ATI Radeon HD 5770: My FIRST Graphics Card - Tested in 2023!

[@Nicolas11x12English]

My beloved HD 5770 still going strong... wow... 🤩🥳

[@Mini-z1994]

This was also my first gpu i bought new, though bit later in October 2010 about 3 months after i built my first gaming pc at the time. athlon II x3 445 3.1 ghz, 2x2 gb ddr3 ram & initially HD 3650 512 mb ddr2. A sapphire hd 5770 lite 1 gb. I still had a crt monitor until around summer 2012 lol. But was a night & day change still going from a hd 3650 ddr2 512 mb which struggled with left 4 dead 2 too the hd 5770. Still works fine & still overclocks poorly lol. Think it topped out at 900 mhz core & between 1280 - 1350 mhz memory before it just crashes entirely while stock is 850 mhz core & 1200 mhz memory so mediocre overclocks really. Was my temporary spare card when my r9 280 died summer 2020, could have used my previous hd 6870 but eh 5770 was quieter then that card & performance wasn't hugely different between the two, at least not on that athlon cpu. (Was already putting aside money too rebuild my pc so picked up my still current 1660 super oc from gigabyte for 221 usd & then money went too other things until i started later in Summer 2022 too buy parts slowly, like used am4 motherboard, DDR4 ramkit & finally the ryzen 5600 & had it built December 1st 2022.) The hd 5770 still did cs go, borderlands 2 rather then 3, killingfloor 2 (surprisingly yes it runs.) Team fortress 2, killingfloor 1, trackmania nations forever & trackmania 2 alright with my I5 2500k system. Couldn't get it too post on my new rig with a Ryzen 5600 after i had done the bios flash too get that cpu supported, but might just need too use a lower pci-e slot or set up pci-e slot too run in 2.0 mode before changing out the gpu there.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

@@Mini-z1994 Wow, thanks for sharing your experience with us! :)

[@siacadp]

My first PC I built in 2011 had a 5770 and a Q9300. Good times!

[@rattlehead999]

Good times and that GPU was the 3rd best GPU from AMD, for the price of 150$! It played everything in 2009-2013 no problem with great performance. I myself around that time had a HD4770, another banger for just 109$ and it ran games great until I upgraded to a HD6790 a couple of years later, another card that was great until 2013.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

You're so right! It's quite shocking what kind of performance we used to get back then for our money... :')

[@h1tzzYT]

Ah yes the era of batmobile coolers I actually discovered your channel from your powercolor hd7750 video i think so yeah that takes me back😅 It was my first gpu that was brand new and modern, i remember i waited whole day till i could go to store and get that gpu after the school, ah nostalgia :))

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Wow, you're truly one of those long-time followers! Now that you mentioned that HD 7750 video I remember it. Boy, did I produce crappy videos back then... Haha! xD Still, lots of nostalgia... :)

[@h1tzzYT]

@@Nicolas11x12English yep, i havent followed your channel that much but i always checked it from time to time. I also think that your yearly videos were quite decent because at that time, youtube was a wild west, nobody knew what they were doing really :D Production quality expectations has come a loooong way since then ^^

[@beirch]

The HD 5770 in Crossfire was an absolute beast. I remember it being one of the only cards that actually doubled your performance, and running two of them even rivalled one 5870 for $100 less.

[@thebutcher1412]

Can you recall what games you played in crossfire ? I still run the 5770 and was considering getting a 5870 or doing a 5770 crossfire set up but unsure of what games would really support it

[@RemaTyT]

​@@thebutcher1412I have the same video card, but! I've run absolutely every game on this list. Apart from RDR and cyberpunk, everything was ok if you set it to 720p, and it also recorded and recording takes 10-15% of performance

[@RemaTyT]

Then in FPS it’s exactly 30 frames taken by the video recording, which means the real FPS may be higher. Radion is good but why does everyone say bullshit?

[@craciunator99]

This was one of the best price to performance cards ever released. I was so damn stoked to get this back in the day, I had a 4350 to throw in an old pc I used, but this was the first GPU for a system I built.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

It was awesome, indeed. :)

[@teos17]

This brings so many memories back again, I remember my first gpu, it was end of 2009, the eah4890 a beast card for it's time, there wasn't a game be played smooth, but the heat output and 150w only to boot with E8400 was kinda high 😅. But yes, it stays still strong till today, after thousands of hours and a little sag.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Woah, that's quite impressive! :D

[@KentBoBo]

I had a HD5770 2gb variant which I used all the way up to 2019 when the fan died. I remeber Crysis Warhead being a beast on it

[@sergiopais8788]

but the hd5770 only had 1gb vram

[@clack1]

I was pretty dumb back then and had a desktop late 2009 that can finally play games. I bought a 9600 GT jan 2010 to play games but barely had that GPU for 5 months, felt like an eternity. I got a HD 5770 September that year and felt so relieved that I had such a good card. Like I said I was dumb back then, not only getting a previous year GPU but I kept upgrading every year. It was only mid 2011 that I bought an HD 6870 so my poor 5770 only had a year of use. I still have it in box too. It played everything just fine at 1600x900.

[@gotinogaden]

This was also my first dGPU. Great product for its time, it ran Web of Shadows and Prototype splendidly.

[@joralexandrgoesdiniz8109]

nice video.. and the Catalyst control is beautful... Thanks

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Thank you very much! :)

[@WaschBaer__]

my first gpu was the 4870 ( well first self bought one ) i remember how i went to my local electronics store and saw a Palit 4870, i had th emoney and needed a new gpu ( i didnt have any idea about hardware back then ) i bought it and used it for several years, i was amazed at how much power it had ( compared to what i was used to)

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Indeed, the HD 4870 was a beast at the time. I've heard and seen lots of good things, but never owned one. Well, a few years ago a buddy of mine sent me over one of his old one. So technically I do own one, but not back then. :D

[@shinya1215]

Ah, the good old days. I remember upgraded my ASUS F8Sp from 3650m to 4850m for world of tanks way back in 2010/2011. Then my first deaktop in the decade running with a HD6870 --> GTX760, all for the good few years fun within world of tanks. Each upgrade was a preformance boost within practical budget, not like today....

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Indeed. Back then upgrade costs were still quite "reasonable", which can no longer be said today... :(

[@joralexandrgoesdiniz8109]

i remember the first time i finished tomb raider was with a XFX hadeon hd 4350 playing in medium preset with 640x480 good memories.. thank you for the Vídeo

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Woah, that's quite the achievement with an HD 4350! :o Thank you for watching and commenting! :)

[@dandenton2438]

icq cards were by far my favorite designs for cards especially the 4850/4870 version

[@Nicolas11x12English]

I liked those, too. :)

[@thebutcher1412]

I have a hd 5770 now currently installed on my computer. It handles many games i through at it, from its time until about 2012, and it handles them great on ultra settings with full hd. But again it has to be from its time. Now I want to try it on crossfirex but unfortunately I don’t thing my mother board support it but we will see if I ever get around to trying it

[@angelo50gt]

This was my first GPU and it got me into gaming PCs I bought a used HP computer from a yard sale and was shocked to see this bad boy installed in it when I got it back home. Since then I’ve built many gaming PCs and switched from console gaming to PC gaming ever since

[@buffhorses]

Have you tried the Nimez drivers ? I wanna see if it makes any difference on the terascale cards. It's crazy how much faster the 6000 series was compared to the 5000 . I remember maxing out Skyrim on my Iceq 6870 and going past 60 fps

[@Nicolas11x12English]

To be honest, I haven't even heard of those until now. It's something I probably should look into someday. :)

[@VictorPaun]

this brings me back man❤

[@blackhoundrise8431]

man... now this is going back in time.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Yes, indeed. :)

[@florianheffner1818]

I had this card as a MSI Hawk and it was a beast for its money ❤ big time

[@Nekudza]

I used low profile 5750 and 7750 later on with 720p TV, excellent cards

[@lettmons]

In 2009 I bought a 4870, it ran games of that time at 1080p 60fps

[@Nicolas11x12English]

The HD 4870, another legendary card.

[@Roblaxian_gamer]

i also had this HD 5770, but an asus cucore model. but unfortuantely, when i tested it. no display, but the gpou fans are working and the my system boots. then after that i dont know what to do next.

[@xxtheplague1xx280]

You should try the Amernime Drivers next as a comparison ❤

[@Nicolas11x12English]

I haven't even heard of that yet. Maybe I should look into that someday. :)

[@FatCatFanatic]

Loving these videos, thanks! I think I may have found my new favourite tech youtuber. What program are you using to get that FPS overlay?

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Thank you so much!

[@FatCatFanatic]

@@Nicolas11x12English Can you share your RTSS settings? Your overlay looks so much cleaner than the standard Afterburner fonts and colours.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

​@@FatCatFanatic Thank you! I just fired up MSI Afterburner and these are the settings I went for: In the MSI Afterburner settings, go to the Monitoring tab. Uncheck all, but make sure the following are checked: Framerate, Framerate Avg and Framerate 1% Low. Then click on Framerate, make sure "Show in On-Screen Display" is checked. Further down below unter "Graph limits", make sure "Override group name" is checked and enter your custom text such as "FPS". Then repeat the steps with Framerate Avg and Framerate 1% Low and name them "AVG FPS" and "1% LOW", respectively or something similar. Now go back to "Framerate" again and right next to "Show in On-Screen Display" you'll see a button with three dots in there "..." Click on it and scroll down to "Group color". Then find "Framerate", "Framerate Avg" and "Framerate 1% Low" on the list. Double-click the FF......numbers next to it and change to your preferred color on the list. Once you're done, hit Apply and OK. Once that layout display window is closed, hit Apply and OK in the Afterburner settings, too. Next we want to change the font, size and background of the on-screen display. Go down to your system tray and double-click on the RTSS icon. Make sure the On-Screen Display rendering mode is set to "Raster 3D". Click on the Raster 3D and select your preferred font. I chose "Arial", set the font style to "Black" and leave the size at the default "5". Then click on OK. Then I also have enabled "On-Screen Display shadow" and "On-Screen Display fill". You could also click on the color dot next to "On-Screen Display palette" and choose a custom color, but that never does anything for me, because MSI Afterburner overrides those settings with its own fixed or set colors. Finally, you can change the size of the text, which will also depend on the screen resolution. So you'll have to play around a little bit with your "On-Screen Display zoom". And that's pretty much it. I hope my steps could help you out. I tried hard with this one. :)

[@FatCatFanatic]

@@Nicolas11x12English Thank you so much! 😃

[@skjor1989]

bro it is also my first graphics card that I received for my 21st birthday, but a PSU from acbel killed just after a few months.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Oh man... you must've been pretty upset. :(

[@ICmikeyP]

The sapphire HD 5770 was my first card too!

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Awesome, I still remember the Sapphire version to this day. It was the card I actually wanted, not this one by GIGABYTE. Haha! :D

[@beirch]

@@Nicolas11x12English I bought an MSI HD 5850 Twin Frozr II back in the day, but it was dead on arrival, so I sent it back and got a Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic instead. The MSI Twin Frozr line was iconic in its own right, but the Sapphire Toxic cards were legendary. Also probably the coolest looking card I've ever owned.

[@ryft_za]

One day this will be the 4090

[@Nicolas11x12English]

:D

[@phoenixfireclusterbomb]

That’ll be the day I’ll be able to afford one possibly, 2. Currently in the market for a PS4, this usually comes with a handful of games too at half the cost of retail. Its smart to wait out all the commercial uproar and its still just as fun. That’s why the market for cheap handhelds with old school gaming is booming. People pay extra to feel relevant when in reality its a complete waste of money unless your making money reviewing these inflated products. But hey, thanks for funding future technology.

[@DanielCardei]

What an awesome GPU 👍

[@Modothegamer]

I am still using it since 2009 with i7 960 cpu and best resolution is 1680x1050

[@funivids1995]

my firsf was XFX 9500 2G and i played so many games on it one of the best moments of my life when i brought it home and hid it from my parents and waited for them to go outside then conected it

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Wow! I guess, your parents didn't approve buying a new graphics card? :(

[@funivids1995]

@@Nicolas11x12English yeah they hated me playing games but i did it anyway😁 no one cant keep a gamer down💪

[@karuanmax7821]

​@@funivids1995 age: i am no one we:😢

[@CyberAlien]

Still decent card for 720p gaming or light 1080p

[@herminiobadenas7948]

I have it until now, still working, played gta 5 at low settings... 😊

[@a.s.l711]

damn, still can run so smooth

[@Asstronauts93]

When did you upgrade this GPU? Like 2012?

[@Nicolas11x12English]

I think I already upgraded in 2011, but it could be 2012 too. I no longer remember exactly. :D I initially bought the HD 5770 in April 2010, that's for sure. :)

[@CaptPatrick01]

Heck, my Sapphire 5770 lasted until 2017. Helps that Intel's monopoly and CPU stagnation during that decade had also caused game requirements to stagnate. (And being from Sapphire, was able to be overclocked to the stratosphere without losing stability.)

[@Cowlord2000]

You should use modded drivers, like nimez

[@gamechanger_66]

Can it run wwe 2k22 in very low graphic without audience?

[@Noiconnotag]

If only it had 2gb, what a great card it was.

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Indeed!

[@bravefastrabbit770]

Ah shit I also had the Gigabyte batman card running CF with an XFX. But I didn't remember it looking this bland..

[@malovatnutelu4827]

Amazing times

[@ironthrone9455]

nice little card

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Indeed! :D

[@pauls4522]

The 5770 was really intended for 720P when it was released. So its 720P performance is not surprising.

[@duksi86]

Why trying to start every DX12 game on DX11 only GPU? There is a lot of nice looking DX11 games and all of them work without problem on this small HD 5770. You just wasted a lot of your time just to show people with HD 5770 that they can't start DX12 games but every single one of them know that very well😄

[@richardsaumier9948]

batmobile

[@elfbwoi]

"We are back in the year 2009" NOOOOOOOOOOOOO I DONT WANNA GO BACK TO SCHOOL

[@VictorPaun]

this brings me back man❤

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Me too! :)