It's February 2012 and AMD believes they have a new '5770' in their hands. The codename is 'Cape Verde' for the GPU and the graphics cards deriving from them are the Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 One GHz... More...
Not good enough. Barely any faster than the 5770/6770, and in general poor performance for the cost. Considering the 6850/70 can be picked up for around the same price as these cards will launch at (and with MUCH better performance), I don't see them selling well at all. These cards needed to match 6850/70 performance as a new gen card, and they come nowhere near. Anyone with $/€150 to spend needs to be buying a 6870 (or gtx 560 if on sale for that price), not one of these new cards.
The price is probably reflective of TSMC pricing, and if that is the case may indicate that the Kepler might not be low priced either.
Maybe so, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the end user will only compare the performance of the cards to what's available for the same price.
Paired against the 5750 and 5770 you can only save watt and heat, for the same performance but higher price.
$160 for 123mm2 chip LMAO Of course that price has nothing to do with TSMC, but... I swear a God... it has almost nothing to do with AMD wanting to earn a buck either, in a short run anyway. It's all about SoC, and "ATI's" share in AMD's overall income scheme is marginal. Nothing they do won't make or break AMD, so high GPU prices are reflective of Rory's wish to raise overall margins. To educate a buyer, so to speak. Hey look at us, we are not underdog at all. Our cards are just as expensive as competition's if not more so, but they are worth every penny.
Since they switched the 57xx series to 68xx series, I'm not even sure what the 77xx series should be compared to. The 7770 doesn't fit into the same category as the 5770 anymore. Its now "low end" and no longer a step below flagship cards. The only thing I think its equal to 5770 is the price, but price will change depending on the demands of the market. I think the true sequels are pretty much the 7850 and 7870.
No they didn't, they merely added in a new [mid-range] line of products. The 57xx became the 67xx (same chip), 58xx became 69xx, and 68xx was thrown in as proper mid range material. 57xx never switched to 68xx, as their price and performance sectors are totally different.
If you compare the 5870 to the 5770, it is not at all the same as comparing the 7970 to the 7770, is what he is saying. If you're looking for the real "sweet spot" in the 7k series, it will likely come from the 7870. This card is more like what the 5670 was to the 5870.
Good cards but cost too much. Much performance wasn't to be expected with so few shaders and a 128bit bus.
I see that the used videocards in the Gametest differ very much. That makes your review very...unclear. I want to compare the 7770 with a gtx460 in all Games, not only 1 or 2.
This is very close to GTX 460 performance. If you didn't know which card was in a system you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
There just isnt reason to buy these cards at their current pricepoint unless you absolutely need an HTPC with low power and you dont want an older model. The 6800/560 are certainly better buys.
According to AMD, these are entry-level cards. The HD5770 was a "mid-range" card. The performance is on-par with the GTX460, which is a mid-range card.....and better than any other entry-level card. The prices are a bit high for entry-level though.
I notice they have less shaders than my HD5770's (800 vs 640) WTF AMD not cool if you do things like F@H these are going to perform worse hmmmm maybe I wont be replacing my HD5770's quite so soon after all
HEY! Can we get one "but, but...the drivers are still new, it will only get better from here" It's always nice to hear sh#$*@ drivers being considered advantageous
You can't blindly compare the two cards based on how many shaders there are simply because GCN is completely different from VLIW5. deltatux
