Best Overclocking 6800GT in U.S.?

[OrangeParktech]

I ask U.S. because i know the golden sample is the best, but it seems it is gone from the US market. Right now i am looking at a leadtek, but getting conflicting reports of its cooling/overclocking capability. Noise is not a factor for me, so the only thing that matters is the best "out of the box" overclocker. What im looking for is 400/1100 for ultra speeds. anything higher would just be icing on the cake. My case is pretty cool air wise. (Tsunami Thermaltake).

Ive looked into getting all of the following.

MSI (great game bundle)
Gigabyte (cooler leaves some to be desired i think)
Leadtek (looks like it would be the best cooling)
EVGA

If newegg gets the BFG back in stock, i may look at that one as well. Ive also considered the 6800 Ultra, but have been talked out of it. I originally wanted the X800XT, but they are nowhere to be found on newegg lately, and some concern on my part as to not having Shader 3.0 down the road.

 

[CraigRT]

my eVGA 6800GT ran at Ultra speeds first time I tried it, 100% stable and it's been there ever since, without a single crash.

I now have an NV5 on it, and it would probably go much higher if I actually pushed it. but I want it where it is, plenty of power for now.

 

[imverygifted]

its really luck of the draw as far as overclocking wise. i have the leadtek because i thought it has the best cooler, its cooler is great although it still runs warm because it has a almost perfectly silent operation. if i was a hardcore overclocker i would consider changing the fan in the fan in the enormouse heatsink. i can get ultra speeds easy i got a 12500 3d mark 03, i think BFG makes a good card too i would get that over any mainly because the waranty