Palit sonic 580 GTX recalled.

[MooMoo444]

87c is nothing for these. 480's went well into the high 90s. 87 is a luxury.

 

[JonnyG1982]

87c is nothing for these. 480's went well into the high 90s. 87 is a luxury.

IRC the gtx480 thermal limit was meant to be like 105C, for the gtx580 its meant to be 95C.

Its not even summer and im cracking 89C in a cool room.

Crysis now crashing out after 5 mins. Card it hot & totally unstable since i put it in 3 hours ago.

 

[mmj_uk]

IRC the gtx480 thermal limit was meant to be like 105C, for the gtx580 its meant to be 95C.

Its not even summer and im cracking 89C in a cool room.

Crysis now crashing out after 5 mins. Card it hot & totally unstable since i put it in 3 hours ago.

It probably won't run as hot at reference levels, there's a reason NVidia set them at 770mhz I'm sure they know better than Palit.

You do need good case airflow for these cards though.

 

[JonnyG1982]

It probably won't run as hot at reference levels, there's a reason NVidia set them at 770mhz.

You do need good case airflow for these cards though.

My rooms as cool as it has been since beginning of year i.e. last winter. My cpu is water cooled & idling mid 30s. I have been running 5850 (heavily overclocked) & 5850 crossfire (highly clocked but not as high due to voltage issue with crossfire) during summer heat.

Im now sat at my desk in a cool room which is uncomfortable to be sat in almost as its that cool. My cosmos s has 4 high performance intake fans & 4 high performance exhaust fans. Its idling 33C!!!!! Thats cooler than any reviewer i have seen. Trust me, its getting the cool air, but the card just cant cope when stressed.

Its just very disappointing spending £400+ on a gpu which is just not fit for its purpose. I may just try reference clocks though for testing purposes, but that is not what i bought. You don't buy a 1.8 litre car & then discover it can only perform as good as a 1.6 litre car.

 

[JonnyG1982]

I tried reference clocks, still hittings 87C. Tried newest drivers. Still no stability, crysis crashing out with 2- 5 mins of trying.

 

[littlepuppy]

take the HS off, maybe they have economised by not using thermal paste!!!

 

[jigger]

Why strip a brand new £450 card, and void the warranty you have paid for, when its clearly some kind of manufacturing issue.

 

[arknor]

take the HS off, maybe they have economised by not using thermal paste!!!

they wouldnt do that remove the bluetack and apply some real therman paste

 

[ZeroHour]

BTW just wanted to say I am having exactly the same issues as others. I am starting to suspect there is a fault with the fan controller as the fans dont seem to speed up much under load. Performance is also subpar to say the least which also screams of heating issues. I have tried all the usual tricks but nothing has worked so far and pretty much any game crashes out (including wow dx11) after a min or so.

RE: missing product page:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...423+palit+580+sonic&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk is the page thanks to google cache but if you go to the url now you get an error so it did exist and they have pulled it.

 

[JonnyG1982]

I'm going to test more this weekend. But going to call company I bought from to advise situation. What temps u seeing zerohour? What fan according to afterburner is speeding up, if a little slow, but still ridiclous temps

 

[rjk]

this has been confirmed

if anybody has any issues or wishes to discuss the matter then you can contact our support line or send us a webnote.

we only had a few so it is not a huge problem for us, obviously any customers affected should let us know ASAP

 

[ZeroHour]

this has been confirmed

if anybody has any issues or wishes to discuss the matter then you can contact our support line or send us a webnote.

we only had a few so it is not a huge problem for us, obviously any customers affected should let us know ASAP

Thanks for confirming this, sadly and stupidly I didnt buy from you guys (never will I make that mistake again!) so I will see about getting a refund and then order another from yourselves.
Are Palit saying to issue replacements or refunds?

 

[Pastryfighter]

Just had a chat with support who pointed me over to the "Contact Us" form. Filled out and sent, been told I'd get a refund, thankfully.

 

[jigger]

this has been confirmed

if anybody has any issues or wishes to discuss the matter then you can contact our support line or send us a webnote.

we only had a few so it is not a huge problem for us, obviously any customers affected should let us know ASAP

So is it a blanket recall ? did you get details of the problem ?

 

[ZeroHour]

So is it a blanket recall ? did you get details of the problem ?

I just contacted my supplier through their web chat system and they have confirmed they are taking a recall for a refund. Should be collected today, job done

 

[MooMoo444]

Makes me thankful I opted for the regular Palit 580 and not the Sonic.

Not had any issues so far ^_^

 

[ZeroHour]

Makes me thankful I opted for the regular Palit 580 and not the Sonic.

Not had any issues so far ^_^

Feel my pimp back hand across your face I wish I had it that simple.
It was so bizarre with the sonic, moving my mouse around the w7 desktop highlighting icons had lag issues. Basically if you move the mouse with any sort of speed the highlight effect wouldnt work on the icons until you stopped on one.

 

[Voltage]

im assuming this will mean us standard palit card users will not be able to OC?

 

[kmufc77]

im assuming this will mean us standard palit card users will not be able to OC?

Thats a good point, but im sure the reason why the OC Palit cards have failed is because the voltages have not been changed for the speed of the OCs.

Or the standard default Voltage is slightly under what it should be.

 

[Voltage]

it would be rather good if some kind peep with a standard palit could confirm my question (im at work now )