Palit 4850 Sonic

[kppanic]

Ummmm

This thing has 3 phase and 8 pin connector.
Comes with a dual slot cooler which tries to push the air out of the case.

Anyway

oh boy can this thing OC like a mad man out of the box. I saw a review on a website claiming to have hit around 785/1220 (approx) without doing anything.

So I figured I'd give it a try.

Tried a 'conservative' 750/1100. Runs Furmark fine for 30 min, passes ATI Artifact, and most of all, passes 2 hours of GRiD. Now I've got that sucker at 770/1200 and see what it can do. At this level 8xAA at 1680x1050 starts to feel smooth, just near the level of hitting 4xAA at around 685/1000.

It's a little more pricey than a 'bare' 4850 but I'd figured I slap on a custom heatsink/fan on it anyway so the price difference would actually be justified.

Anyone on the market for a 4850, give Palit 4850 Sonic a try!

Edit: oh and it's about 1.5cm shorter than my Sapphire 4850, so it actually fits very nicely in a smaller case like Antec 900.

 

[rjk]

sounds good - what are the temps like?

 

[kppanic]

sounds good - what are the temps like?

Quite surprising actually.

I moved my sapphire 4850 with VF1000 down to PCIe #2 and stuck the Palit onto the main PCIe.

my old sapphire used to be 38-39 idle, 49 load. Now, since it's got crappier airflow and on top of my PSU, it's about 44 idle, 54 load.
The Palit, to my surprise, at 50% fan, hits about 35 idle and 47 load. Ambient temp is unfairly low at this time of the year, but the point is that it actually runs much cooler than a 4850 fitted with a vf1000. Also on GPUz where the other three diodes show up? The temps are considerably lower. Mid 50's on the Sapphire versus Mid 40's on the Palit. Those temps were at 700/1100.

At 770/1200 the Palit is hitting about 57 load.