Unboxing: Palit GTX260 Sonic 216SP 55nm

digitalism

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Finally got my hands on a card which I was looking for for the past 2 - 3 weeks. Got
this from AGN Computers Rwp. It has custom board design, custom cooler with heat
pipes, newer chip (55nm) as opposed to EVGA or XFX's 65nm and factory overclocked.
Here are few pics :



















This is how it looks as compared to my secondary card which is a HIS ATI HD3870 IceQ3 Turbo GDDR4 512MB:












GPU-Z


First run of 3DMark06:


Performance comparison between HD3870 IceQ3 Turbo and GTX260 Sonic in SF4 @ 1080P:





Im going out of my city for few days. Will update this thread with more benchmarks like Vantage, Crysis, Crysis WH and FarCry2 etc later. So ... Let me know what u guys think abt it? Cheerzzz :)
 

AI Protech

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Thats a nice score dude...... i think its for 19k..... dude but i read some reviews and compared gtx260 black edition and this palit one...... and uptil now gtx260 black edition is the best factory overclocked card available..... however this card is very good at overclocking but still i wod recommend gtx 260 black edition it cost 1k more but its better than this palit one..... Sorry for off topic but this card is still awesome and i was also thinking of buying it..... congrats dude...... plz post some benchies of crysis and far cry 2 i want to see how it performs in these two games and GTA 4 as well
 

Baber Kamal

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Man i yesterday researched about this GPU and it's awsome, where did u buy it from?? Voodoo (Usman Bhai) was also looking to buy this one but he couldn't find it, so if u know that it's available somewhere then kindly let voodoo know.

Congrats mate
 

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yaar zeeshan awesome gpu so finally u did buy it :) excellent choice ... plz kindly review its overclocking as well ... and i wud love to see [email protected] n palit 260gtx @ 720/1200/1500 or higher results ...
well voodoo i think wud buy 4870 1gb ... khair now we have got a gud family of gt200 owners :D
 

digitalism

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Congrates bro!!!! How much it costed u?
Thanks man. It cost me 18.5K excluding shipping charges.
THT IS CEAZY DUDE. I WISH I CUD HAVE oF ONE THOSE :p
PS the red and blue Fusion of lights looks outstanding.
Lolz.... Thanks dude. Appreciated.
Man i yesterday researched about this GPU and it's awsome, where did u buy it from?? Voodoo (Usman Bhai) was also looking to buy this one but he couldn't find it, so if u know that it's available somewhere then kindly let voodoo know.

Congrats mate
Bought it from AGN Rwp and Voodoo knows better than me abt that shop :) Actually he was the one who told me abt this card but unfortunately this was the last card they had. And yah this card is one of the best card of all the GTX260's. Check out Guru3D's review of this card :
http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-geforce-gtx-260-sp216-sonic-review--test/
And thanks man. Appreciated.
 

Voodoo

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Congratulation Zeshan bhai, it is one of the best card considering its price,
we want more benchmarks like crysis/warhead etc..,
wish you the best of luck with this card,
 

digitalism

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yaar zeeshan awesome gpu so finally u did buy it :) excellent choice ... plz kindly review its overclocking as well ... and i wud love to see [email protected] n palit 260gtx @ 720/1200/1500 or higher results ...
well voodoo i think wud buy 4870 1gb ... khair now we have got a gud family of gt200 owners :D
Thanks Baber. Will overclock n report back. Just gimme few days.
Congratulation Zeshan bhai, it is one of the best card considering its price,
we want more benchmarks like crysis/warhead etc..,
wish you the best of luck with this card,
Thank You Usman bhai! Yes I'll post some benchmarks in a day or two. Now its ur turn to post a thread with ur new GPU :)
 

LeGenD123

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Thats a nice score dude...... i think its for 19k..... dude but i read some reviews and compared gtx260 black edition and this palit one...... and uptil now gtx260 black edition is the best factory overclocked card available..... however this card is very good at overclocking but still i wod recommend gtx 260 black edition it cost 1k more but its better than this palit one..... Sorry for off topic but this card is still awesome and i was also thinking of buying it..... congrats dude...... plz post some benchies of crysis and far cry 2 i want to see how it performs in these two games and GTA 4 as well
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 FTW Edition is also on par with XFX GTX 260 Core 216 Black Edition but both these cards are expensive.

This Palit card is actually the best choice if you consider its excellent price (18.5k) alongwith its performance as it has 216 cores. It is better choice than Inno3d GTX 260 I-Chill which has 192 Cores at similar price point.

However if one is to talk about brand quality, than BFG, MSI, XFX and EVGA are among the top ones.
 
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Necrokiller

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Congrats on the upgrade....although considering you already had a HD4870 this is not a major upgrade at all.

Do you still have the HD4870? Would you like to contribute to our benchmark thread?
 

digitalism

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Thanks guys for all ur appreciation. Will definitely post benchies in a few days. Thanks again :)
 
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