Sapphire Radeon HD 6770

[bridgman]

warning! Don't buy this card if you intend to use it on linux! Fglrx-support is very buggy and the opensource drivers don't work at all! I bought this card because of phoronix' test which actually seems telling this card is great for linux, but it isn't at all! Don't buy it!

zilti, what problems did you have with the open source drivers, how recent were those drivers, and what are the PNP IDs for your card (from lspci) ?

The open source driver support for the underlying hardware has been in place for a while but I'm wondering if the device ID for your card needs to be added.

[spinifex]

Thank you for the warning.

warning! Don't buy this card if you intend to use it on linux! Fglrx-support is very buggy and the opensource drivers don't work at all! I bought this card because of phoronix' test which actually seems telling this card is great for linux, but it isn't at all! Don't buy it!

Thank you for this warning. I was specifically considering this card for use on my Fedora 15 system.

I would have thought that being just a revision of the 5770 that support would have been better. Time will help with the driver support but, I'll hold off on purchasing this card for now. Looks like I'll have to stick with my 9600GT for a while longer, but at least Nvidia support is reasonably mature.

[zilti]

Warning

warning! Don't buy this card if you intend to use it on linux! Fglrx-support is very buggy and the opensource drivers don't work at all! I bought this card because of phoronix' test which actually seems telling this card is great for linux, but it isn't at all! Don't buy it!

[spinifex]

5830 vs 6770

even though I wasn't particulary interested about that HD 6770, the radeon 5830 looks like a really good deal on linux for its price..!

It does look really interesting. I can get the 5830 in Oz for $10 more than the 6770 ($129), and am strongly considering the 5830. I have concerns over the Sapphire spec for the the 5830 though. It looks like its using hdmi 1.3 ??? not 1.4.

Also, they both only use UVD 2.2, not 3 which is a bit of a bu*mer if I really want to use either of them in my media pc.

And ...

Any infos on the power consumption idle/max?

With 2 x 6 pin power connectors I am assuming its power draw would be double??? Any info on the wattage / power consumption of the two cards in Idle and Max?

I am wanting either the 5830 or the 6770 to power a Dell U2711 and also watch blue rays & hd films, possible occasional gaming on Fedora 15. So, 2550 x 1440 is the more than anything I've had before. How would the 5830 and the 6770 compare to an old Nvidia 8600GTO?

Do I need Double Precision FP ? the 5830 has it but the 6770 doesn't.

Any recommendations? I would love to hear peoples two bits on this. Noise levels and power draw are an issue to me.

I bought a 5450 and am totally dissatisfied with its performance. It's next to useless for playing back HD content (which is why I bought it.)

[crazycheese]

We get to keep it and that's what we end up using as the hardware in the many Linux driver articles and other Linux graphics tests.

By the way, could you test the current state of Xfire/SLI and antialiasing (on proprietary), if you find time, please?

[crazycheese]

even though I wasn't particulary interested about that HD 6770, the radeon 5830 looks like a really good deal on linux for its price..!

5830 eats more than 5850... It is heavily cut-down gpu. Nevertheless I will use 2gb version of 5850/70 should opensource driver get performance or proprietary get polished above or equal to nvidia. They cost now ~200-300$

Thanks for thorough benchies, Michael!

[Michael]

Not to sound rude but does phoronix get to keep the video card (as gift) or does it have to return it back?

We get to keep it and that's what we end up using as the hardware in the many Linux driver articles and other Linux graphics tests.

[cl333r]

Not to sound rude but does phoronix get to keep the video card (as gift) or does it have to return it back?

[Adarion]

Any infos on the power consumption idle/max?

[Elyotna]

even though I wasn't particulary interested about that HD 6770, the radeon 5830 looks like a really good deal on linux for its price..!