I recently built a gaming PC for the first time, so I wanted to get entry level parts, just in case I messed up and ruined the whole build.
The PowerColor Radeon HD 7770 was on sale on Newegg.com, and only cost $70 with a $30 mail-in rebate. I thought this was a great deal because the HD 7770 from other brands (Sapphire, Asus, etc.) cost at least $120. So I
bought the GPU and, after making sure it worked for a week, I sent in the mail-in-rebate.
For the first few months, the card worked as expected for a entry level gaming graphics card. I was able to play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with high settings, getting around 40-50fps.
About 4 months after I bought it, however, I began to have really annoying issues. My display would freeze randomly in the middle of a game or even just while browsing the web. My OS (Windows 7 64bit) would show up with a warning: “Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.” For a while, it wasn’t too annoying because it happened rarely, but soon it became a regular annoyance.
I tried every software solution to fix it: uninstalling the drivers and re-installing, installing the older drivers, but nothing worked. The ...
re : I thought this was a great deal because the HD 7770 from other brands (Sapphire, Asus, etc)
The hardware is very good I really like this device because the graphical display on the monitor so real, suitable for playing games like people like me and the price of this perngkat can be said reasonably priced and very good quality
Actually, as I mentioned in my review, the HD 7770 from Powercolor was definitely not very good quality. In fact, the graphics card stopped working after a few short months.