Just looked at the XFX 512meg 7800GTX Retail box.....

[hectorsm]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
... Why ATi's partners dont overclock like NV's is beyond me.

Because they will be competing with ATI which also sells video cards. That's the only reason I can think of.

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Now, with this respun G70 core, It would seem XFX at least has 580MHz worth of confidence in it and backs it with lifetime.

This is funny. You've so thoroughly convinced yourself that it's a respun core that you now state it as fact even though there's been absolutely ZERO confirmation of this. This is how misinformation starts.

Meanwhile, ATI reduces their 3 year to a 1 year warranty and expect board partners to be the ones to offer more. Whatever. I think we should lookout for HIS cards for the highest warrantied o/c on a ATI card. They usually offered the highest clocked ATI cards with there own cooling.

By your logic then, Nvidia must have even less confidence in their product since hey don't even sell any cards with their own name on the box. They unload all the warranty worries onto their partners.

BTW, it's pretty easy for these companies like XFX to hand out these unbelievable warranties but let's see what happens when they have to start backing a lot of them up. Let's see what happens down the road when unscrupulous people start taking advantage, as always happens. A company like XFX can easily fold up shop if they need to, and then what good is your lifetime warranty? We've seen it before with companies selling Nvidia cards. Your "lifetime" warranty is only good for the lifetime of the company that issued it.

 

[BFG10K]

This is my biggest problem with ATi's partners. They dont overclock a lot. Most of NV's partners offer an overclocked card.

I consider this a good thing as I have personally be burned from nVidia OEM overclocks. You think when an OEM overclocks a video card they test every one as thoroughly as nVidia tested the reference model at stock speeds to make sure it runs fine?

I doubt it.

A card should be stable out of the box and meet manufacturer's requirements. If the user wants to go outside of those requirements the burden should be on them. If I get an unstable card out of the box it's time to RMA.

 

[eXx08]

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[xmichael]

So does any NOW have a 7800 GeForce GT yet?