Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1024 MB

W1zzard · Aug 7, 2010, 01:09 PM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...onic_Platinum/

Jiraiya · Aug 11, 2010, 11:34 PM

Excellent Review

, thx W1zzard

KainXS · Aug 12, 2010, 01:39 AM

Jiraiya o.O, I thought you were dead . . . . . .

good for a OC'd GTX460, on par with the HD5850, but palit . . . . . . not for me.

Techtu · Aug 12, 2010, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KainXS

Jiraiya o.O, I thought you were dead . . . . . .
http://img.techpowerup.org/100811/Ji...ed_by_Pain.jpg

good for a OC'd GTX460, on par with the HD5850, but palit . . . . . . not for me.

I agree.

Jiraiya · Aug 12, 2010, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KainXS

Jiraiya o.O, I thought you were dead . . . . . .
http://img.techpowerup.org/100811/Ji...ed_by_Pain.jpg

don't remember me

Hayder_Master · Aug 12, 2010, 07:49 AM

great review W1ZZRD as always, thanx a lot our TPU proud

mascotzel · Aug 12, 2010, 08:16 AM

There were a lot of controversy surrounding the Palit/Gainward OC-ed GTX460's. Review sites received cards with a VRM radiator, while the retail versions do not have any. And it has been proven that it influences temperatures and noise. Can you tell when you received your sample?

W1zzard · Aug 12, 2010, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mascotzel

There were a lot of controversy surrounding the Palit/Gainward OC-ed GTX460's. Review sites received cards with a VRM radiator, while the retail versions do not have any. And it has been proven that it influences temperatures and noise. Can you tell when you received your sample?

my sample was dispatched before the official launch and was intended for a launch-day review, but german customs held on to it for 1 month

LAN_deRf_HA · Aug 12, 2010, 10:31 AM

I thought the vrm cooler was on the European retail cards, just not on the NA cards. Why they're deciding things like that geographically is beyond me. If it was for ambient temp I'd think they'd have done it the other way around.

Tatty_One · Aug 12, 2010, 10:55 AM

I have owned 3 Gainward, 4 Palit and 1 Xpertvision card, never had an issue with any of them.... although I cannot speak therefore for their support as I have not needed it, which in iteslf has gotta be good.

rodneyhchef · Aug 13, 2010, 09:09 AM

Hey this looks pretty good. On par with a 5850 but a little cheaper (here in the uk anyway) Then again the 5850 overclocks as well.

I've had some mixed fortunes with palit cards in the past. I've had 4 now

4850 512mb Non-reference PCB - Died after 6 months, wouldn't overclock. Got another one in exchange and decied to sell it as didn't trust this design anymore.
4850 Sonic 512mb - Died after 12 months, wouldn't overclock

8800 GS - Got it cheap from maplins around 6 months ago. Still working at the moment and overclocks nicely!

claylomax · Aug 13, 2010, 12:37 PM

I guess that if you have a bad experience with a brand you just avoid that brand; I had two XFX HD4870x2 failed in just two months last summer (one was dead out of the box), so I will never get an XFX product. My current card is Palit and so far no problem, it does 840mhz on stock voltage and 940mhz with overvoltage.

filip007 · Aug 15, 2010, 06:23 PM

XFX is just fine, better get proper cooling for your box and 4870 that cards some were actually bad, i had one when GPU heat up to 60C it just crashed.

gvblake22 · Aug 30, 2010, 09:41 PM

Anyone buy this card from Newegg yet? Does it come with a VRM heatsink? The pictures don't show one...

Aug 7, 2010, 01:09 PM	#1
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,766 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1024 MB To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...onic_Platinum/ Last edited by btarunr; Aug 11, 2010 at 01:36 PM.

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Aug 12, 2010, 07:49 AM	#6
Hayder_Master Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: IRAQ-Baghdad Posts: 4,860 (2.62/day) Thanks: 388 Thanked 639 Times in 444 Posts System Specs	great review W1ZZRD as always, thanx a lot our TPU proud __________________ Easiest way to overclock the graphic card guide Easiest way to overclock your graphic card , my other overclocking threads , Core i7-1156 Overclocking and Feedback Thread , C2Q overclocking and feedback thread , C2QX overclocking and feedback thread ,C2D overclocking and feedback thread ,AMDX2 overclocking and feedback thread

Aug 11, 2010, 11:34 PM	#2
Jiraiya Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58 (0.05/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 20 Times in 10 Posts	Excellent Review , thx W1zzard

Aug 12, 2010, 01:39 AM	#3
KainXS Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,689 (2.27/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 464 Times in 381 Posts System Specs	Jiraiya o.O, I thought you were dead . . . . . . good for a OC'd GTX460, on par with the HD5850, but palit . . . . . . not for me.

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Aug 12, 2010, 08:16 AM	#7
mascotzel Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 22 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	There were a lot of controversy surrounding the Palit/Gainward OC-ed GTX460's. Review sites received cards with a VRM radiator, while the retail versions do not have any. And it has been proven that it influences temperatures and noise. Can you tell when you received your sample?

Aug 12, 2010, 10:31 AM	#9
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,022 (2.15/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	I thought the vrm cooler was on the European retail cards, just not on the NA cards. Why they're deciding things like that geographically is beyond me. If it was for ambient temp I'd think they'd have done it the other way around.

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Aug 13, 2010, 09:09 AM	#11
rodneyhchef Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 342 (0.16/day) Thanks: 44 Thanked 59 Times in 25 Posts System Specs	Hey this looks pretty good. On par with a 5850 but a little cheaper (here in the uk anyway) Then again the 5850 overclocks as well. I've had some mixed fortunes with palit cards in the past. I've had 4 now 4850 512mb Non-reference PCB - Died after 6 months, wouldn't overclock. Got another one in exchange and decied to sell it as didn't trust this design anymore. 4850 Sonic 512mb - Died after 12 months, wouldn't overclock 8800 GS - Got it cheap from maplins around 6 months ago. Still working at the moment and overclocks nicely!

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Aug 13, 2010, 12:37 PM	#12
claylomax Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,385 (1.22/day) Thanks: 119 Thanked 251 Times in 217 Posts System Specs	I guess that if you have a bad experience with a brand you just avoid that brand; I had two XFX HD4870x2 failed in just two months last summer (one was dead out of the box), so I will never get an XFX product. My current card is Palit and so far no problem, it does 840mhz on stock voltage and 940mhz with overvoltage.

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Aug 15, 2010, 06:23 PM	#13
filip007 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 151 (0.10/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts System Specs	XFX is just fine, better get proper cooling for your box and 4870 that cards some were actually bad, i had one when GPU heat up to 60C it just crashed.

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