Test: HIS 7770 IceQ X Turbo

Konklusion

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
HD 7770 chippen har samme teknologier og bygger på samme GCN arkitektur som resten af 7000-serien. Resultatet af dette er et meget lavt strømforbrug og fornuftig power. 

Bundle/Tilbehør - 2
HD 7770 har altid været et budget kort. Af denne grund vedlægger HIS ikke meget bundle således at prisen kan holdes nede. 

Design/Layout - 4
Nu kommer jeg desværre til at gentage mig selv, fra de 2 sidste HIS anmeldelser jeg har skrevet. Selvom IceQ køleren ikke er dårlig, kan den ikke matche Asus’ DirectCU køler. HIS køleren støjer mere og oser ikke på samme måde af kvalitet. Det er dog stadig en god køler derfor lander vi på en lille 4’er. 

Software/BIOS - 3
Kortet benytter AMD's standard drivere som fungerer ganske fortrinligt.

Ydelse - 2
Ydelsen af HD 7770 er forventelig. Det skal konkurrere mod GTX 650 Ti og igennem hele testen, ligger de 2 kort meget tæt og skiftes til at være hurtigst alt efter benchmark. Irrelevant for ydelsen kan man sige, at 7770 kortet er bedre idet disse kort gennemsnitligt koster mindre. HD 7770 modtager ligesom GTX 650Ti 2 points.

Pris - 3
Denne HIS topmodel af HD 7770 koster 1017,- kr, hvilket er en del mere end en almindelig version af kortet. Dog er det stadig mindre end GTX 650 Ti kortet, som i billigste og langsommeste version kan erhverves for 1050,- kr. Man kan dog få 7770 med Asus meget gode 2GD5 køler for 1160,- kr. Vi lander på en 3'er.

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UK summary

The HD 7770 IceQ X Turbo is a somewhat confusing card from the beginning. It´s a overclocked specialcooled videocard for the gamer. I will stubborn claim that a 7770 can´t be a gamer videocard, only a multimediacard at best. But the HD 7770 IceQ can run all newer games in a reasonable quality though. The biggst advantage about a small videocard like the 7770 is the very low power consumption. If your needs is a cheap videocard, which is capable of running an occasional game once a while, the HD 7770 is certainly an option. 

Innovation/Technology - 5
The HD 7770 chip has the same technologies and builds on the same GCN architechure as the rest of the 7000-series. The result of this is a very low power consumption and reasonable power

Bundle/Accessories - 2
The HD 7770 har always been a budget card. And because of this HIS does not include much of a bundle to keep the price down. 

Design/Layout - 4
Unfortunately I am going to repeat myself from the last 2 HIS reviews I have written. Eventhough the IceQ cooler is not bad, it can´t match Asus´ DirectCU cooler. The HIS cooler is more noisy and does not signal the same quality. It´s still a great cooler though and therfore we land on a small 4. 

Software/BIOS - 3
The card uses AMD´s standard drivers which works quite well.

Performance - 2
The performance of the HD 7770 is as expected. It´s competing against the GTX 650 Ti and throughout the test those 2 cards where very close and took turns in becoming #1 depending on the benchmark. Irrelevant for the performance, you could say that the 7770 card is better since those cards cost less on average. The HD 7770 card receives 2 points like the GTX 650Ti. 

Price - 3
This HIS topmodel of HD 7770 cost 1017 DKK, which is alot more than the regular version of the card. It is still less than the GTX 650Ti though, which in the cheapest and slowest version can be purchased for 1050 DKK. You can though purchase the 7770 with Asus´ very good 2GD5 cooler for 1160 DKK. We land on a 3. 

Test: HIS 7770 IceQ X Turbo

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	2
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	3
Ydelse	2
Pris	3
Samlet	63%