evga 7900gt co (500/1500)vs evga 7900gt superclocked (550/1580)

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Kuli24

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I am getting the evga 7900gt co and want to overclock. Aren't the non-superclocked cards just as good as the superclocked for overclocking? Also, I want to do the 1.4v mod. This should be fine even though I don't have the superclocked one right?
 
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Kuli24

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So the "superclocked" just means that the exact same card comes even more overclocked? (which I could do myself) And is not worth US$20 extra?
 
MasterEVC

MasterEVC

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I dont see why the companies sell overclocked cards. Anyone can overclock a card its really easy. And paying $50 more for a card because its pre-overclocked is silly. Buy the regular card and OC it to those speeds and save yourself the $$.
 
Jet

Jet

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or do they use the better of the gpus and memory for the pre-overclocked versions?
 
mrjack

mrjack

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Or do they overclock them before selling them, because they can rip off rich brats that don't know sh*t about computers?
 
jancz3rt

jancz3rt

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Hmm

Well I think the OC'D cards come tested. You cannot guarantee overclockability on all cards. I suppose thesa are samples which were tested to pass tests at such higher frequencies.

JAN :D
 
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Kuli24

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Yeah, that's what I thought. But I think it did make sense to get the evga 7900gt co non-superclocked because it's guarunteed to run at 500/1500 right off the bat AND has a copper heatsink (I don't buy extra cooling for stuff)
 
fade2green514

fade2green514

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if you're overvolting it then it's all the same. they may sell them at SLIGHTLY different stock voltage... but the gpu and memory is made by nvidia (or ATI depending on what card you buy)
 
Antiodontalgic

Antiodontalgic

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The CO means that it has a copper heatsink, just like my 7800GT CO.

They come overclocked and have copper heatsink.

(BTW, the heatsinks are awesome)
 
mrjack

mrjack

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fade2green514 said:
if you're overvolting it then it's all the same. they may sell them at SLIGHTLY different stock voltage... but the gpu and memory is made by nvidia (or ATI depending on what card you buy)
Click to expand...

I have never seen nVidia or ATi labeled memory on a video card, they have always been e.g. Samsung and other brands.
 
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Kuli24

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Yeah, I actually want to overclock for Oblivion. I think I'll need speeds of 600+/1600+ to get really good performance. Anyone know yet where the 1.4v bios mod is?
 
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