Palit 4850 SSE ddr5 review

[Baber Kamal]

Guys finally i got my hands on Palit 4850 Sonic Special Editionthis card with DDR5 memory; and here are a few pics:


By baberkamal, shot with Canon PowerShot A470 at 2009-05-28


By baberkamal, shot with Canon PowerShot A470 at 2009-05-28


By baberkamal, shot with Canon PowerShot A470 at 2009-05-28

Now i m very disappointed with the package contents, as the box is very big but only card, molex connector, cd and installation guide is there nothing else.

Here's the 3dmark06 score:


By baberkamal at 2009-05-28

3Dmark06 with graphic card overclocked to speeds of 4870 (ie core/memory 750/950 MHz)


By baberkamal at 2009-06-16

So guys here are the benchmarks for Crysis 1:

Run #1- DX9 1024x768 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 68.52

Run #2- DX9 1024x768 AA=2x, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 56.66

Run #3- DX9 1024x768 AA=4x, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 55.21

Run #4- DX9 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 56.34

Run #5- DX9 1280x1024 AA=2x, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 43.73

Run #1- DX9 1280x1024 AA=4x, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 42.38


Benchmarks for Crysis warhead:

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1024 x 768 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 23.81 Max: 81.72 Avg: 61.32 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1024 x 768 AA 2xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 23.73 Max: 67.18 Avg: 50.97 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1024 x 768 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 23.74 Max: 65.94 Avg: 49.81 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1280 x 1024 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 23.95 Max: 63.98 Avg: 48.06 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1280 x 1024 AA 2xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 16.87 Max: 48.24 Avg: 39.11 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1280 x 1024 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 19.87 Max: 48.61 Avg: 36.89 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1440 x 900 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 25.70 Max: 63.45 Avg: 48.56 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1440 x 900 AA 2xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 16.92 Max: 48.27 Avg: 38.88 ]

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1440 x 900 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 19.04 Max: 46.53 Avg: 35.60 ]

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FARCRY 2 benchmarks:

Settings: Demo(Ranch Small), 1440x900 (75Hz), D3D9, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Ultra High), Vegetation(Very High), Shading(Ultra High), Terrain(Ultra High), Geometry(Ultra High), Post FX(High), Texture(Ultra High), Shadow(Ultra High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Very High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Very High)

* Average Framerate: 37.60
* Max. Framerate: 44.08
* Min. Framerate: 32.83


RUN 2: Same settings with 2 AA

* Average Framerate: 31.97
* Max. Framerate: 39.67
* Min. Framerate: 25.59

RUN 3: Same Settings with 4 AA

* Average Framerate: 24.13
* Max. Framerate: 31.14
* Min. Framerate: 16.64




Temps are also great:

Idle around 52c for the core and 59c for the memory as the memory doesn't hav direct contact with the heatsink.

Load temps are around 58-60c for core and 65-68c for memory.

I don't think the heatsink is the main contributor here for the lower temps as i don't think it's better than ICEQ4 but this card has advantage of 3 phase power design as other cards including HIS iceq4 hav 2 phase power design.

Speed Step:

while idle this card lowers it's core clock from 700Mhz to 500Mhz

NOTE:
All these benchmarks were performed with E5200 running at 3.7GHz


So guys now kindly let your comments out, what do u think about this card??

[BuNkLy]

pure awesum-ness. i specially luv Palit's native HDMI.

a not so warm card, better clocks then any other 4850 here in Pakistan i guess.
theres only 1 shop here in LHR which imports Palit. and czone in karachi.

P.S. u seriously need to do some cable management

[DevilMind]

Originally Posted by BuNkLy

pure awesum-ness. i specially luv Palit's native HDMI.

a not so warm card, better clocks then any other 4850 here in Pakistan i guess.
theres only 1 shop here in LHR which imports Palit. and czone in karachi.

P.S. u seriously need to do some cable management

in Lhr who sells it???

[BuNkLy]

idk if he has this one, but he had Palit and Chaintech VGAs, lots of em. there a shop near old galaxy. but on a different floor. dont kno its name or number.

[maz9009]

Awesome purchase dude. Great performance. It's almost identical to a HD4870 512MB in raw performance. Happy gaming.

[sbhesania]

i got the same too and i am as happy as i can be

[TsAr]

Performance it good but I dont like the looks of the cards especially the cooler.....anyway congrats

[wildlaurel]

from where and how much did you people get it for. here at czone its for 12.5k and its not in stock at the moment..

[Ali Tayyab]

Good Buy.
in most of the benchies u're probably cpu bound.

[sbhesania]

i got it from czone at 11.9K and guess what... mine was the last one they had in stock.

[wildlaurel]

they are selling it for 12.5k now..

how about you sell me yours for 10k

[SiB]

Good stuff!

I have a new 4890. But I'm too lazy to post benchies :/

[Baber Kamal]

Thanx everyone for appreciation i got it for 12.5K from galaxy and amazing i was also told that it's the last peice they've got but i also came to know that after i bought one they didn't hav any remaining.

@TSAR: Bro just look at the idle and load temps looks don't matter much but the thing that matters alot is the performance and temps are great for this card.

@alitayyab: Bro what game should i run to know the exact benchmark performance of this gpu.

[sbhesania]

just run 3dmark 06 to get the benchmark results.

[Baber Kamal]

Originally Posted by alitayyab

Good Buy.
in most of the benchies u're probably cpu bound.

Ali bhai i did this benchmarking with E5200 @3.7GHz, so do u still think that my processor is bottlenecking the GPU??

Between when i overclocked my card upto the levels of 4870 it only gave me 2-3 more avg FPS, so is it sign of processor bottlenecking the GPU??

@sbhesania: already posted the 3dmark06 score in the 1st post.