Difference?

[Pat123]

What is the difference between say the Xpertvision 8800GTS 320MB and the XFX 8800GTS 320MB on special tech because its a £20 difference. ?? Seems abit hefty are you just playing for the name?

 

[Toxcity]

What is the difference between say the Xpertvision 8800GTS 320MB and the XFX 8800GTS 320MB on special tech because its a £20 difference. ?? Seems abit hefty are you just playing for the name?

Yep... its all about the name matey!

Im sure they are both pretty good!

 

[FarFarAway]

If the clocks are the same then yep it's simply branding. Sometimes the XFX cards have a black PCB....not really worth £20 though is it.

However if it's the "XXX" Edition with higher clocked stream processors and clock-speed it would be worth it

 

[Pat123]

Thats it lol.. so it they aint made of cheaper parts or anything?? seems abit silly. lol.. i suppose Xpertvision dont have any overheads

 

[FarFarAway]

I think the 8800's are made in the same factory and distributed to the different company's. XFX tend to have the cherry picked GPU's tho

 

[Pat123]

yeh i guessed lol.. im thinkin £177 looks like a good deal for the XFX one on scan.co.uk

Might have to get myself one when i manage to shift my 7950gt XT.. Im gonna advertise it on this site just waiting till i have enough time to drop and email etc.

 

[Ham]

Lets not forget XFX have like the best warranty ever. And its double.

 

[DavidT]

I think the 8800's are made in the same factory and distributed to the different company's. XFX tend to have the cherry picked GPU's tho

Correct. Foxconn is the global manufacturer of Nvidia graphics cards. They manufacture them, and then distribute them to X companies (XFX, Evga, BFG etc...). Then those companies make their own little modifications to them (Overclock them, change the cooler etc...)

 

[FarFarAway]

Certain companies get the pick of the best silicon - XFX, OCZ, Gainward, EVGA etc - there's a pecking order

I only said "think" cause I didn't wanna shout my mouth off

 

[cuprasport]

If the clocks are the same then yep it's simply branding. Sometimes the XFX cards have a black PCB....not really worth £20 though is it.

However if it's the "XXX" Edition with higher clocked stream processors and clock-speed it would be worth it

this can be done for free tho..

 

[Ham]

You cant clock stream processors yourself, only the core. And with them OCed it make a fair difference.

 

[Yeungster]

this can be done for free tho..

Is there a programme now available to unlock the steam processors?

 

[Mr. Smith]

Stream processors are automatically OC'd by a preset ratio as you OC the processor... Or so I hear...

So no, there is no app to do this independently... Dare I say yet!

 

[cuprasport]

you can overclock the shaders , core and ram

 

[mVp24]

you can overclock the shaders , core and ram

The XFX XXX edition is factory over clocked and it has the double lifetime warranty. Can't beat that.

black PCB is hot.

 

[cuprasport]

The XFX XXX edition is factory over clocked and it has the double lifetime warranty. Can't beat that.

black PCB is hot.

the evga one is still under warrenty after taking off the stock cooling and overclocking

what do i win?

 

[FarFarAway]

the evga one is still under warrenty after taking off the stock cooling and overclocking

what do i win?

Nothing tis common knowledge

@Mr Smith: I've OC'd two cards to the same clock speeds but the XFX still wins out - not sure how much the card clocks them up?

EVGA are also good cards indeed

 

[cuprasport]

suppose it depends how far they overclock too

692/2200 on my gtx on air.. now on water it could get a whole lot more