XFX Radeon HD 7770 Super Overclocked Edition Video Card Review

Conclusions

With its overclocking, the XFX Radeon HD 7770 Super Overclocked was able to be between 6% and 12% faster than the regular Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition, allowing it to get closer to the performance level of its main competitors.

The GeForce GTX 460 with 1 GB was faster than the XFX Radeon HD 7770 Super Overclocked on 3DMark 11 and DiRT3, with this model from XFX being faster than its competitor from NVIDIA on Battlefield 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. On FarCry 2, StarCraft II, and Aliens vs. Predator, both achieved the same performance level.

The Radeon HD 6850 was faster than the XFX Radeon HD 7770 Super Overclocked on 3DMark 11 (Entry profile) and Aliens vs. Predator, with this model from XFX being faster than the Radeon HD 6850 on StarCraft II, DiRT3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Battlefield 3. On 3DMark 11 (Performance profile) and FarCry 2, both achieved the same performance level.

On Media Espresso, the XFX Radeon HD 7770 Super Overclocked was substantially faster than its competitors, with an advantage of 18% over the GeForce GTX 460 with 1 GB and 33% over the Radeon HD 6850. It was also 63% faster than our Core i5-2500K for video transcoding. This shows that the new “GCN” architecture is really optimized for the processing of “regular” programs, as promised by AMD.

The main problem with the reviewed video card from XFX is its price, as it is substantially more expensive than its competitors. It is not a bad video card, but we think that the Radeon HD 6850 and the GeForce GTX 460 with 1 GB provide a far better cost/performance ratio for the average user.