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PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC REVIEW

"The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic uses GF104 GPU at 700Mhz and has 1GB GDDR5 memory running at 3600Mhz. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic has a 256Bit Memory Interface, 336 Shader Processors and DirectX 11. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic faces extreme competition from the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme which has DX11 and 1440 Shader Processors. Software used for testing was 3dmark 2006, 3dmark Vantage, 3dmark 11, Call of Duty Black Ops, Crysis Warhead and Hawk 2."

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v11.6 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v275.33 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON II X4 645
MOTHERBOARD FOXCONN A76ML-K 3.0
MEMORY PATRIOT 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS

HIGH QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC81
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME86

EXTREME QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC69
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME77

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME

COMMENT - "The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic put in a good performance with Call of Duty Black Ops. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic finishes 8% slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme."


CRYSIS WARHEAD

HIGH QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC50
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME55

EXTREME QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC42
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME47

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME

COMMENT - "The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic put in a good performance with Crysis Warhead. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic finished 10% slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme."


HAWK 2

HIGH QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC99
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME72

EXTREME QUALITY

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC87
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME64

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME

COMMENT - "The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic put in an amazing performance with Hawk 2. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic finished 27% faster than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme."


FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "Although the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic was not going to actually beat the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme I was surprised by how close in performance the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic came to the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme has some major strengths such as the 1440 Shader Processors which was superior to the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic with it's 336 Shader Processors. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic also has some strengths such as excellent Tessellation performance and Physx. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic keeps the Fan at 30% which keeps the GPU at a modest 39c and keeps the noise at a low level. Earlier versions of the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic were noisier than the later versions which we are using for this review of the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic. The Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic is a very good video card, offering all of the latest Nvidia Technology, operates at a low level of noise and temperature. If you want state of the art gaming at a budget then the Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic is the one to get."

PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC SCORES 9/10!

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PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 RESULTS
PAGE 3 - 3DMARK VANTAGE RESULTS
PAGE 4 - 3DMARK 11 RESULTS
PAGE 5 - COD BLACK OPS, CRYSIS WARHEAD, HAWK 2 AND FINAL RESULT

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