eVGA Step-Up Program and the 7900gt

[GamingDaemon]

I have purchased a 7600gt and am going to do the eVGA step-up program to move to a 7900 series card. Which one should i choose? Does the over-clocked or super-over-clocked card make a difference? Can't I just OC my own card?

TIA...

 

[Tom]

I had to make the same choice and decided to get the $299 version.

It's my guess that most of the $299 versions have not been tested for overclocking ability, but there's a chance of getting one that failed at the overclocked speeds.

I figure the $319 versions have been tested, and probably failed the superclock speed.

The superclock version is out of my price range so I didn't even consider it really. And if I was going to pay that much I'd want 512mb of memory.

Another thing is, I doubt that Evga tests for overclocking at higher voltages, so that's another reason it's possible the $299 version could be better than expected at overclocking.

Plus if I cared a lot about overclocking I'd rather spend the $20 on an aftermarket hsf.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

get the vanilla and if you have gusto, then do the voltmod. there's a link on these forums.