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2008-12-10 14:59:59
Dauntless
Admin
+2,249|7008|London

mikkel wrote:

Dauntless wrote:

I would buy the Palit right now if:

A) I had heard of Palit before

B) It had an S-Video port (I use it sometimes), for some reason it was replaced with a Display Port.

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-08-20 … alslot.jpg

and

C) The "mascot" or whatever you call it wasn't the gayestlooking frog I've ever seen in my life

http://images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/n … a_full.png
Palit don't really have the greatest of reputations.  They've made some okay cards, but they've had a few seriously bad ones as well. That, and the frog really is pretty gay.
What seriously bad ones have they done? Why were they bad?

Just as I thought I had my desicion made I hear this, I thought the brand didn't matter?
https://imgur.com/kXTNQ8D.png
2008-12-10 15:03:01
Brasso
member
+1,549|6896

Sydney wrote:

HR-03 GT fits the 4870
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ … VzaWFzdA==

I have the HR-03 Plus (G80 version) and it's AWESOME 8800GTX idles at under 50°C awsm
I know it fits on the 4870.  It has a couple problems though.  One, it's too big no matter which way you mount it.  Even if you mount one in reverse and one normally you won't have room for CF (unless you have a full tower case).  Two, the reverse mount takes the fan to the other side of the card, leaving the RAM and VRMs hanging.  You better have good case air flow over those or they'll get real hot, real fast.

Dauntless wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

and what the hell is display port?!
An HDMI port, but worse apparently:

Advantages compared to HDMI:

DisplayPort does not require licensing or royalty payments.

Disadvantages compared to HDMI:

No xvYCC color space support.
No Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream support.
No support for Consumer Electronics Control signals.

I don't know what they were thinking putting that on there, the guy here says it's going to be the next big thing (at 0:50) replacing DVI and HDMI but I can't imagine that happening.
stupid, stupid, that guy is stupid
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2008-12-10 15:07:04
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|7109|Reykjavík, Iceland.

haffeysucks wrote:

Sydney wrote:

HR-03 GT fits the 4870
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ … VzaWFzdA==

I have the HR-03 Plus (G80 version) and it's AWESOME 8800GTX idles at under 50°C awsm
I know it fits on the 4870.  It has a couple problems though.  One, it's too big no matter which way you mount it.  Even if you mount one in reverse and one normally you won't have room for CF (unless you have a full tower case).  Two, the reverse mount takes the fan to the other side of the card, leaving the RAM and VRMs hanging.  You better have good case air flow over those or they'll get real hot, real fast.
Works fine for me, leaves room for my sound card as well

Well, those are my only extension cards, and I have room for only one more PCI-E 1x card
2008-12-10 15:09:47
Brasso
member
+1,549|6896

Sydney wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

Sydney wrote:

HR-03 GT fits the 4870
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ … VzaWFzdA==

I have the HR-03 Plus (G80 version) and it's AWESOME 8800GTX idles at under 50°C awsm
I know it fits on the 4870.  It has a couple problems though.  One, it's too big no matter which way you mount it.  Even if you mount one in reverse and one normally you won't have room for CF (unless you have a full tower case).  Two, the reverse mount takes the fan to the other side of the card, leaving the RAM and VRMs hanging.  You better have good case air flow over those or they'll get real hot, real fast.
Works fine for me, leaves room for my sound card as well

Well, those are my only extension cards, and I have room for only one more PCI-E 1x card
with CF?
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2008-12-10 15:11:10
Dauntless
Admin
+2,249|7008|London

haffeysucks wrote:

stupid, stupid, that guy is stupid
Yeah, he's what I imagine the palit frog to be like if it could talk.
https://imgur.com/kXTNQ8D.png
2008-12-10 15:23:14
mikkel
Member
+383|6867

Dauntless wrote:

mikkel wrote:

Dauntless wrote:

I would buy the Palit right now if:

A) I had heard of Palit before

B) It had an S-Video port (I use it sometimes), for some reason it was replaced with a Display Port.

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-08-20 … alslot.jpg

and

C) The "mascot" or whatever you call it wasn't the gayestlooking frog I've ever seen in my life

http://images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/n … a_full.png
Palit don't really have the greatest of reputations.  They've made some okay cards, but they've had a few seriously bad ones as well. That, and the frog really is pretty gay.
What seriously bad ones have they done? Why were they bad?

Just as I thought I had my desicion made I hear this, I thought the brand didn't matter?
I haven't heard a lot about Palit's latest series, but I know that their 4-series, and IIRC also 5-series cards had serious overheating issues. I had a Palit Ti4200 on which the fan simply stopped working in the middle of a game, and fried the card, and the replacement Palit Ti4200 blew some capacitors not long after I got it.

As always, though, read reviews of the model you're thinking of getting. All manufacturers have both good and bad cards.

 

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