Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512 MB Review 32

Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512 MB Review

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Manufacturer: Palit
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Introduction

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In the first months after the product release AMD has limited all HD 4870 cards to use the AMD reference design. Add in board partners could not change any component of the card and clocks had to be the same ones as the reference design.

Palit is one of the first AIBs to release a custom HD 4870 version: the Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition. It uses a completely revamped cooling system that uses two fans to keep the card cool. Also included is a DisplayPort connector and a "Turbo" switch. The Turbo switch lets you select between two different operating frequencies. In normal mode the card will run at 750 MHz core and 900 MHz memory clock. In Turbo mode an additional overclock is enabled with 775 MHz / 1000 MHz.
Even though the changes are numerous Palit has managed to keep the retail price below $299.

Radeon
HD 3850 		Radeon
HD 3870		GeForce
9600 GT		GeForce
8800 GT		GeForce
9800 GT		Radeon
HD 4850		GeForce
9800 GTX		GeForce
9800 GTX+		GeForce
8800 GTX 		GeForce
GTX 260		Radeon
HD 4870		Palit HD
4870 Sonic		GeForce
GTX 280		Radeon
HD 4870 X2
Shader units 320320641121128001281281281928008002402x 800
ROPs161616161616161624281616322x 16
GPURV670RV670G94G92G92RV770G92G92G80GT200RV770RV770GT2002x RV770
Transistors666M 666M505M 754M754M 956M754M 754M 681M 1400M 956M956M1400M 2x 956M
Memory Size256 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB512 MB768 MB896 MB512 MB 512 MB 1024 MB2x 1024 MB
Memory Bus Width 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 384 bit 448 bit 256 bit 256 bit 512 bit 2x 256 bit
Core Clock670 MHz 777 MHz 650 MHz 600 MHz 600 MHz 625 MHz 675 MHz 738 MHz 575 MHz 576 MHz 750 MHz 775 MHz 602 MHz 750 MHz
Memory Clock828 MHz 1126 MHz 900 MHz 900 MHz 900 MHz 993 MHz 1100 MHz 1100 MHz 900 MHz 999 MHz 900 MHz 1000 MHz 1107 MHz 900 MHz
Price$99$125$90$140$160$170$185$200$295$270$280$299$430$550
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