EVGA: Now it's getting silly

I'm waiting for the Chuck Norris Edition

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This card is so powerful it will make your electric meter spin backwards.
 
ROFL.. I want the Chuck Norris one.....

Chuck Norris doesn't get wet when he jumps into a river/lake/whatever... the water gets Norissed!
 
Man, as ridiculous as it is and as much as I know it won't be enough of a boost in performance to justify moving up from 8800GT SLI, I still want :(
 
Kaldskryke said:
I keep on hearing how people are not comfortable overclocking. I just don't understand what's so damn hard about it. It's a piece of cake. let's write some instructions:
1) Use a utility that allows overclocking, like RivaTuner, ATI Tool, or heck even nTune.
2) Increase the speed a bit then test for artifacts. Repeat until artifacts are found
3) decrease speed a bit.

It's pretty hard to screw this up. Just go gradually, and everything will be fine.
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OK for anyone considering buying this card (the FTW, SCC editions) and I know there are a few of you out there!!!, DO NOT BUY IT. It is a COMPLETE rip off. I remember when the 8800GT came out and there was the EVGA 8800GT SSC edition for 299.99 when the typical 8800GT was around 270. Well I was foolish at the time and I bought the SSC version thinking that the extra OC would really effect my game. I didn't know how to oc anything during that time (I never actually build my first comp during that time) and I figured the extra $30 would be worth it. Well frankly it wasnt. I was able to OC to 750 and I thoguth the extra oc (after the initial oc) would translate into a beastly card but it didn't. I only saw a 1 fps increase, if at all.

Point is, it isn't hard AT ALL to oc a graphics card (ofcourse unless u want to try a bolt mod which is way beyond me). I'm an idiot at computers, I only put together my first one a few months ago and even then it took me forever. And if my dumbass was able to oc a graphics card, then anyone else can. Please before you consider buying the card, think about this. The extra 100 you can spend on this card you could spend on possibly 4 gb memory, a new hard drive, possibly a gaming mouse, or possibly a better heat sink on ur cpu or gpu. The extra 100 u decided (or whatever amount) not to spend on an oc version can be used to purchase a better heat sink on ur card to allow u to oc ur own part. If not that, you can use the extra money to upgarde ur hardware.
 
I don't usually buy the overclocked editions simply because the difference is minimal if anything in games and I can overclock the card myself when it comes down to it. I even save a few bucks by going with a card that uses reference card clocks.
 
Dan_D said:
I don't usually buy the overclocked editions simply because the difference is minimal if anything in games and I can overclock the card myself when it comes down to it. I even save a few bucks by going with a card that uses reference card clocks.
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Ditto.

Save a few bucks. Download the overclock utility for free. Turn it up a few clicks. Its really not too bad as long as you stay conservative and don't kill it.
 
known12345 said:
(ofcourse unless u want to try a bolt mod which is way beyond me)
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bolt mods is square business..


No but in all seriousness, its not always about the MAX FPS increase (hint -> min. FPS increases), overclocking does help bandwidth allow for more throughput (to a degree, your still limited to your memory bus) and buying one of factory oc'd version guarantee's you the overclock. Of course, that isn't to say the vanilla version won't clock as high if not higher than the factory overclocked versions.
 
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