MSI R7770 2PMD1GD5 Review

Bought this card ~1.5 months back. With my semesters on at taht time, got time to write a proper review only now. This is my first review, so bear with me.

Firstly, BIIIG thanks roll out all those who helped me decide [in here], specially topgear and ico.

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Review:

Ghost recon: Future Soldier on MSI R7770


Mission: First, Second, now on third..


Video setting: Maxed out, 1024*768, V-Sync-ed to 60Hz.


FPS: Constant 60, no sweat.


TEMP: 55C.


Noise: Inaudible with headphones on. Slight whine if listened intently.



Battlefield 3 on MSI R7770


Mission: Op. Swordbreaker.


Video setting: ULTRA, 1024*768, V-Sync-ed to 60Hz.


FPS: Constant 60, no sweat.


TEMP: 50C.


Noise: Inaudible with headphones on. Slight whine if listened intently.

NFS: MW 2012 on MSI R7770

Video setting: ULTRA, 1024*768, V-Sync-ed to 60Hz.


FPS: Constant 60, no sweat.


TEMP: ~55C.


Noise: Inaudible with headphones on. Slight whine if listened intently.

Also played this on 1080p on our TV
FPS: 35-45 which is pretty good for playing racing games.
TEMP: Same.

Assassins Creed 3

Video setting: ULTRA, 1024*768, V-Sync-ed to 60Hz.


FPS: 60.


TEMP: ~60C.


Noise: Inaudible with headphones on. Slight whine if listened intently.

Also played this on 1080p on our TV
FPS: 40-50 which is incredible considering the game is DX11[updated fraps for dx11], and has lots of rendering.
TEMP: Same.

connected my pc to our sony led today. and did a bit of gaming at 1080p.

boy... was i shocked to see the graphics. i would say, the HD7770 is definitely a bang for buck, atleast for me. sure, i am a hardcore gamer, but not a stickler for eiffel-tower-high FPS. i am satisfied by atleast 40-45FPS on my games. and being a 1024x768 gamer, the whole experience blew me away.

played Borderlands2, NFSMW2012, ACIII.

got blown away by the details on all games, especially NFS. [my dad came into the drawing room, he didnt notice the cpu, keyboard and mouse, and stared at the screen for a few moments, before saying, "nice car chase!! which movie is it??" he is not much into these stuff.. when i showed him the cpu, he was like, "you gotta be sh**ting me!! is that graphics??" ] gave me a nice 35-45FPS, on all high settings, @1070MHz Core/1200MHz Memory, at a cool 55-60C temp.

Borderlands2 was a similar affair, and though its cartoonish, its much more colorful than any other game, and the effects were beautiful.
50-60FPS all high settings.

ACIII... maaaann.. eye popping DX11 visuals. didnt play much. i just have it installed, for playing after the sems. the deatils, faces, textures.. awesome.
fraps didnt run.. some dx9 error..
but i got smooth gameplay at all settings maxed out, except AA@medium.

I love my 7770!

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*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/graphic-c...ation-budget-b-w-6-5k-8-5k-4.html#post1795612

OVERCLOCKING:

OCing the card was a sordid affair, coz most of the games [GRFS, NFSMW, AC3] gave artifacts. But then i may have been wrong somewhere... i'll just post the OC settings. If someone having this card does a succesful OC, lemme know.

Used 3D Mark 11 and Vantage.

3D Mark 11

STOCK
Core: 1000
Mem: 1125
Power: 0%
performance

overall: 5003
GT1 22.12
GT2 2441
GT3 29.38
GT4 15.71

OCed
Core: 1050
Mem: 1200
Power: 20%
performance 1024 x 768

overall: 5181
GT1 22.90
GT2 25.35
GT3 30.26
GT4 16.29



OCed
Core: 1070
Mem: 1200
Power: 20%
performance 1024x768

overall: 5245/5246
GT1: 23.37/23.33
GT2: 25.66/25.66
GT3: 30.53/30.60
GT4: 16.43/16.44

3D Mark Vantage

STOCK: Power Limit: +0
Core Clock: 1000MHz
Mem Clock: 1125MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
PERFORMANCE
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 20909



OC: Power Limit: +0
Core Clock: 1100MHz
Mem Clock: 1200MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
PERFORMANCE
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 22358

OC: Power Limit: +0
Core Clock: 1000MHz
Mem Clock: 1125MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 16628
GT1: 55.12
GT2: 42.07



OC: Power Limit: +20
Core Clock: 1050MHz
Mem Clock: 1200MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 17389 / 17358 / 17351 / 17337
GT1: 57.32 / 57.43 / 57.47 / 57.06
GT2: 44.33 / 44.03 / 43.95 / 44.29




OC: Power Limit: +20
Core Clock: 1070MHz
Mem Clock: 1200MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 17525 / 17499
GT1: 57.65 / 57.64
GT2: 44.80 / 44.65




OC: Power Limit: +20
Core Clock: 1070MHz
Mem Clock: 1180MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 17282 / 17455 / 17284
GT1: 57.13 / 57.20 / 57.13
GT2: 43.89 / 44.85 / 43.90





OC: Power Limit: +20
Core Clock: 1050MHz
Mem Clock: 1220MHz
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 17637 / 17629 / 17627
GT1: 57.59 / 57.62 / 57.52
GT2: 45.53 / 45.46 / 45.54




OC: Power Limit: +20
Core Clock: 1100MHz
Mem Clock: 1200MHz
Core Volt: 1212mV
3DMark Vantage:
1024 x 768
HIGH 3 loop
RESULT:
Graphics Score: 17947
GT1: 59.13
GT2: 45.95

Now, with topgear's suggestion, i increased core voltage to allow more OC headroom. but it turned out the 7770 chip is voltage locked. inspite of me increasing core voltage to 1.212V, the voltage remained same at 1.2V.

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so much for OCing...

now, since i am playing at 1024x768 res, i use the stock settings of 1000Hz Core/1125Hz Memory.

For the average gamer playing at lower resolutions, the card is a bang for buck considering its power consumption, cost and performance. i am happy with it and am gonna stick with it for atleast the next 1 year.