HD 5770 *Issue*

Hello, i recently bought, Ati radeon HD 5770 1Gb. Really nice card. But after i uninstalled my drivers from my old Nvidia card and installed the ati drivers. It says that the installation couldn't complete. I check the log and it says that everything was installed. Except the "Help section". And every time i start my computer i get a notify that i need to update my drivers or reinstall them.. I did not get my Crossfire Bridge either. And the "Do not disturb me, i'm gaming" door sign is just weird because i nearly get the same performance as with the 9800gt 512mb. This is the double video memory people!, there should be SOME higher fps than 20fps on very high settings (Crysis- no AA)

EDIT- I do play at 20-25 fps on very high, but on 1920x1080 Resolution. I play at maybe 30-40 on 1280x1024 which i feel is very good. Now its just the drivers i'm worried about

the increase in gpu memory doesnt matter most of the times dude.and i dont think that the 5770 is much better than the 9800gt anways:?

Alright, but there is still these issues about the Crossfire Bridge and drivers, do you know why this is happening?

Alright, but there is still these issues about the Crossfire Bridge and drivers, do you know why this is happening?

SaPhIrX_lOl

and i dont think that the 5770 is much better than the 9800gt anways:?

onfire23

The HD5770 is alot faster, undisputed.

The part about memory dont matter is somewhat partly correct, because it's much more complicated than 1024>>>>512mb vram.

First the clock matters, then the latency/timings of the memory, then the busspeed matter and so on, but the simple most inportant thing is can the GPU witch is paired with the 1GB memory use it all?, most cards fitted to 1GB or more vram don't use it, and many old cards with 512mb isn't near the raw power to use it.

Crysis is a title that often runs better with Nvidia, but the HD5770 should eat a 9800gt anyway even in that game. Link to HD5770 dusts 9800gt review.

Hello, i recently bought, Ati radeon HD 5770 1Gb. Really nice card. But after i uninstalled my drivers from my old Nvidia card and installed the ati drivers. It says that the installation couldn't complete. I check the log and it says that everything was installed. Except the "Help section". And every time i start my computer i get a notify that i need to update my drivers or reinstall them.. I did not get my Crossfire Bridge either. And the "Do not disturb me, i'm gaming" door sign is just weird because i nearly get the same performance as with the 9800gt 512mb. This is the double video memory people!, there should be SOME higher fps than 20fps on very high settings (Crysis- no AA)

EDIT- I do play at 20-25 fps on very high, but on 1920x1080 Resolution. I play at maybe 30-40 on 1280x1024 which i feel is very good. Now its just the drivers i'm worried about

SaPhIrX_lOl

ok dude sorry about the previous post.i was a bit careless.the 5770 beats 9800gt by a nice margin.but i meant the same thing about the memory though.

I also tested Assassins creed that came with the card. I want full performance when playing this game. But, when playing the game it's laggy and annoying.

1 hour later it crashes. (AC has stopped responding etc.) Same with Crysis. Although i tested Crysis on 1280x1024 on windowed mode. 70 fps max!. I was amazed really. minutes later it freezes and i freak out, wanting my money back. Then i restarted my computer and heard a weird sound coming from the card (i think it was the card) vibrating my whole box. For the heck of it, i checked my graphic cards box and it should never had come with a Crossfire bridge anyways.

I think i am returning this card if i cannot fix all the crashes. (pretty much all my games have stopped working now). Some people may scream FAIL on this one but, i am using a power supply with 230mhz. Does this maybe "bottleneck" my PC for not giving enough electricity? My card's minimum is 430mhz.

Do you have any problems with performance? Or allot of crashes? Because i looked up this card on the forum and its on 20th (!) place in this post. How come then that i can't play properly? :(

i am using a power supply with 230mhz. Does this maybe "bottleneck" my PC for not giving enough electricity? My card's minimum is 430mhz.

SaPhIrX_lOl

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i am using a power supply with 230mhz. Does this maybe "bottleneck" my PC for not giving enough electricity? My card's minimum is 430mhz.

swehunt

ok dude sorry about the previous post.i was a bit careless.the 5770 beats 9800gt by a nice margin.but i meant the same thing about the memory though.

onfire23

Not to say that this is common, but a guy I work with said he had an ATI card in the past and when he had a chance to upgrade to a better card it was from Nvidia's side. He told me how he uninstalled the ATI driver, went to safe mode and used a driver cleaner to remove any ATI files remaining, then he went about installing Nvidia's drivers (tried several versions).... But his results were always the same, the Nvidia drivers were not installing correctly and if he did get them to install he was having issues with the GPU working well. He thought maybe the card was bad so he got a replacement, but still had the same issues. In the end he returned the Nvidia card and picked up an ATI card and didn't have any issues with drivers from that point on. You might have to think about doing a reformat and clean install of your OS to eliminate any issues you're having. There just must be some lingering file(s) from your previous driver that are causing you havoc for some reason. That's about the only solution I can think of that could truly solve your problem. Though I would save this method for a final approach if nothing else works.neatfeatguy

it seems as though you might have downloaded and installed a corrupted driver or something. completely uninstall your Nvidia drivers under "remove programs" which should be in the control panel of Windows. Then Download your driver here if you have XP or Vista filehippo.com

and here if you have Windows 7

I recommend downloading Catalyst 9.11 instead because 9.12 is probably a Beta version and from the benchmarks I've read 9.11 Drivers give you slightly better performance.

Also make sure your power supply is good enough to handle a 5770.

Also make sure your case has adequate air circulation.

issues about the Crossfire Bridge and drivers, do you know why this is happening?SaPhIrX_lOl

A lot of gfx card manufacturers stopped including Crossfire bridges with their cards because of integrated support from most of the mother board manufacturers.

When I bought my 4850 back in June the box listed features on the back; the 4th or 5th feature was blacked out with a permanent marker. I recently used Alcohol to wipe it off and it was the "includes crossfire bridge" feature. Sapphire simply just crossed it off the list since it is mostly unnecessary these days and can save them a buck or two.

As for your drivers, restrip them. There is a program that specializes in this, but I can't think of the name. (I always just reformat before adding new hardware that requires drivers so I've never needed it.)

Do you have any problems with performance? Or allot of crashes? Because i looked up this card on the forum and its on 20th (!) place in this post. How come then that i can't play properly? :(

SaPhIrX_lOl

it seems as though you might have downloaded and installed a corrupted driver or something. completely uninstall your Nvidia drivers under "remove programs" which should be in the control panel of Windows. Then Download your driver here if you have XP or Vista filehippo.com

and here if you have Windows 7

I recommend downloading Catalyst 9.11 instead because 9.12 is probably a Beta version and from the benchmarks I've read 9.11 Drivers give you slightly better performance.

Also make sure your power supply is good enough to handle a 5770.

Also make sure your case has adequate air circulation.

UltimateGamer95

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Do you have any problems with performance? Or allot of crashes? Because i looked up this card on the forum and its on 20th (!) place in this post. How come then that i can't play properly? :(

jcohenx

I only have maybe 20 days to return it so i want to make this quick.

I checked the card and it is 577X-ZNFC, i will return it for 577A as soon as possible. Thanks mate :)

What kind of PSU did you have? A stock one?

To be honest, i don't know anything about my old PSU. I bought the computer from a friend and i replaced graphics card, motherboard and cpu. But i wouldn't dare touch the PSU since i had no experience with them.