OEM vs. Retail

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Worldhammer

Limp Gawd
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I see alot of people saying they don't want OEM versions of the latest gen of vid card. Why is that? I thought it merely meant a weaker bundle with the same hardware as retail but suspect I must be mistaken. Can anyone clarify this for me please?
 
i always understood it to be just the hardware and that's all. no cd, no cables. nothing. just the card.

but you'll be updating the video cards drivers whenever you get it anyways. but you may get a few free games...
 
OEM and retail hardware is the same thing, the difference is the bundled software, the warranty, sometimes the level of support, and of course you dont get the pretty colored box.
 
oem is the prefered method to buy hardware if your on a budget and dont care about added value with the bundles and what not.
 
Every once in awhile, the OEM cards a clocked slower than the retail...as someone pointed out, the warranty is usually a shorter span of time and tech. support is usually iffy on OEM cards.

However, I think the main difference as far as video cards are concerned is the software bundle and documentation...with OEM, you get none.
 
The other reason is that alot of online retailers were selling OEM cards at retail prices due to short supply. So you pay the same money but get no bundle not a great deal.
 
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