In green corner we have exactly the same model of GTX260+ that we reviewed one month ago. Review details about this graphics card you can read HERE .

In red corner we have HD 4870 model signed and overclocked by Palit. This graphics card is bundled with just basic accessories: one S-Video cable, one power cable and disk with drivers. On the other side Palit didn’t economize too much with graphics card itself. Since this is model overclocked by manufacturer, Palit used its own cooling solution instead of default cooling solution. It is consisted of aluminum cooling profile that is supported by 3 heat pipes. Active part of this cooling solution is consisted of two non identical fans. Although fans looked the same at first moment, they have different diameters. Larger fan has 80mm and smaller one 70mm in diameter. This is much more efficient and quieter cooling solution than default one.

Graphics card is based on red PCB and uses two 6-pin molex for power. After we took off cooler we found one R770 GPU and 1GB GDDR5 1ns memory signed by Qimonda. Power section of this card is also changed and upgraded. Overclock of this card is satisfactory but we couldn’t achieve results of some “Golden Sample” models. Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition worked stable on 780MHz for GPU and 1050MHz for memory (4200MHz). All-in-all performances and built quality are great and we must congratulate Palit on this model. Additional 512MB of memory on this card compared to other models isn’t just marketing trick. Those 1GB of GDDR5 memory can be very useful if you intend to play games in resolutions higher than 1680x1050.