Which of these cards is better? (8800GT)

[Krane]

Hello, I am trying to decide between 2 different makes of the 8800GT 512MB.

Gigabyte - $222

GF 8800GT 512MB DDR3 700MHZ PCIe x16/ NVIDIA/ 512 MB/ DDR3/ 256 Bit/ GPU-Takt: 700 MHz/ Speichertakt: 1900 MHz/ Anschlüsse: Dual Dual-Link DVI-I HDTV-Out, Game: NeverWinterNight2, PCI-E 2.0 DX10, Zalman Lüfter/ Kühlung: aktiv/ Verpackung: Retail Win 98/2

Asus - $243

EN8800GT/G/HTDP/512M PCIe x16/ NVIDIA/ GeForce 8800GT/ 512 MB/ DDR3/ 256 Bit/ GPU-Takt: 600 MHz/ Speichertakt: 1800 MHz/ Anschlüsse: HDTV-Out, 2x DVI/ Features: OpenGL, HDCP, DirectX10/ Kühlung: aktiv/ Verpackung: Retail MPF ML

Which card in your opinion will perform better? The gigabyte seems to be OC'd from the description from the site I would be buying it from. By buying pre OC'd does that enable the card to reach speeds unatainable by the Asus? Any reason to pick one over the other on specs alone? Thanks for your help!

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: Krane
Which card in your opinion will perform better?

History has shown most OEMs base their cards on nVidia's reference design, and history found that most of the time, the performance differences were slight or none.

By buying pre OC'd does that enable the card to reach speeds unatainable by the Asus?

No.

Any reason to pick one over the other on specs alone?

Of course not. You should pick based on reviews, noise tolerance, HSF, warranty, PCB color etc.

 

[error8]

The best card from those two is by far the Gigabyte. It has a Zalman cooler on it and voltage controlled trough software, so a beast for overclocking. The Asus on the other hand, comes with the stock cooler, which is pure crap, being unable to keep the card at reasonable temperatures. Also, from what I've noticed, the Gigabyte should be cheaper then the the Asus card. So it looks like a very simple choice to make.

 

[Krane]

Thanks for the replies. I have decided to go with the Gigabyte

 

[reviewhunter]

I would choose the Gigabyte one too, its factory-overclocked & surprisingly cheaper.

I'm not too sure about this, but I heard that Gigabyte 8800GT cards has a voltage controller chip onboard,
and users can adjust the vcore through the software.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: reviewhunter
I'm not too sure about this, but I heard that Gigabyte 8800GT cards has a voltage controller chip onboard,
and users can adjust the vcore through the software.

Yes, that is true. The voltage is being adjusted trough a software called Gamers Hud. I've heard about people that managed 800+ mhz on the core of this card. If I was in the situation to buy a 8800 GT card, this one would be my first choice.

 

[Krane]

I ordered it this morning and it should be here tomorrow hopefully with the rest of my system. I cant wait!