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The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military “Fairway” operation aimed to take the CNPP under control.
According to the operation's plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map out the detailed layouts of anomalous fields location. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched.
Despite thorough preparations, the operation fails. Most of the avant-garde helicopters crash. In order to collect information on reasons behind the operation failure, Ukraine's Security Service send their agent into the Zone center.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat makes use of some of the newest DX 11 features like Tessellation and Contact Hardening Shadows, once again these features are a major player when it comes to performance levels playing this game. For our best experience we have made sure to set all in games settings to the maximum possible.
The HIS 5770 maintained very consistent and playable frame rates. Our minimum FPS with settings maxed out were 24 frames per second but we averaged 40+ frames per second throughout. We feel that this level of performance is very respectable for a card of this price.
the pages were broken there, but I see its fixed now. Good review steve thanks. seems a decent board and its nice to see a custom cooler which doesnt dump all the heat out into the chassis.
Interesting to see HIS with such a strong range of custom solutions. seems they along with powercolor are getting into a very competitive market with sapphire.
HIS are a good maker but I notice their cards always seem a little louder than some other makes. same with the HD5870 which I read about on several sites before.
I can’t believe how cheap those systems cost for the american users. 600 bucks for a system like that in total, would be like twice that here.
5 series has such good power consumption ratings, very impressive, still even now.
INExpensive cards, but still good performers. ive been using a standard hd5770 to play starcraft 2 at 1920×1200 and its perfectly fine. Its good value, best on the market.
HIS seem a decent make going on the reviews here. so much competition now in the ATI sector that its hard to know which card to go for !
The all important question I need answered and im hoping Kitguru can find out, what is their support and replacement policy like in the UK and USA? this is quit often the selling point with so many people making these boards.
Hey Steve Ruxton, what is HIS warranty like? if it fails, how long have I got? I am in Canada like you. Have they a decent replacement/repair/replace policy? They are far east make, im always dubious.
Mixed reports on google, some say its fine, others say it sucks. I think this is why Sapphire do so well, they have a dedicated team handling RMAs.
Any info from kitguru would help however as I agree, before I buy anything, I want to know their support policies.
I will contact HIS regarding their warranty/replacement policy
Steve, thank you very much my man hope its positive feedback 🙂
Funnily enough I was just going to ask the same question – have HIS got any good support at all for customers or is it just rubbish outside far east?
isnt it a year in the USA? thought it was last time I looked.
Well finally a 5770 with a proper air forced cooler. most of them lately have had coolers which push all the hot air into the chassis inside, which is not a good system.
Sadly I just read about the new single slot HD5770s which puts these to pasture…….
Nice to see some USA based reviews on KitGuru, Ive nothing against the UK, but its good to see a selection from other people !
Well this was a good review Steve, thanks. Is the noise ok, even when gaming? im trying to build a system inside a silverstone SG07 and I was wondering if it was ok for media use too. at basically idle.
Very good review, like the noise testing here, always very useful. this one seems a bit louder than a few of the more silent HD5770s – wonder if these are worth a CF configuration down the line or would they be too loud in a pair.
thanks, read this earlier during my lunch break, shame powercolor and XFX announced single slot designs lol. this was a good first choice.
The HD5770 is surprisingly good, was refreshing to read a reviewer not demanding a HD5870 in CFX for good gaming.
for those that asked, I was able to take the fan speed up to 65% before it became what i consider borderline annoying in any way, even at those speeds it is quieter then the reference models.