5770's crossfire

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Discussion Starter · Dec 3, 2009

Any recomendations. Budget well there i'snt one. and is there any difference in rv1 and the rv2 coolers. I think I would prefer rev1 look tons better. I was thinking along the lines of ASUS or HIS? Going to order within the next few hours soo Help would be nice

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candy_van

· #2 · Dec 3, 2009

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Any recomendations. Budget well there i'snt one. and is there any difference in rv1 and the rv2 coolers. I think I would prefer rev1 look tons better. I was thinking along the lines of ASUS or HIS? Going to order within the next few hours soo Help would be nice

Yes V1 coolers are the way to go. V2 doesn't cool memory or VRMs and will dump heat on each other / in your case (not ideal for CF config).
Any reference V1 card(s) will do fine, however if you get the MSI one you can use Afterburner for voltage adjustments w/o flashing the BIOS.

Don't have time to check other vendors (at work lol), but Newegg has Diamond and XFX V1s for $180 (XFXs are free shipping)

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Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 3, 2009

In the uk

And I cant seem to find any msi ones anywhere Ill have a look now

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Dopamin3

· #4 · Dec 3, 2009

Get XFX.

They are reference design (so XFX can't **** them up) and have a double lifetime warranty.

candy_van

· #5 · Dec 3, 2009

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In the uk

And I cant seem to find any msi ones anywhere Ill have a look now

LOL my fault I didn't look. Just out of curiosity what are the "top vendors" used there?

If you can't get the MSI, it's not that hard to flash the BIOS, but even still most will clock to max in CCC easily.
Personal preference of mine is Sapphire, but again they're all essentially the same

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[email protected]'D

Discussion Starter · #6 · Dec 3, 2009

Yeah IM not worried about flashing the bios done it on my 5850. Ill have a look and post what I decide

keenan

· #7 · Dec 3, 2009

Xfx's double lifetime warranty is in the US only, in the UK it's 2 years, which is much longer then any real up to date gamer would ever keep them..

Anyway, have a look at scan, they sell the xfx ones for Â£119 incl

Being a member of hexus or avforums would earn you free next day delivery aswell

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-X...-DL-DVI-I-HDMI

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Discussion Starter · #8 · Dec 3, 2009

ahh cool cool Im not shipping my 5850 Out till tomorrow night soo Im in no hurry as long as I have them By Saturday. So u recon them xfx ones, no where else with have them to me until monday otherwise!!!!!!!! And will they need flashing to another bios to unlock there full potential?

meticadpa

· #9 · Dec 3, 2009

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XFX only has a 2 year warranty, yeah.

Personally, I'd get the ASUS HD5770 card, so you get access to the Voltage Tweak tool, and they've got a fairly good RMA system.

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Discussion Starter · #10 · Dec 3, 2009

As I sad its ok what brand it is as long as its rev1 and Im not arsed about warrenty. And I know how to flash gpu bios'

Im thinking them xfx ones tbh not bad price and they will get them to me by 11.59am on saturday

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Discussion Starter · #11 · Dec 3, 2009

whoops crap double post...do you still get dirt2 vouchers with the 5770's

Edit Nvm took the plunge and ouch Â£10 delivery

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keenan

· #12 · Dec 3, 2009

My Xfx card came with battleforge, think Dirt 2 only came with 5850 and 5870..

Bartmasta

· #13 · Dec 3, 2009

asus

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Discussion Starter · #14 · Dec 4, 2009

BANG. Scan messed my order up and It didnt get "accepted"*even though it said it did

* . Soo scan has now lost my custom and I'm going with someone else for the cards. And my choice is now Either... HIS , XFX, Saph. All rv1 Im still leaning towards HIS tbf ?

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Bartmasta

· #15 · Dec 4, 2009

why not asus

Cavi

· #16 · Dec 4, 2009

I picked Sapphire. And to be honest, I like the rev2 coolers better. They also perform their cooling duties better than the r1. Although some find issue with the lack of venting (even though the temps only rose on the mobo .5 degrees).

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Discussion Starter · #17 · Dec 4, 2009

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I picked Sapphire. And to be honest, I like the rev2 coolers better. They also perform their cooling duties better than the r1. Although some find issue with the lack of venting (even though the temps only rose on the mobo .5 degrees).

rv.2 coolers look lame, and people have said they dont cool as good as the rev 1 unless you apply your own mem coolers etc. Soo rv.2 isnt an option

And nope on the asus front, as the only ones I can get my hands on are rv.2

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Bartmasta

· #18 · Dec 4, 2009

any brand is good tbh

Cavi

· #19 · Dec 4, 2009

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rv.2 coolers look lame, and people have said they dont cool as good as the rev 1 unless you apply your own mem coolers etc. Soo rv.2 isnt an option

And nope on the asus front, as the only ones I can get my hands on are rv.2

Look lame? And you've "heard people" say they don't cool as good?

http://en.expreview.com/2009/12/04/r...on/6015.html/2

Rev2 cools remarkably better. The very first chart should demonstrate that.

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Discussion Starter · #20 · Dec 5, 2009

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1*Look lame? And you've 2*"heard people" say they don't cool as good?

http://en.expreview.com/2009/12/04/r...on/6015.html/2

Rev2 cools remarkably better. The very first chart should demonstrate that.

*1 Yes IMO they look lame as hell can't you read?

2* Yes muliple threads on ocn people are stating the rv.2 coolers dont cool adequatly enough without aftermarket ram heatsinks etc.

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