Superclocked cards

mattchapman

mattchapman

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Hi guys
Bit of a noob here so need some help. I will be getting a new vid card....probably the 8800GT. I notice some of the cards come "superclocked" for very little extra $$. I presume these are tweaked for better performance.

Question is - why would anyone not get one of these superclocked cards? Is there a downside?

Thanks!
 
There really isnt a downside to owning an overclocked card, i did the same as you did since the overclocked card cost me 5 dollars more than the vanilla. The main thing is that most people dont feel its worth paying for a factory overclock since they can do it themselves, but personally i dont care that much. I have experienced a stock card and an overclocked card from different series 7800gt and 8800GTS and the stock 7800gt gave me 50mhz core OC while the 8800GTS gave me an extra 75MHZ on TOP of the 76MHZ OC they had done. Overclocking isnt really a guaranteed thing, but if you have a factory overclocked card it is guaranteed to work at those speeds. FYI there will be a SUPER SUPERCLOCKED card coming out as well with a 700/2000 speed. :D
 
I got a 8800GTX stock clocked and it struggles to get past 630/980. Factory clocked cards seemed to be cherry picked and I have yet to see one have poor overclocking abilities further then what the factory is clocked, unless its at a ridiculous clock already.
 
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