The Radeon HD 4800 series has been extremely popular for AMD over the past few months and as the time passes we've seen many companies make changes to the design to help them continue standing out. The latest company to attack a Radeon HD 4800 series card is Palit and the particular model is the top dog from the ATI range, the Radeon HD 4870 X2. So, what has Palit done to the card to make it stand out from the rest? Let's jump forward to see what Palit has done with the package before we have a closer look at the card itself. From there we will strap the card into our brand spanking new X58 based rig to see exactly what it's capable of. We're expecting big numbers from this beast. - TweakTown

Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe 2GB Bi-CrossFire Review

Looking at a big box, there isn't really anything we haven't seen before from Palit. The middle of the box is mainly taken up with a picture of Frobot while the top of the box has a couple of logos. Across the bottom of the box we have the model number, in this case the Revolution 700 Deluxe. The bottom right of the box has a sticker that gives us some more details on the card such as the fact it's a Radeon HD 4870 X2 and comes with 2GB of memory. Turning the box over, we have some of the technical specifications of the card in a number of languages. Down the right hand side of the box we also have some of the key features.

With the package out of the way it's time to get stuck into the card. Pulling it out of the box, you notice just how huge the card is. The biggest stand out point is of course the dual fan configuration that Palit has opted for. With the cooler covering the whole card from top to bottom and left to right, there isn't a whole lot to see. We can see a sticker placed on top of the cooler to let you know that it's the Revolution 700 model and we can also see the Palit logo placed on both fans. Looking around the card some more, we can see at the top we have a 6-pin and 8-pin power connector that is seen on all Radeon HD 4870 X2 models.

This is also where you see the massive foot print of the card which takes up a grand total of three slots. Running CrossFireX could prove to be a bit of a pain in some cases with two of these cards. While Palit has overclocked the card, they have decided to just push the memory unfortunately. As you can see, the core has the default clock of 750MHz, while the 2GB of GDDR5 memory has moved from 3600MHz to 3800MHz data rate effectively. The first thing we've got to say is the Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe is a big board and while there is a CrossFire connector at the top, chances are you're not going to be able to use it.

And this due to either there being not enough room on your motherboard, or your CrossFire connector not being long enough. As for performance, well there isn't a whole lot to say. Now the 50MHz bump in memory speed really does nothing for performance. The good news is however that the larger cooler, the better cooling and the lower temps at stock are going to make the overclocking opportunities greater. The other thing that Palit has got down to an art is their increasing connectivity. Out of the box the inclusion of everything from analog to DisplayPort is just fantastic and gives it quite an added value over the other models.

With a few monitor companies having DisplayPort on them now, it will be nice to be able to make use of that connectivity. If you find yourself wanting a CrossFireX setup, we would avoid the Revolution 700 Deluxe because the massive cooler is going to be a pain to work with. If you're looking for a single card Radeon HD 4870 X2 setup, though this card has the goods. While it would have been nice to see Palit do a bit more with the clocks, these days it's so easy to overclock that it's not really a big deal.