AH! Say it aint so! (Radeon Question, plz answer)

Pyro

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Is it true that the Retail Version of the Radeon64mb runs at 183/183, while the OEM version (which i am planning to get) runs at 166/166???

if so, then that's awful! can anyone confirm this?
 

Deeko

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Yes, it's true. The 32 MB version also runs at 166/166. Nothing a little overclocking can't help :)
 

KK

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I was concerned about the same thing. The lowest price for the OEM I could find was 215, I went to buy.com and picked up the retail one for 239 minus 10 for the new user coupon. All in all with the shipping on the OEM being much higher, the difference between the 2 was probably only 10 dollars at most.
 

Pyro

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Do the two versions of the radeon (retail and oem) have different parts? (ie different brands RAM)
I've read that the 183mhz part can be easily overclocked to 200/200, but if they parts are diferent, then I am sure that the OEM part will not be able to reach 200