GTX 960 OEM Edition
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the asus strix gtx 960 IS oem
i maybe you ar thinking about reference cards?
Reference:
original design by nvidia specif specs
OEM by asus:
OEM by gigabyte
OEM by evga
Reference(original Nvidia design +specs) are first made and controlled by nvidia, they dictate how and what, nothing is left out of control, the manufacturer must follow these exactly
OEM, a manufacturer "takes" the design and gpu chip by nvida (they buy teh chip from nvida) but use their own "materials", quality, design, settings and such, the manufacture decide themselves and can do pretty much what they want, including making and selling you a GPU with wrong/last years models firmware to save money, if they chose and want
so in short, Reference=original=fixed build and fixed quality, manufacturer must "obey" nvidia
OEM= 99% of cards from stores, manufacturer decide build, design and quality and everything they want except the GPU chip itself(they buy that from Nvidia)
i maybe you ar thinking about reference cards?
Reference:
original design by nvidia specif specs
OEM by asus:
OEM by gigabyte
OEM by evga
Reference(original Nvidia design +specs) are first made and controlled by nvidia, they dictate how and what, nothing is left out of control, the manufacturer must follow these exactly
OEM, a manufacturer "takes" the design and gpu chip by nvida (they buy teh chip from nvida) but use their own "materials", quality, design, settings and such, the manufacture decide themselves and can do pretty much what they want, including making and selling you a GPU with wrong/last years models firmware to save money, if they chose and want
so in short, Reference=original=fixed build and fixed quality, manufacturer must "obey" nvidia
OEM= 99% of cards from stores, manufacturer decide build, design and quality and everything they want except the GPU chip itself(they buy that from Nvidia)
Gnuffi :
the asus strix gtx 960 IS oem
i maybe you ar thinking about reference cards?
Reference:
original design by nvidia specif specs
OEM by asus:
OEM by gigabyte
OEM by evga
Reference(original Nvidia design +specs) are first made and controlled by nvidia, they dictate how and what, nothing is left out of control, the manufacturer must follow these exactly
OEM, a manufacturer "takes" the design and gpu chip by nvida (they buy teh chip from nvida) but use their own "materials", quality, design, settings and such, the manufacture decide themselves and can do pretty much what they want, including making and selling you a GPU with wrong/last years models firmware to save money, if they chose and want
so in short, Reference=original=fixed build and fixed quality, manufacturer must "obey" nvidia
OEM= 99% of cards from stores, manufacturer decide build, design and quality and everything they want except the GPU chip itself(they buy that from Nvidia)
i maybe you ar thinking about reference cards?
Reference:
original design by nvidia specif specs
OEM by asus:
OEM by gigabyte
OEM by evga
Reference(original Nvidia design +specs) are first made and controlled by nvidia, they dictate how and what, nothing is left out of control, the manufacturer must follow these exactly
OEM, a manufacturer "takes" the design and gpu chip by nvida (they buy teh chip from nvida) but use their own "materials", quality, design, settings and such, the manufacture decide themselves and can do pretty much what they want, including making and selling you a GPU with wrong/last years models firmware to save money, if they chose and want
so in short, Reference=original=fixed build and fixed quality, manufacturer must "obey" nvidia
OEM= 99% of cards from stores, manufacturer decide build, design and quality and everything they want except the GPU chip itself(they buy that from Nvidia)
I understand what you are saying.Just take a look at this link
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960-oem/specifications
and you will understand what i'm trying to say
The specs are different of GTX 960 vs GTX 960 (OEM)
GeForce GTX 960 (OEM) Engine Specs:
1280CUDA Cores
924 + BoostBase Clock (MHz)
74Texture Fill Rate (GigaTexels/sec)
GTX 960 Engine Specs:
1024CUDA Cores
1127Base Clock (MHz)
1178Boost Clock (MHz)
72Texture Fill Rate (GigaTexels/sec)
like i said, OEM manufacturer decide themselves, so to save money can give you lower quality if they want,[ Nvidia says: "Note: The below specifications represent this GPU as incorporated into NVIDIA's reference graphics card design. Clock specifications apply while gaming with medium to full GPU utilization. Graphics card specifications may vary by Add-in-card manufacturer. Please refer to the Add-in-card manufacturers' website for actual shipping specifications"
so asus can decide to get a "cheaper" 960 gpu from nvidia, but still sell to us as 960, no rules broken, because it is OEM they have room to bend the "stats"
(that is why OEM comparison between cards are so good because then we know which we should buy for teh best, when we dont get "top quality reference specs")
so asus can decide to get a "cheaper" 960 gpu from nvidia, but still sell to us as 960, no rules broken, because it is OEM they have room to bend the "stats"
(that is why OEM comparison between cards are so good because then we know which we should buy for teh best, when we dont get "top quality reference specs")
The good thing about buying a reference card, is you know you get specific quality, the bad thing is you are stuck with a design that might not be optimal regarding noise adn heat
The good thing about buying a OEM card is they try to make up for teh lower quality by design, such as noise and heat reduction, to allow for better clocks
Buy reference, overclock yourself to get the best of best, but be prepared for heat and noise
in a perfect world we coudl get reference card but with OEM designs, sadly we live in a world where manufacturers have to make money, so they need to shave of cost somewhere,, quality is often the first thing
The good thing about buying a OEM card is they try to make up for teh lower quality by design, such as noise and heat reduction, to allow for better clocks
Buy reference, overclock yourself to get the best of best, but be prepared for heat and noise
in a perfect world we coudl get reference card but with OEM designs, sadly we live in a world where manufacturers have to make money, so they need to shave of cost somewhere,, quality is often the first thing
mlga91
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The only place where you can find one of those cards is ebay, but i doubt that you'll se one of those anytime soon, take for example the 760 ti, which was only available for OEM:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geforce-GTX-760-TI-OEM-/152057233533?hash=item236751407d:g:BZ8AAOSwr7ZW6yAM
Thats the only card that i could find, and it has been some time since they released those. If you want to pack a better punch just get a 970.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geforce-GTX-760-TI-OEM-/152057233533?hash=item236751407d:g:BZ8AAOSwr7ZW6yAM
Thats the only card that i could find, and it has been some time since they released those. If you want to pack a better punch just get a 970.
yes mlga91 is corect the reason is
Reference card are only ever made in very small numbers because, since they have to infer to Nvidia's exact specifications there is virtually no profit on them, so they make as few as they can get away with, and some card models dont ever get a reference model made thats sold
then they hurry on to make their own OEM models, and "flood" the market, because the profit they can make, is only on those cards
thats why Reference cards are usually somewhat "rare" after initial launch, because they simply usually dont get continuously made like OEM versions
sometimes you can be lucky a shop still has a reference model card, but it usually also cost more, like, a shop where i am still has a few left,, but they cost almost 200$ more than a normal oem version of that same card
just remember when/if you ever go looking for a reference card, it does not matter if it has a manufacturer name on it, as long as it looks exactly like the picture on top, it can say evga, asus, gigabyte, msi, pny,
if it looks like that first card its a reference card
Reference card are only ever made in very small numbers because, since they have to infer to Nvidia's exact specifications there is virtually no profit on them, so they make as few as they can get away with, and some card models dont ever get a reference model made thats sold
then they hurry on to make their own OEM models, and "flood" the market, because the profit they can make, is only on those cards
thats why Reference cards are usually somewhat "rare" after initial launch, because they simply usually dont get continuously made like OEM versions
sometimes you can be lucky a shop still has a reference model card, but it usually also cost more, like, a shop where i am still has a few left,, but they cost almost 200$ more than a normal oem version of that same card
just remember when/if you ever go looking for a reference card, it does not matter if it has a manufacturer name on it, as long as it looks exactly like the picture on top, it can say evga, asus, gigabyte, msi, pny,
if it looks like that first card its a reference card
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Its got nothing to do with being a reference model, the (OEM) cards are different specs to the retail cards.
I bought a GTX 660 oem from ebay before and it used a different gpu chip to the retail 660, it was closer in spec to a gtx 760 or 660 ti.
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