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Custom Cooler at Last - Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216 SP

By Kenny Yeo - 17 Mar 2009

Test Setup

Test Setup

As per tradition, the Palit GTX 260+ Sonic was put through its paces using our Vista system which has the following specifications:

Windows Vista SP1 Test System

  • Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3.00GHz)
  • Gigabyte X38T-DQ6 motherboard
  • 2 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Aeneon memory in dual channel mode
  • Seagate 7200.10 200GB SATA hard drive
  • Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1

The GeForce GTX 260+ is set to go against the Radeon HD 4870 so we'll be throwing in two overclocked Radeon HD 4870 into the mix, namely Sapphire's HD 4870 Toxic Edition and HIS' HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo. Also, to spice things up a little, a reference Radeon HD 4870, Radeon HD 4850 and the new GeForce GTX 285 were also added to the gauntlet.

The list of cards tested and their driver versions:

  • Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216 SP (ForceWare 181.20)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (ForceWare 181.20)
  • Leadtek WinFast GTX 260 Extreme+ (Core 216) (ForceWare 180.48)
  • Sapphire HD 4870 1GB Toxic Edition (Catalyst 8.12)
  • HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo (Catalyst 8.12)
  • ATI Radeon 4870 512MB (Catalyst 9.1)
  • ATI Radeon 4850 512MB (Catalyst 9.1)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 (181.20)

The cards were tested using the following benchmarks:

  • Futuremark 3DMark06
  • Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
  • Crysis Warhead
  • Far Cry 2
  • Unreal Tournament 3
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