Is Palit any good?

1 - It's a brand, yes. No more, no less reliable than any other.

2 - Any OC is a crapshoot of sorts. You can buy one and I can buy one. I get mine to an insane OC, you get yours bumped 25Mhz. You just never know. Been that way since waaaaaay back with OCing hardware.

For $130, not a bad deal.
 
I bought the very same one at Microcenter last Saturday and so far no problems. The fan doesn't make a ton of noise and the highest temp I've seen is 70C while in game. For the price i'm satisfied so far.
 
I've got one in my sig rig. It's been pushed fairly [H]ard and hasn't given me any issues whatsoever. I did change the stock TIM to Artic Silver Ceramique to help with cooling. I'm currently running mine at 850Mhz core.

somecallmeTim has it right though, overclocking experiences are a crapshoot. A person could buy 2 cards with sequential lot numbers and one could overclock better than the other.
 
What card you have OP atm?

If you have GTX 285/275 getting a GTX 460 is a downgrade for example. If you come from a GTX 260 or ATI 4890 and lower, this would be a minor upgrade only.
 
I have put a couple Palit cards in systems and so far no problems. Both were gts 250 cards and they were by far the best price at the time. I checked some reviews at the time and everyone else seemed happy with them also for what thats worth.
 
adriantrances said:
What card you have OP atm?

If you have GTX 285/275 getting a GTX 460 is a downgrade for example. If you come from a GTX 260 or ATI 4890 and lower, this would be a minor upgrade only.
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I have an HD 4850, so a GTX 460 will be a significant upgrade. Also, I'm pretty sure the GTX 460 1gb is faster than the GTX 285.
 
AceGoober said:
I've got one in my sig rig. It's been pushed fairly [H]ard and hasn't given me any issues whatsoever. I did change the stock TIM to Artic Silver Ceramique to help with cooling. I'm currently running mine at 850Mhz core.

somecallmeTim has it right though, overclocking experiences are a crapshoot. A person could buy 2 cards with sequential lot numbers and one could overclock better than the other.
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Do you have the Sonic Platinum or the Sonic? Have you also OC'd the shaders and memory? Are you using stock voltage? Finally, (sorry for all the questions) did changing the thermal compound improve performance, and did it void the warranty?

Thanks.
 
jbz7890 said:
I have an HD 4850, so a GTX 460 will be a significant upgrade. Also, I'm pretty sure the GTX 460 1gb is faster than the GTX 285.
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Depends on the game, settings, and overclocks. 285 and 460 more or less trade blows though and you've got DX11 on the 460 and it's smaller and... I've got a 280 OCed to 285 levels myself and I'm more eyeing a GTX 580, but for a cheap upgrade that $130 GTX 460 honestly wouldn't be a bad option if I just wanted some DX11 and efficiency improvements (size/heat/power).

Ofc, you are coming from an HD 4850, so yeah it would be quite a nice upgrade.

As for Palit, it's worthwhile to note that Palit = North American branch of Gainward. Or something along those lines. Personal experience comes from a 9600GT I got for my sister. I slapped it into an HP rig that she doesn't take care of (it sits in one of those stupid office desk enclosures- coffins I call them- so it doesn't get physical abuse so much as plenty of heat build-up and loads of dust build-up; feel like I need to grab a gas mask the next time I go in that thing with a compressed air can...), and it's going on about three years now with zero issues.

All of the cards I've purchased for myself have been eVGAs, although a shift is coming with my 580 purchase looming- Galaxy and Asus are making good statements, and for me my sister's 9600GT has been proof positive that Palit's a top contender too.
 
jbz7890 said:
I have an HD 4850, so a GTX 460 will be a significant upgrade. Also, I'm pretty sure the GTX 460 1gb is faster than the GTX 285.
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how big of an upgrade going from a 4850 to gtx460 will be depends on your other current specs and res. a gtx460 is about equal to a gtx285 overall but in some games it is slower.
 
I bought this card at release from the Egg. Haven't OC it much but it has taken everything I've thrown at it. To be honest the heatsink is just a basic aluminum block with fins (no heatpipes) but, it works good enough. The fan and it's shroud is cheesy and cheap but, again it does ok. The only real complaint I have, is about Palit themselves. If you read any of the earlier negative customer reviews, you'll see an arrogant pattern of trying to blame everything on the owner in their responses. After being taken to task over this several times, they now usually just give contact info.
 
Very nice deal.

I've had several Palit cards in the past starting with a geforce 3 ti 200.

Never had a problem
 
I have the Sonic: http://www.palit.biz/main/vgapro.php?id=1340

Shaders are locked at double Core: 850 Core, 1700 Shaders, 1900 memory.

Stock Voltage.

Changing thermal compound Improved temperatures greatly. Before changing I was running at almost 80c at current clocks. Now the temperature runs at roughly 64c.

Changing thermal compound has never voided the warranty on any of the cards I've ever owned. Of course, I've never had to RMA a video card in the 20+ years in the industry.

jbz7890 said:
Do you have the Sonic Platinum or the Sonic? Have you also OC'd the shaders and memory? Are you using stock voltage? Finally, (sorry for all the questions) did changing the thermal compound improve performance, and did it void the warranty?

Thanks.
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