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palit HD4850?safe bet or not?

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justin9180 Original post #1
Dec 30, 2008 at 11:37 PM
am opting for

palit HD 4850 512 GDDR3??? do u suggest it as a safe bet or do u have ny better options???
topgear
topgear #2
Dec 31, 2008 at 6:59 AM
Yes you can go for that gfx card. Rest assured. Thats a very good card. Many members in here are using it.
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RMN #3
Dec 31, 2008 at 10:09 AM
after i got my replacement ive been happy with its performance so far.
MetalheadGautham
MetalheadGautham #4
Dec 31, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Did you get the SONIC edition or the standard edition ?
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sam1989 #5
Dec 31, 2008 at 5:21 PM
go for PALIT HD 4850 512 MB SONIC EDITION
purchased it recently at 12k
go for sonic edition only as normal one has some heating problems
The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer #6
Dec 31, 2008 at 6:12 PM
It is a good bet provided you have a equally good psu.
supercow
supercow #7
Jan 2, 2009 at 5:47 AM
The standard version doesn't have any heating problems, because palit ships with their custom cooler on all their cards nowadays, they don't come with stock cooler anymore, also the difference between a standard and sonic edition is 3k and thats a pretty huge difference for the performance it offers.
topgear
topgear #8
Jan 2, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Go for standard edition with custom cooler.
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RMN #9
Jan 2, 2009 at 7:25 AM
@supercow
hey when i bought my SONIC ver 3months back,it was only 1k costlier than the normal version!?
have the prices gone up now?
The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer #10
Jan 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Sonic version of 4850 is 11k whereas standard ones are for 8.8k in prime abgb, Mumbai. So the prices have gone up in certain items. Not suprising since they increased vx450's price as well.
prateekchanda
prateekchanda #11
Jan 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM
If palit HD4850 sonic same as palit HD4850 why not go for normal one and OC it by ourself!
sagar_coolx
sagar_coolx #12
Jan 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM
its not just the overclock...the sonic version has a better custom cooler by palit, due to which heat problems of the card can be avoided..
personally, i thinkk 2.5k more for sonic is unacceptable
supercow
supercow #13
Jan 5, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I am using PALIT 4850 STD EDITION with custom cooler.
Yes it is running very cool.
prateekchanda
prateekchanda #14
Jan 5, 2009 at 3:05 PM
so can we buy the normal palit HD4850 and OC it & do some our own cooling <-any Ideas! abt what can be done
supercow
supercow #15
Jan 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM
prateekchanda said:
so can we buy the normal palit HD4850 and OC it & do some our own cooling <-any Ideas! abt what can be done
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I think yes, but still I personally haven't overclocked it. But, there's no doubt that it runs at much lower temperatures than those with stock coolers, so you can overclock it :)

RMN said:
@supercow
hey when i bought my SONIC ver 3months back,it was only 1k costlier than the normal version!?
have the prices gone up now?
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Yep, the price difference is much higher now :neutral: , and if anyone still mad at a sonic version then buy one that comes with 1gb ram from palit. check out their site for details . . . :D