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KitGuru has been a vocal advocate of the GTX 460 – we believe it is the best value for money card on the market right now. Equally so we have also been singing the praises of AMD's HD5770 since it was released, especially as a paired up, high performance, low cost Crossfire solution. What better than taking prime examples of each set up, clocking them to extremes and launching them at each other, using KitGuru's Large Hadron Benchmark Collider? Don your safety gear and let the smashing begin!

We already know that two HD5770‘s are comfortably faster than a standard GTX460, but can they continue to outperform a card that can feasibly overclock to 1ghz on the core?  I wrote this introduction before I attempted to overclock the new MSI card, so I hope I can get close to their claims.

Our normal graphics card review format will be thrown on its head for this review, we are going to overclock the MSI GTX 460 HAWK ‘Talon Attack' as far as it will go first then pit it in a reference and overclocked state against the two PowerColor single slot HD5770's.

The Powercolor HD 5770 cards cost around £125 each inc vat, and the MSI GTX 460 HAWK Talon Attack is available on pre-order for £200 inc vat. If things go well for MSI's Talon Attack, then it would have the price AND performance advantage. There's a lot at stake here!

First let us have a look at the two contenders …

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XFX and Powercolor single slot HD5770’s – reviews forthcoming https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-and-powercolor-single-slot-hd5770s-reviews-forthcoming/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-and-powercolor-single-slot-hd5770s-reviews-forthcoming/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:39:11 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=10590 We currently have some Powercolor and XFX single slot HD5770s heading into our labs and we wanted to show you a picture of the new XFX model. Single slot is the new ‘in thing' for the HD5770s and we feel its long overdue, we have reviewed a plethora of HD5770's to date and we always …

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We currently have some Powercolor and XFX single slot HD5770s heading into our labs and we wanted to show you a picture of the new XFX model. Single slot is the new ‘in thing' for the HD5770s and we feel its long overdue, we have reviewed a plethora of HD5770's to date and we always were surprised that no one had made a single slot version yet.

Slim and beautiful, isn't it? This card is due for release mid August and should cost in the region of £150, which puts it rather close to the 768MB GTX460.

KitGuru says: PC Watch also have a photo of a new 5 port Displayport HD5770 from XFX but we haven't seen this one first hand to confirm

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Powercolor HD5770 Vortex 1GB Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/powercolor-hd5770-vortex-1gb-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/powercolor-hd5770-vortex-1gb-review/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:52:41 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=9731 If you have been following the news and reviews lately you will have assuredly seen mention of nVidia's stellar new ‘mass market' Fermi card the GTX460 – KitGuru reviewed the overclocked eVGA version and it walked away with very high praise indeed. While it is capable of delivering a fantastic gaming experience it only costs …

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If you have been following the news and reviews lately you will have assuredly seen mention of nVidia's stellar new ‘mass market' Fermi card the GTX460 – KitGuru reviewed the overclocked eVGA version and it walked away with very high praise indeed. While it is capable of delivering a fantastic gaming experience it only costs around £175 and the upside of this is that ATI have been forced to reduce some of their own prices to help keep the market competitive.

This means that if you are in the market for a new graphics card and can't stretch to the GTX460 asking price then the card on review today might very well tickle your tastebuds. With the reference HD5770 on offer now for £130, there has never been a more affordable time to get into DX11 gaming.

The PowerColor Vortex is an overclocked HD5770 boasting higher core and memory speeds, with an interesting new high performance cooler which aims to not only lower temperatures but to reduce noise. It is also home to the world's first ‘movable fan' system – yes the fan can be moved in or out on a profile of around a centimeter. This serves to adjust the motion of airflow and should lead to operational temperature drops when compared with the reference solution.

“PowerColor offers an attractive option which features a brand-new cooling technology with additional factory overclocking,” said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. “We never compromise – so here's the solution which can bring the ultimate gaming performance in a better cooling environment!”

The specifications of the video card are as one may expect from a customized solution. The graphics processing unit (GPU), for instance, operates at a clock speed of 900MHz (reference is 850mhz) and the 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM is set at 4,900 MHz effective (reference is 4.8ghz). The interface is still on a 128 bus. Furthermore, the model features 800 Stream processors and connects to video output devices via dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Obviously, DirectX 11 and all of ATI's proprietary technologies are fully supported.

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