Palit puts Turbo button on Radeon 4870 card

[Dalo Harkin]

Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition features two fans, a DisplayPort connector and a SmartSwitch Turbo button

After being banished to the retro dungeon since the 486 days, the Turbo button appears to be appealing for re-release now. Not only has Intel announced that its forthcoming Nehalem CPUs will feature a Turbo Mode, but Palit has now also announced a dual-BIOS Radeon HD 4870 graphics card with a switch to go into overclocked mode.

 

As standard, the Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition has a standard core clock speed of 750MHz and 512MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 3.8GHz. However, a flick of the switch on the backplate will push the memory speed up to 4GHz, and the core clock speed up to 775MHz. So, you can run it in overclocked mode if you want to run games, or switch it to standard mode if you want to work in peace.

 

As well as the new take on the turbo button, which Palit calls the Smart Switch, the card will also come equipped with a pair of fans mounted on a heatsink with a copper base. The speed of the larger fan on the left will change according to the GPU temperature, while the smaller fan on the right will continuously run at the same (low) speed to cool the VRMs. Interestingly, the card also comes with a DisplayPort connector in addition to the two DVI ports.

 

 

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