Three Factory-Overclocked, High-End Graphics Cards

[youssef 2010]

[citation][nom]h83[/nom]So, the conclusion is that the only good point about those factory overclocked cards are their coolers...[/citation]

nothing else seems different

 

[youssef 2010]

[citation][nom]coolvoodoo[/nom]I like the ATI vs Nvidia wars because that is what drives progress, but it seems that some people want any benchmarks where the Nvidia card is faster to be removed. What would that prove? It is funny that the commenters above seem to think that when ATI performs better, it is because of the card, and when Nvidia performs better it is because they "paid off Tom's". That just seems like fanboys spouting off. I admit that I still like to see how any graphics card performs in Crysis because:1. It still taxes even the mightiest of cards.2. Every comparison for the past few years has used it, thus giving me an idea how my current card performs against the new cards.3. Someday I want to own a graphics card that can beat it down.4. I actually still play Crysis (and Far Cry 2).[/citation]

I never suggested anyone paying off TH but what these guys are talking about might express their desire (mine included) to balance the benchmark suite as most of the games are Nvidia's titles (the way it's meant to be played).This results in Shifting the overall judgement. I respect ATI/AMD more than Nvidia or Intel (that's just a gut feeling nothing more) because it keeps struggling no matter what happens.

 

[elivance]

I'm really surprised the Vapor-x 5870 wasn't tested. Even playing new games like BFBC2 on it at max res, max all settings, I still get great FPS and it is extremely cool and quiet. I love this card - totally worth the extra 40 bucks over the HIS iCooler V.

 

[cleeve]

[citation][nom]youssef 2010[/nom]There's one point that I found strange. As I understand it,you didn't find a reference 5870 at the time of writing but found only the reference heatsink??????? how strange.[/citation]

I don't have a reference 5870 onhand, but I do have a reference 5830.

The reference 5830 cards that ATI sent out use a reference 5870 cooler. This is what I used on the PowerColor 5870 LCS, which is copied from the reference 5870 PCB, to create a 5870 reference card.

 

[jamus34]

Is it really worth paying the premium for a factory OC'd card?

I have an eVGA 470 and I haven't really pushed it yet but I've gotten it over the "superclocked" editions with no problems.

 

[Guest]

simply loved to see Zalman VF3000N in action.