Graphics 5830 or 5770

Crossfire is not preferable to me because my mobo is an H55 chipset. Basically looking for price to performance. So if its really 50$ better, think you should buy one. Decent card what I mean to say it is.

 

If you game at 1920x 1080 5830 is better for it than 5770

If you game below that the 5830 is still a good choice

You really have to decide what you can afford

 

Thats what I thought

 

+1 for 2nd hand 4890... and save cash to wait for the next gen

 

ditto

 

I wouldn't do that as the 4890 is more noisy, and it is a dual. if we are talking 2nd hand cards I would say that the 4870 would be a better bet. cheaper and it will run almost anything at 1650x1050 at max (using one myself).

Personally I avoid dual cards whenever possible.

If you want the new generation then I can only repeat the others, 5770 or 5830 completely depends on your wallet.

but what is your resolution and what is you current card.

 

If you mean that it's a dual GPU card, then it isn't.

 

If you find a 4890 with an after market cooler; and there were plenty of them, then noise is not an issue.

 

4890 is an up clocked 4870, not a dual....

 

4890 is single gpu if you get it with a decent aftermarket cooler is silent

 

Sorry my bad

Think I was thinking of the new way of naming

but none the less, the standard is way too noisy, but yeah a different cooler may do the trick.

 

I have no problem with a Sapphire 4890. Not sure whether that is a stock cooler, probably yes. Maybe it's just my noise tolerance levels. Still I'd say the card is quiet under full load. Besides you will only ever reach full load on a GPU when you are gaming which means you either have headphones or speakers on and unless your computer sounds like a chainsaw the system noise should be drowned out by music/sound effects

 

I do have a buddy who had a 4890 and it sounded like a vacuum cleaner. and he had it replaced as it was irritatingly noisy. But again if we are talking about one with a after marked cooler, then the situation changes.

 

The Vapor-X range has a good reputation for cooling and quietening the beast that is the 4890.

Review: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/sapphire_4890_vapor-x_pcie_graphics_card/1

 

I personally would get the cheaperr HD5770, but it depends what your doing with it. for gaming the HD5830 would obviously be better. but the HD5770 would be better for value.

 

The majority of 4850s sold were dual slot if slot size was what you were driving at?

lol @ that comment! Well Im saying that from an early 4870 512mb owner's perspective. I cant even reach 4890 speeds with 100% fan and a big wodge of extra voltage. The 4890 is in all practical sense quite a bit more than an upclocked 4870.

Id still go with a 2nd hand 4890 or gtx275, whichever is cheapest on ebay. Just a few months after the 8800gtx launched I picked up the fastest factory overclocked 7900gt ever made, an EVGA model for 80 quid, rrp 240 quid 6 months before. Got an 18% oc out of that one too...

 

the 4890 was THE (underrated) star of the last gen. But like all cards of every gen, which is relative, the stock cooler is loud. The exception to the rule is Ati's 58xx series which are quiet at stock but still quieter and faster when treated aftermarket.

A new or nearly new 4890 will give you a huge up lift in gaming performance while you wait for either 58xx prices to fall (I wish I could afford a Powercolor 5870 pcs+ right now) or for Ati's 68xx gen ...with prices according. Nvidia are out of the loop and will be forever while they continue to prostitute that ******* child... also know as gf100/104/106/108fermi!

 

Yeah, the 4890 is definitely more than just a sped up 4890.

Way I see it, if you can afford a 4890, get one. It's the most performance you'll get at that price point.
If you can't afford a 4890, but can afford a 4870 get one of those instead, for the same reason.
The new cards, while having DX11 support and lower power consumption aren't fast enough to use DX11 games to their full so you'd be wasting your money.

If you can though, get a 48xx card with an aftermarket cooler, totally worth it.