Whats the deal with eVGA's superclocked 470?

[formulav8]

I was browsing newegg and saw this video card. The oc is really pathetic considering its eVGA's superclocked line. I thought some reviews showed them ocing alot better than what evga is clocking them? ^_^

Are they really that worried about thermals and/or warranty? I guess I am just used to their superclock versions providing much more than 2%-3% over stock. I definitely expected more than a 2%-3% oc on the ram??? :thumbsdown:


Jason

 

[toyota]

a superclocked gtx285 is only overclocked by 25mhz too.

 

[Kenmitch]

I think they just do the little overclocks to make a few more bucks on people. Kinda like a bump sale for the xtra $'s as some will buy just because it sounds better. When it's pretty much the same thing just slightly faster.

If you look even the hydro series isn't much of a bump in speed....But it'll be the one to get and most likely evga will try to push the best chips towards it. Of course for those who are currently using water cooling anyways.

http://www.evga.com/articles/00539/

 

[bryanW1995]

the superclock is their weakest OC typically. they also have SSC and FTW that I know of, and I think that there might even be another level in there somewhere.

 

[formulav8]

I guess I was expecting oc similar to their Geforce 7600GT series. Oh well, thanks for the replys.


Jason

 

[Zap]

I guess I am just used to their superclock versions providing much more than 2%-3% over stock.

You guys are getting spoiled with overclocking. Soon companies will have to intentionally sell stuff underclocked to pander to enthusiasts who want to see high percentage overclocks.

LOL.

Something to think about is that factory overclocks are stable with the fan on AUTO. Typically when people overclock, fans are manually set higher.

 

[OCGuy]

This is the standard SC overclock.

Rant thread fail.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Factory overclocked cards are usually a joke. The overclocks are usually so low that any regular card would overclock to those speeds. It's just a way for them to charge you extra without having any additional costs to what they sell you.

Sapphire has to be the worst with their vapor-x versions of juniper cards with 10MHz core and memory overclocks.

Though I guess these cards are good for guys who don't bother overclocking then they can get a slightly faster card for a few bucks that way.

 

[H20cooled]

You really are not paying the extra $$ for the factory OC but for a better chip that was pulled from the center. The FTW series gets the best chips so you have a better chance of a higher OC with it.

 

[SHAQ]

$30 for 18 Mhz you can do yourself in Precision in 30 seconds.

 

[Sylvanas]

You really are not paying the extra $$ for the factory OC but for a better chip that was pulled from the center. The FTW series gets the best chips so you have a better chance of a higher OC with it.

With the smaller overclocks like this I doubt they really bin them that much. Pretty much every stock GTX 470/480 can reach superclocked speeds anyway so they are more likely normal chips just flashed with a higher clocked BIOS. I agree that the really aggressively overclocked cores probably are binned for the best chips but not in this minor case. This is just profit taking IMO.

 

[Doldrim]

I was actually thinking about getting the evga superclocked 470.

My thinking was that since the cards are running so hot anyway, they might not have the longest lifespan in the first place. If I get a normal board, sure, I would overclock it to that speed easily, but then i'd break the warranty on something that is running hot enough to burn itself up anyway.

I'm thinking if I get a factory OCd board, i'd have a slight overclock with a warranty and only be spending a couple bucks extra to do it.

 

[bryanW1995]

evga doesn't care if you oc the card, you still get warranty.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Factory overclocked cards are usually a joke. The overclocks are usually so low that any regular card would overclock to those speeds. It's just a way for them to charge you extra without having any additional costs to what they sell you.

Sapphire has to be the worst with their vapor-x versions of juniper cards with 10MHz core and memory overclocks.

Though I guess these cards are good for guys who don't bother overclocking then they can get a slightly faster card for a few bucks that way.

With the VaporX cards you're mostly paying for the stronger cooling option. VaporX cards use vapor chambers to cool the cards. It's a much stronger cooling option compared to stock.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

But the stock overclocks are still a joke. Why would they even bother they might as well overclock it 1 MHz.

 

[Keysplayr]

But the stock overclocks are still a joke. Why would they even bother they might as well overclock it 1 MHz.

Would you rather have a CPU or GPU at 1 MHz or 25 MHz?
Anyhow, I agree that 25MHz isn't very much considering people are getting 100MHz+ overclocks.

 

[SRoode]

Pretty much every stock GTX 470/480 can reach superclocked speeds anyway.

And you know this how?

 

[SRoode]

Would you rather have a CPU or GPU at 1 MHz or 25 MHz?
Anyhow, I agree that 25MHz isn't very much considering people are getting 100MHz+ overclocks.

Let's be serious here... It's the percentage of OC to stock, not the total OC.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Would you rather have a CPU or GPU at 1 MHz or 25 MHz?
Anyhow, I agree that 25MHz isn't very much considering people are getting 100MHz+ overclocks.

25vs1 well ill take the 25 since it's 25 times more than 1. What I was talking about is the Sapphire 10MHz overclocks. 10/850= about 1.2% 25/850 = about 3% hardly significant either way.

 

[bryanW1995]

And you know this how?

the SC is such a weak OC that it is reasonable to assume that the vast majority of cards that will run @ stock will also run at the SC speeds.

 

[formulav8]

Rant thread fail.

Huh?

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