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Here a roundup of today's AMD Radeon HD 7770 & 7750 reviews from Neoseeker, eTeknix.com, Vortez, PureOverclock, OCC, HardwareHeaven.com, KitGuru, Legit Reviews, Guru3D, Benchmark Reviews, PureOverclock, Techspot, HotHardware.com, HardwareHeaven.com, The Tech Report, Hardware Secrets, Hardware Canucks, techPowerUp, Golem, Tom's Hardware, HardOCP, Anandtech, Dailytech, Techradar, Hardware Luxx, PC Games Hardware, ComputerBase, HT4U, and TweakPC



Neoseeker: AMD Radeon HD 7770 & 7750 Launch Review
The AMD's new Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 are leaner and nowhere near as mean as their HD 7970 and HD 7950 older siblings, but they do retail at a much lower price. The new cards are intended to tackle the market sweet spot previously occupied by the HD 6770 and HD 6750, meaning $100-150 USD price points.  Southern Islands goes mainstream with HD 7770 and HD 7750, now hit our review to see if they're a real deal
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eTeknix.com: AMD Radeon HD 7750 Pro 1GB Graphics Card Review
Following the launch of the 7900 series cards from AMD, how are they offering next generation graphics - for everyone, with the HD 7750 Pro?
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Vortez: AMD HD 7770 'Cape Verde' Review
Enter the AMD Radeon HD7770. Based on Cape Verde core complete with AMD's GCN (Graphics Core Next) technology, it has 640 Stream Processors, 1GB of GDDR5 and a core clockspeed of 1GHz as standard - a world's first for a reference card.
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PureOverclock: Sapphire Radeon 7770 OC
Hello, PureOverclock has published our latest review, it is of the Sapphire Radeon 7770 OC graphics card.
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OCC: XFX & Sapphire HD 7770 1GB Review
To summarize, both the XFX and Sapphire HD 7770 perform well under stock and overclocked conditions. I was hoping for a little more performance to be shown off under the HD 7000 series lineup, but we can't have everything. It is a jump up from the HD 6770 cards in performance, but they also cost a little bit more too. Hopefully as the 12.x Catalyst drivers progress, we will see a little more performance from the 28nm cards. Soon, we should be seeing the HD 7800 cards which should be an interesting balance between the big dog HD 7900s and these more budget-oriented HD 7000 cards.
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HardwareHeaven.com: HIS Radeon HD 7750 Graphics Card Review
Today we have the HIS Radeon HD 7750 on our test bench and will be putting it up against the GeForce GTX 550Ti in a selection of the latest games as well as media and GPU computing tasks. Is it the ideal solution for 1680x1080 gamers... or maybe even 1920x1080 users? Time to find out...
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KitGuru: HIS HD7750 iCooler Graphics Card Review
Our other editorials today focus on the new AMD HD7770 1GHZ graphics card, which is the higher end model in the 77xx range. In this review however we look at the HIS HD7750, a card which aims to target the budget aware gaming audience.
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KitGuru: VTX3D HD7770 1GHZ Edition Crossfire Review
AMD have had great success so far with their HD7970 and HD7950 high end graphics solutions, however the cost of both models has been prohibitive for many people. The reviews today will appeal to a wider audience who have a budget of around £150 or less to spend on a new graphics card. In this particular review we take a look at the VTX3D HD7770 in both single and dual card configurations.
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Legit Reviews: AMD Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 Video Card Reviews
At the end of the day the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and the Radeon HD 7750 are both solid mainstream graphics cards. They played all the games we wanted and can easily run games at 1920x1080 resolutions with moderate image quality settings. They will be extremely popular in the months to come and we can easily recommend them to our readers as this card will be the go to series for mainstream gamers...
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Guru3D: MSI Radeon HD 7770 OC edition review
MSI joins in on the Radeon HD 7770 release with their own custom model. They use their own custom 4-layer PCB and equipped it with a dual slot - dual fan cooler. The end result is the R7770 2PMD1GD5, we test the OC edition model. Over the next few pages we'll walk through three standard reference technology and then place our focus on the R7770 2PMD1GD5 OC. But not before you have had a peek alright.
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Benchmark Reviews: HIS Radeon HD 7750 iCooler Video Card
If the you have read the reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 79xx series of video cards here at benchmark reviews you will know that owning the fastest single GPU video card will hurt your wallet. While we can all aspire to (or dream of) owning one or more of these high end video cards, the simple fact is that not everyone can afford such luxuries. In this article we take a look at the more moderately priced HIS Radeon HD 7750 iCooler 1GB video card armed with AMD's Cape Verde 28nm GPU Core. Sure enough it won't run your favorite games maxed out at 1080p but with an msrp of $129.99 you might be pleasantly surprised at its power to weight ratio. Benchmark Reviews aims to provide you with an unbiased review of the HIS Radeon HD 7750 iCooler 1GB video card (model H775F1GD) and report back our findings, keeping you informed on the latest technologies available on the market today.
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PureOverclock: HIS Radeon 7750
Today marks the launch of the AMD Radeon 7750, and the this HIS model is the latest in their lineup. We've seen several graphics cards from HIS, and have noted their ability to provide good products at affordable prices. Not everyone is a hardcore gamer and enthusiast, and there is a considerable number of consumers out there that need something far more affordable that can still satisfy a gaming fix. Let's take a closer look at the HIS Radeon 7750 1GB and see how it fares.
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Techspot: AMD Radeon HD 7770 & Radeon HD 7750 Review
Having covered the $549 and $449 territories in January with the Tahiti-based Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950, AMD is bringing its latest generation GPU to mainstream brackets today. The new Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 use the same 28nm design process and Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture as the 7000 series flagship, albeit in more affordable configurations.

The move to 28nm lets AMD squeeze 1500 million transistors into a 123mm2 die. In addition, the HD 7700 series die is 26% smaller than the HD 6770, while containing 44% more transistors. As impressive as those figures are,
gamers will be more excited to see AMD's prices: the HD 7770 is $159 -- in line with the GeForce GTX 560 -- and the HD 7750 is even cheaper at $109, combating the GTX 550 Ti.
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PC Perspective: AMD Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 Cape Verde GPU Review
Cape Verde is the smallest of the Southern Islands dies and falls into the sub-$175 graphics market depending on card vendors' pricing and overclocking settings.  The real question we all wanted to know is what performance levels these new cards were going to offer and if they could be the TRUE successor to popular Radeon HD 5770.  While the answer will take pages and pages of details to cement into place, I can say that while an impressive card, I wasn't as excited as I had wanted to be.
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HotHardware.com: AMD Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 GPU Reviews
AMD is launching two more Radeon HD 7000 series products today, the Radeon HD 7770 and 7750, but unlike the 7970 and 7950, these two new cards are based on a fresh GPU codenamed "Cape Verde". Cape Verde has essentially the same feature set as the more powerful Tahiti, but is pared down to target a totally different market segment, and be more affordable and power friendly too...
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HardwareHeaven.com: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 OC Graphics Card Review
In this article we will look at Sapphire's 7770 Overclocked model which features a custom design and shall put it up against its direct competition from NVIDIA in the form of a GTX 560. As always we will be focusing on real world testing, including the latest games such as Battlefield 3 and some classics like World of Warcraft before moving on to media, power and thermal performance.
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The Tech Report: AMD's Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
At long last, the venerable Radeon HD 5770 has a successor. Is it a worthy one?

Join us as we study AMD's new Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and Radeon HD 7750 using a combination of frame-time analysis, value scatter plots, and good-old FPS averages.
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HardwareHeaven.com: XFX Radeon HD 7770 Jet Black Edition Super Overclock vs GTX 560
At the top of XFX's 7770 range is the "Jet Black" version of their usual Black Edition Overclocked model with this revision featuring heavily overclocked core and memory, well in excess of the AMD reference design. Today we have one on our test bench and will be putting it up against the GTX 560, also overclocked, in a selection of real world tests including Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Hardware Secrets: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Video Card Review
AMD is announcing today the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition, a mainstream video card based on PCI Express 3.0 and DirectX 11.1. Let’s see how it performs on our tests.

The new Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition, which is being released today, is a mainstream video card based on the latest graphics architecture from AMD, dubbed "Graphics Core Next" or simply "GCN," which supports the new PCI Express 3.0 connection and the latest DirectX version (11.1).
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Hardware Canucks: AMD Radeon HD 7770 & HD 7750 Review
Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new AMD Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 video cards.

While many expected the next products to hit the market would be the HD 7800 series AMD is now launching the $159 HD 7770 and $109 HD 7750. Considering there’s been quite a bit of movement in this price range with the previous generation’s higher performance cards getting some noteworthy price cuts, the HD 7700 series could be in for a tough fight.
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KitGuru: Sapphire HD7770 1GHZ Overclock Edition Review
Today AMD release their new HD7750 and HD7770 series graphics cards targeting the mainstream enthusiast audience. In this review we analyse the Sapphire HD7770 1GHZ Overclock Edition which is supplied resplendent with custom cooling solution.
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Guru3D: AMD Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 review
It's February 2012 and AMD believes they have a new '5770' in their hands. The codename is 'Cape Verde' for the GPU, and the graphics cards deriving from them are the Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 One GHz edition. This is not a refresh it is a completely new GPU based on the same technology that powers the R7900 series, the GCN architecture.

Head on over to the next page where we'll meet and greet Cape Verde, aka Radeon HD series 7700 by testing the Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 GHZ edition.
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techPowerUp: PowerColor Radeon HD 7770 1 GB
PowerColor's Radeon HD 7770 is a close-to-reference implementation of the AMD HD 7770. It comes at the reference design price, yet offers excellent overclocking capabilities and low power consumption.
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techPowerUp: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1 GB
Today AMD launches the new Radeon HD 7770 which is the first affordable card based on AMD's new 28 nm GCN Architecture. AMD's reference design HD 7770 offers amazing performance per Watt and a significant performance improvement over the previous generation.
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Golem: Radeon HD 7770 und 7750 im Test: Die Grafikkarte mit 1 GHz für 159 Euro (German)
Nach dem High-End kommt die Mittelklasse - AMD dreht die Regeln der Markteinführung bei Grafikkarten diesmal um. Radeon HD 7770 und 7750 sind stark abgespeckt, aber durchaus attraktiv. Einen kleinen Rekord schafft das größere Modell schon in der Standardeinstellung.
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 And 7750 Review: Familiar Speed, Less Power
These are the lowest-end cards built using AMD's new Graphics Core Next architecture. Is 28 nm manufacturing, a fresh design, and new functionality enough to warrant upgrading existing value-oriented champs like the Radeon HD 6850 and GeForce GTX 460?
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HardOCP: XFX R7770 Black Edition Super Overclocked Review
Today marks the launch of AMD's Radeon HD 7700 series of GPUs in the sub-$200 bracket. We've got a retail XFX R7770 Black Edition Super Overclocked video card just itching to show us what it can do. Will this Radeon HD 7770 based video card hold up to the likes of the Radeon HD 6870 and GeForce GTX 560 Ti You may be surprised what this sub-$200 video card can do.
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Anandtech: AMD Radeon HD 7750 & Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Review: Evading The Price/Performance Curve
With the launch of Tahiti behind them, AMD is now firing on all cylinders to get the rest of their Southern Islands lineup out the door. Typically we'd see AMD launch their GPUs in descending order of performance, but this time AMD is taking a slight detour. Rather than following up the Tahiti based 7900 series with the Pitcairn based 7800 series, AMD is instead going straight to the bottom and launching the Cape Verde based 7700 series first.

Today AMD will be launching two cards based on the Cape Verde GPU: the Radeon HD 7750, and the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition. As the Juniper based 5700 series never got a proper Northern Islands successor, this is the first real update for the x700 series since the launch of the 5700 series in October of 2009. Given the success of the 5700 expectations are going to be high, and to fulfill those expectations AMD will be bringing to bear their new GCN architecture along with a full node jump with TSMC's 28nm process. But will this be enough to enable the 7700 series to replicate the success of the 5700 series? Lets find out.
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Dailytech: AMD's 7700 Series Hopes to Conquer Budget End, Suffers From Poor Pricing
Cape Verde GPUs have arrived, Pitcairn will fill in the gap between the high and low end shortly
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Techradar: AMD Radeon HD 7750
If AMD's HD 7970 debut Southern Islands card arrived in a fancy tux heralding a bunch of world firsts (first PCIe 3.0 card, first DirectX 11.1-compatible), this HD 7750 turns up to little fanfare in a Burton polo shirt and trainers. The new Graphics Core Next's architecture has already been shown off by the HD 7970 and those 4.3 billion transistors pack quite a punch, as it turns out, trouncing the very best of last generations' GPUs by around 20-30% at mega-high res. The HD 7970 is also excruciatingly pricey though. At £440 its staggering performance and overclocking capability are out of reach to most gamers. The HD 7750 should arrive hitting the right side of £80, making it an altogether friendlier proposal, and these new-gen AMD cards boast some excellent power efficiency by shutting off all but one core when your system enters power save mode. But what's this HD 7750 missing out on to hit that price point? Does it still make high-res screens sing?
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Techradar: AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD showed its hand first in this year's GPU arms race with Nvidia... by turning it into last year's arms race. While Nvidia has kept shtum about its upcoming new 'Kepler' architecture and looks to do so until Spring, AMD stole the march and released the first of its new 7-series cards, the AMD HD 7970, a few days before Christmas 2011. That sure was odd timing, but it taught us a lot about AMD's new Southern Islands architecture, specifically the 'Tahiti' chip. It's fully PCIe 3.0-supported, uses a 28nm manufacturing process to pack more transistors onto a PCB than ever before, and apart from offering very quick DX11 game frame rates, it's a highly energy efficient beast. When your system drifts off into standby, the Tahiti card switches itself all but off too, minimising power draw.The HD 7970's whopping £440 price made all those neat features all but irrelevant to the gaming masses though, so we're putting our hopes on this HD 7770 to deliver the best bits of the new AMD architecture for a more palatable price. The 'Cape Verde' chip that this HD 7770 is built around makes full use of the new Graphics Core Next architecture like its big bro, with ZeroCore power efficiency in tow and a solid 1,000 MHz core clock. If it can offer a slice of the HD 7970's performance for this price, it's on to a winner.Architecture, technology and specificationsThe Graphics Core Next architecture is a bold move from AMD in that it represents a move away from the VLIW instruction used in 6-series cards towards a GPU-processing-friendly SIMD vector processor.
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Hardware Luxx: AMD Radeon HD 7770 und 7750 (German)
Die Radeon-HD-7900-Serie ist mit den beiden Modellen Radeon HD 7970 und 7950 vorerst abgeschlossen und auch zur Radeon-HD-7800-Serie erwarten wir in naher Zukunft erste Meldungen, doch zunächst konzentriert sich AMD auf den Massenmarkt und präsentiert am heutigen Tage die AMD Radeon HD 7770 und 7750. Lange wurde darüber gerätselt, ob AMD die GCN-Architektur in alle Marktsegmente einführen oder ein weiteres Rebranding vornehmen wird. Nun ist klar, von der kleinsten Einsteiger-Karte bis hin zum High-End-Modell setzt AMD alles auf die GCN-Architektur und die 28-nm-Fertigung. Wir haben uns die beiden Referenzmodelle und auch ein erstes Retail-Modell von XFX etwas genauer angeschaut.
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PC Games Hardware: Radeon HD 7770 und HD 7750: AMDs neue Effizienzwunder in der Mittelklasse? (German)
Die Juniper-basierten Radeon-HD-5700-Karten waren so erfolgreich, dass AMD ihnen als HD-6700-Reihe gleich eine zweite Amtszeit verschafft hat und sie erst jetzt zur Ablösung bereitstehen. AMD setzt für alle Karten ab der 7700-Reihe auf die neue GCN-Architektur, über die besonders regelmäßige Leser des Hefts, aber auch der Webseite bereits ausgezeichnet informiert sind. AMD geht damit den überfälligen Schritt in Richtung Compute, kann die zusätzlichen Transistoren, welche der neue Fertigungsprozess ermöglicht, daher aber nicht einsetzen, um ausnahmslos die Spieleleistung zu steigern. Daher fallen die Anzahl der Shadereinheiten mit 640 (HD 7770) beziehungsweise 512 (HD 7750) geringer aus als noch in den Juniper-Chips der HD-5700-Karten (800/720 Shader-Einheiten auf VLIW5-Basis). Trotz gesteigerter Taktraten und des werbewirksamen Durchbrechens der Gigahertz-Schallmauer liegt die pure Rechenleistung wie auch die Bandbreite unterhalb der Vorgänger - an die potenten Barts-Chips der HD-6800-Reihe ist ein Herankommen undenkbar.
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ComputerBase: AMD Radeon HD 7770 und HD 7750 (German)
Der offizielle Startschuss für das erste Southern-Island-Produkt fiel am 22. Dezember: Ab diesem Datum durfte die Presse von der Radeon HD 7970 (ComputerBase-Test) berichten, die als erste Grafikkarte mit der neuen Graphics-Core-Next-Architektur („GCN“) an den Start gegangen war. Am 31. Januar folgte dann mit etwas Verspätung die Radeon HD 7950 (ComputerBase-Test), womit das High-End-Segment erst einmal mit den nötigen Probanden besetzt ist.

Am heutigen Tag folgen nun zwei weitere Radeon-HD-7000-Produkte, wobei es sich dabei allerdings nicht auf die mit Spannung erwartete „Radeon-HD-7800“-Serie handelt. Stattdessen schickt AMD zwei Mid-Range-Modelle in Form der Radeon HD 7770 und der Radeon HD 7750 in die Händlerregale, die die Radeon HD 5770 sowie die Radeon HD 5750 beziehungsweise die baugleichen (und nur neu benannten) Radeon HD 6770 und Radeon HD 6750 ablösen werden.
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HT4U: AMD Radeon HD 7770 und Radeon HD 7750 im Test (German)
Aktuell hüpfen wir recht schnell über die "südlichen Inseln" hinweg. Southern Island ist der Codename der neuen Radeon HD-7000-Serie und die einzelnen Untergruppen dieser Grafikkartenchips sind nach Insel-Bereichen benannt. Den Start machte Tahiti in Form der Radeon-HD-7900-Serie, unterteilt in Radeon HD 7970 und Radeon HD 7950. Und in beiden Fällen landete AMD Volltreffer

Mit beiden High-End-Grafikkarten zeigte AMD eine beeindruckende Performance in Verbindung mit sehr guter Energieeffizienz. Eigentlich hätte man beim "Island-Hopping" nun die darunter gelegene, nächste Leistungstufe erwartet: Pitcairn – somit die Radeon-HD-7800-Familie – doch AMD lässt uns noch ein wenig warten und springt erst einmal beim Insel-Rundgang zu Cape Verde.
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Tom's Hardware: AMDs Radeon HD 7770 und 7750 im Test: Sehr effizienter Performance-Stillstand (German)
Seit kurzem geben wir in unserer Serie Die besten Grafikkarten fürs Geld einen Überblick, welche Karten wir in den verschiedenen Performance- und Preisklassen für besonders empfehlenswert halten. Aufgrund der Marktpreise schwanken die Empfehlungen natürlich, doch hat sich gerade in der Klasse bis 150 Euro gezeigt, dass AMD mit der Radeon HD 6870, 6850 und darunter mit der HD 6670, sowie der HD 5570 recht starke Karten im Angebot hat, was das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis anbelangt. Die Konkurrenz ist allerdings ebenso stark in diesem heiß umkämpften Segment. Verständlich, dass AMD in diesem Bereich, der aufgrund des Preises auch für viele Käufer mit etwas geringerem Gaming-Anspruch interessant ist, auch weiterhin gut aufgestellt bleiben möchte.

Nachdem man mit der kurz vor Jahresende 2011 vorgestellten Radeon HD 7970 alias Tahiti XT und der im Januar erschienenen Radeon HD 7950 (Tahiti Pro) bereits das High-End abgedeckt hat, schaltet AMD nun zwei Gänge zurück und versucht, das Portfolio im Einsteiger- und Mittelklassebereich mit neuen Karten auszubauen. Diese Familie trägt die Bezeichnung HD 7700 und wird wie die Tahiti-Chips der Flaggschiff-Karten in 28 nm gefertigt. Außerdem nutzen die Neuvorstellungen die gleiche GCN-Architektur (Graphics Core Next), die auf GPU-Berechnungen hin optimiert worden ist, und bringen andere Boni wie eine anständige Multi-Monitor-Unterstützung und eine dedizierte Video-Encoding-Einheit mit – zumindest auf dem Papier, doch dazu später mehr.
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TweakPC: AMD Radeon HD 7770 im Test (German)
erade erst hat AMD mit der Radeon HD 7970 sein neues und teures 3D-Flagschiff und kurz danach auch die ebenso im High-End-Bereich angesiedelte Radeon HD 7950 vorgestellt, da geht es auch schon wieder weiter im für die meisten viel interessanteren und preiswerteren Mainstream-Segment.

Die Radeon HD 7770 geht an den Start und soll nun das Preisgefüge bis 200 Euro kräftig aufmischen mit neuster GCN-Architektur und natürlich all den Features, die man von den "großen" Modellen schon kennt. Natürlich mit etwas weniger Performance, dafür aber eben zu einem sehr attraktiven Preis. AMD präsentiert die Radeon HD 7700 als 1 GHz Edition, denn diese Karte ist die erste von AMD direkt für 1 GHz spezifizierte Radeon Karte. Natürlich gab es auch zuvor schon Karten mit 1 GHz, dabei handelte es sich aber um Karten, die von den AMD Partnern übertaktet wurden.

Vorgänger der Radeon HD 7770 sind die Radeon HD 5770 und 6770, die technisch weitgehend identisch waren laut AMD und Steam-Statistik zu den erfolgreichsten und meist genutzten Karten ihrer Klasse gehören. Radeon HD 5770/6770 boten Bereits eine ausgewogene Performance zu einem recht guten Preis und die HD 7770 soll es nun noch einmal deutlich besser machen.
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