Radeon 5770 HD

[ah802]

Graphic card update I'm at 15.3 now auto update is prompting to 16.5 XFX Radeon 5770 should I go for it, or not? Nothing is broke, big Kodi user but the card is starting to stumble on x265 with no hardware acceleration.

Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series
Memory Size - 1024 MB
Memory Type - GDDR5
Core Clock - 850 MHz
Windows Version - Windows 7 (Service Pack 1)
System Memory - 12 GB
CPU Type - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz

If it's time to pack this in, what card is recommended, thinking 4K future?

[Trunks0]

If nothing is broken and the driver doesn't intro anything new I would just stay put.

But it should probably be swapped out now. Where to go is dependant on your budget. 4k requires allot of power, I would just aim for whatever resolution you game at.

[ah802]

Thanks for your quick reply, not a gamer but heavy HTPC stuff with Kodi and I'd like to play Hevc 4K 10bit but I might have to compromise. The new Nvidia Shield offers it for ~$300 while the graphic card prices to handle this level are not even in the same ballpark from what I can see. I was hoping to go with a legacy software update to re-establish hardware decoding for h265 but it looks like I'm living in the clouds.

[FiggyG]

Pretty sure you can get an RX 460 for 10-bit HEVC

[Trunks0]

Originally Posted by FiggyG

Pretty sure you can get an RX 460 for 10-bit HEVC

Whooops, I assumed 4k for gaming. Plenty of affordable cards to fill the 4k gap and massively beat out a nVidia sheild device. Especially at $300 bux or under.

RX 460 is a good choice. But if you budget is in the nVidia Sheild range, you might want consider the RX 480 lvl stuff.

I don't think nVidia allows for 10-bit colour output for anything but gaming(ie in DX11 or newer) on non-quadro cards? Is that still true?

[ah802]

CES will introduce a new Shield, users have been clamouring for 4K 10bit, might be prudent to sit tight until the announcement. I still have the update knocking at my door, and I'm reticent to install.