Passively cooled HD5770 vs HD7750
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:39 am
I'm in a pickle between these two cards. I bought this Gigabyte HD5770 Silent Cell a year ago for $180 and finally will get a chance to use it. Yes I know, that's way overpriced but I was pretty desperate as it was the most powerful card that was passively cooled at the time, and it was being discontinued so I had to buy it quick. I haven't had time to do a silent build until now, but now that I look at all the new parts that just came out, I see there is a Sapphire HD7750 Ultimate for only $125.
The dilemma is that I want to use this passively cooled HD7750, but I feel it's an utter waste to spend that much on the 5770 for nothing. Is the difference in performance and power consumption worth it to shell out another $125? Any other thoughts? One of these two cards will go in a machine with these specs:
- Fractal Design Mini case
- i7 or i5 ivybridge CPU (haven't decided yet)
- Thermalright HR-02 passive
- 3x scythe 800rpm fans
- Samsung 830 SSD
- Asus Maximus V Gene Z77
- Seasonic 650w gold PSU
The dilemma is that I want to use this passively cooled HD7750, but I feel it's an utter waste to spend that much on the 5770 for nothing. Is the difference in performance and power consumption worth it to shell out another $125? Any other thoughts? One of these two cards will go in a machine with these specs:
- Fractal Design Mini case
- i7 or i5 ivybridge CPU (haven't decided yet)
- Thermalright HR-02 passive
- 3x scythe 800rpm fans
- Samsung 830 SSD
- Asus Maximus V Gene Z77
- Seasonic 650w gold PSU