Question about the Radeon HD 5770

The only real difference between brands are their custom cards and warranties. As far as Powercolor, I haven't heard too many good things about them in terms of warranty, but the card looks good. Its a custom after market cooler on it so you are getting a lot of value for the money. Pair that with the fact that its the cheapest, then you have a good deal if you get a good card and won't have to worry about dealing with the company itself.
 
I dont really want to spend that much, I think my 8800GT is dead but I am not 100% sure and I will be pissed if I spend a lot on the video card and that ends up not being the problem. I figure a 5770 will be a decent upgrade over the 800GT anyway.
 
you can always bake your 8800gt also.

Strip the card completely
Preheat oven to 380
Take Aluminum Foil and make 4 Balls and put the balls on each corner of the card with the card sitting on the Aluminum foil balls. Also lay aluminum foil under the card itself

Bake for 8-10 mins let cool :)

Not my Image or oven lol
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Yes Baking will usually bring the card back to life. I cant tell you how many people do this & it works for almost everyone. Just make sure after its all said and done you keep the cooling on the card as low as you can.
 
Only thing that sucks is I dont have any thermal paste to re apply. Think it would be okay to test for a few minutes without any paste on there?
 
NO, NEVER!!!!:eek: Without thermal paste, the gpu is most likely not going to be properly cooled and would overheat and die. Do you have a local store where you could pick some up?
 
ManofGod said:
NO, NEVER!!!!:eek: Without thermal paste, the gpu is most likely not going to be properly cooled and would overheat and die. Do you have a local store where you could pick some up?
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There was a lot of paste left that was built up around the outside of the copper plate the cpu rests against so I just gather it up with a screw driver and put it onto the cpu. Looks like there is plenty
 
darkhunter139 said:
There was a lot of paste left that was built up around the outside of the copper plate the cpu rests against so I just gather it up with a screw driver and put it onto the cpu. Looks like there is plenty
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Well i guess if the card is dying then meh whatever.. but thats not a good ideal
 
what you do is this Wipe off the old paste and keep it in a baggy & reuse it lol cant hurt

What kind of 550w is it brand model?
 
Yeah its a corsair 550w PSU.

And holy shit baking it actually worked! At least I know 100% sure its the video card now so if it dies again ill just get a new card.
 
That's a quality psu it should power almost anything. Grats on the baking working
 
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