all those OC'e by producer cards.why nvidia ref is slower?

lukx

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I got a question. Right now I have evga 8800 GTX. As we know there is Superclocked version with ACS3. I know that warranty for standard and KO models is the same. But is it okey what are companies doing with OC'ing cards and putting more stress on them that nvidia designed for reference model? If there is extra power in GPU why Nvidia didn't create ref model running with this kind of speeds?
 

imported_RedStar

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just look what happened with the 7900 GT series and overclocking....
big problems and bad press. This is why nvidia is much more strict in what 3rd parties can do with the OC.

In OCZ's case, they are merely choosing 8800 parts that are strong enough for OCing but the user still has to set the card.

So ya, i would be very wary of overclocked nvidia cards from a 3rd party.
 

lukx

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You made my day, this is answer I was waiting for :) So I will stick with my standard Evga 8800 GTX ! :)
 

lukx

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hmmm... it's form another forum "At some point in the manufacturing proccess the chips are "binned". The chips are tested to find thier capability once they have been produced and seperated. Chips that are capable of running at higher than average clocks are put in bin A and chips that run at standard clocks are put in bin B. The chips from bin A are put in the stock OC'd cards and the chips from bin B are put in the standard cards. Its done to get more profit without much more overhead in the manufacturing proccess."

:Q
 

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Originally posted by: lukx
hmmm... it's form another forum "At some point in the manufacturing proccess the chips are "binned". The chips are tested to find thier capability once they have been produced and seperated. Chips that are capable of running at higher than average clocks are put in bin A and chips that run at standard clocks are put in bin B. The chips from bin A are put in the stock OC'd cards and the chips from bin B are put in the standard cards. Its done to get more profit without much more overhead in the manufacturing proccess."

:Q

Yep, that happens quite a lot and to some extent is referred to "Cherry Picking".
 

lukx

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but is it safe or the percentage that I will get bad choosen chip might also happen more often then when getting standard ref card?