Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 FleX
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Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 FleX Reviews
Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 FleX Edition Review
This past April, AMD helped fill the Radeon HD 6000 series mainstream void with the HD 6790. Compared to the HD 5770 it was essentially succeeding, I felt the card should have been called HD 6830, as its architectural benefits clearly separated it from the HD 5700/6700 series. Nonetheless, there did exist an HD 6700 series at that time, though it was OEM only. As the title of this article suggests, that's no longer the case. At some point over the past couple of months, AMD decided to allow vendors to release both the HD 6750 and HD 6770 cards to the public, which now gives us a total of seven mainstream and higher HD 6000 GPUs to choose from, ranging from $100 - $700. The Radeon HD 6770 we're taking a look at here today, courtesy of Sapphire, retails for about $140 USD, whereas ordinary models retail for closer to $120. Encompassed within that $20 premium is a custom cooler and the ability to run Eyefinity (3 monitors) right out of the box thanks to its inclusion of an active DVI to HDMI cable and a built-in DisplayPort chipset. But let's not jump too far ahead of ourselves... what about the reference HD 6770? What does it offer here in relation to the HD 5770? Ah, it's times like these when I just love writing about something, because I can feel lazy yet efficient.
Sapphire HD 6770 FleX Edition Review
The HD 6770 is a card that now fleshes out AMD's 6000 series portfolio and gets rid of one of the last vestiges of the ATI brand. But in reality, the card is a renamed HD 5770 under the skin. Many times the renaming of a product gets a lot of negative attention because of the confusion it creates along with new price points that further complicate matters while the old products are still being sold. If there are improvements to the build process or capabilities, then really is this something bad? Depends on how you look at it! AMD has made improvements to the BIOS to enable HDMI 1.4a and UVD3 to set the HD 6770 apart from the HD 5770, so you are getting something slightly different even though the hardware is left untouched. So where does that leave us? With current pricing, there is no incentive to go for the HD 5770 over the HD 6770, if you look carefully — pricing is very close, with prices determined by brand, bundle, and cooling solutions employed. One of Sapphire's entries into the 6700 arena is the HD 6770 FleX edition card that brings "Eyefinity" to the $130 price point. What you get is a card that is capable of driving up to four monitors in a Single Large Surface group to maximize productivity. The allure of the FleX Edition is the ability to handle up to three lower cost DVI monitors in a three monitor "Eyefinity" setup without the need for expensive adapters and added costs. Both are a plus for the person looking maximize efficiency.
Prices
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Sapphire Radeon HD6770 FleX 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/ HDMI/ DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card 100328FLEX | $129.99 | See it |
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1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6770 Flex DDR5 2DVI/ HDMI/ Displayport PCI-Express Video Card 100328FLEX | $142.5 | See it |
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Sapphire Radeon HD6770 FleX 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/ HDMI/ DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card 100328FLEX | $149 | See it |
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