and af, if you put it at 2x aa and or 0 - 2 af.. the 5770 would be running up ALOT higher on frames probably double,

No shit? The only thing I care about when buying a new card is it's performance with high AA + AF settings - and details.
Why not stick with the integrated GPU?

find one card in the 5770 price range taht does anywehre near as good

Late model GTX260 OC, done.[*]
Happy?
Plus: The 260 performs better in IL2, and nobody knows who much longer we have to play it.

it also gives the most fps per watt..

Matters, lots...

Who's forcing you to buy Green Power?

it also costs $230 but you can pick up a 5770 for $150-160 230 / 155 = 33% price difference so if u dont have the money to spend on a 460 you wont fins anything better at that price point in DX11

1st: You can them for less than $200.
2nd: Yes, it has DX11 - but on the other hand it's incapable of delivering decent fps. No sure if that really is an advantage.
3rd: Does it have potential, like you save money now, and when you need it, you can add a 2nd one? Not really unless you got triple.

Conclusion:
I would never recommend buying a new 260 over of the 5770. But if you don't have the bucks for a 460(or above), you'll be better off getting used one[*] for the time being.
Or save the $ for the intel CPU and instead, get a decent GPU.



OT:

. what the reviews SHOULD DO is see how high settings they can get with each graphics card at 60FPS

Those tests exist. Sure, I'd love to see how a MarsII does vs Ares, but just for entertainment.
Those results are of zero importance for the average user.
This test here shows you what you can achieve with less money spent.

[hellbomber]

1st: You can them for less than $200.

ohh reallllly? i guess your refering to 768 mb.. which is also an amazing card, but at higher resolutions its almost neck and neck with the 5770, however if your gaming 1600 x 1000 and under it should do alot better