AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 15 February 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $159. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Cape Verde.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 40 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,280 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 125 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1125 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38583
2173
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
461
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344816
14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
33.836 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
506.712 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.010 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
49.787 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
153.657 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3707 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
4524 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
14630 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3707.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
4524.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
14630.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
711
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2173
PassMark - G2D Mark 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 33.836 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 506.712 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.010 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 49.787 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 153.657 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3707 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4524 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 14630 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3707.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4524.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 14630.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 711

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768249.90
Medium, 1366x768230.40
High, 1366x768199.00

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768121.60
Medium, 1366x768100.60
High, 1366x76872.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.30

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76857.10
Medium, 1366x76850.80
High, 1366x76830.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.50

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76894.10
Medium, 1366x76871.20
High, 1366x76835.90
Ultra, 1920x108018.80

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720171.60
Medium, 1366x76891.80
High, 1366x76876.70
Ultra, 1920x108024.70

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768289.80
Medium, 1366x768119.70
High, 1366x76892.70
Ultra, 1920x108032.60

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76897.10
Medium, 1366x76861.40
High, 1366x76847.30
Ultra, 1920x108025.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768188.80
Medium, 1366x76895.60
High, 1366x76863.30
Ultra, 1920x108027.70

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76886.20
Medium, 1366x76846.50
High, 1366x76830.40
Ultra, 1920x108012.60

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76864.20
Medium, 1366x76860.40
High, 1366x76838.60
Ultra, 1920x108014.70

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768153.30
Medium, 1366x768127.60
High, 1366x76870.50
Ultra, 1920x108047.40

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768115.90
Medium, 1366x76873.50
High, 1366x76865.70
Ultra, 1920x108038.20

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768115.60
Medium, 1366x76896.30
High, 1366x76873.10
Ultra, 1920x108042.30

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76894.00
Medium, 1366x76871.00
High, 1366x76867.90
Ultra, 1920x108033.20

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768212.90
Medium, 1366x768155.10
High, 1366x768129.60
Ultra, 1920x108086.30

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76859.50
Ultra, 1920x108042.20

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Medium, 1366x76888.20
High, 1366x76863.70
Ultra, 1920x108036.10

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76893.30
Medium, 1366x76864.60
High, 1366x76849.30
Ultra, 1920x108020.90

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768245.10
High, 1366x768108.50
Ultra, 1920x108049.80

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768319.80
Medium, 1360x768117.40
High, 1360x76891.90
Ultra, 1920x108055.50

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600130.50
Medium, 1360x76880.70
High, 1600x90047.40
Ultra, 1920x108016.80

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 15 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Place in performance rating 578
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Stream Processors 640
Texture fill rate 40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync