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Interestingly, Steve/Hardware Unboxed posted an updated review, taking into account the OCs. He does a good job of comparing stock 7800 XT to stock 7900 GRE, OC edition 7800 XT to OC edition 7900 GRE and stock 7800 XT to OCed 7900 GRE. HW Unboxed 7900GRE review update Basically, the OCed 7900...

However, HwU only tested a stock card. And none of the new batch of cards are at stock. They have base speeds up to 394 MHz (31%) faster and boost clocks up to 146 MHz (6.5%) faster. Techpowerup tested one of the faster OCed cards and found it was 4% more powerful overall than the stock card...

Note that the ASRock mobo is currently $120 at Micro Center! If you buy it with a CPU, it goes down to $90!