eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT?

[crkonecnik]

I have searched the net, here, and even emailed eVGA (and never received a reply), but I can't seem to find an answer to this question:

What is the difference between an eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT video card and a eVGA 256-P2-N555-AX Geforce 7600GT video card? (N554 vs. N555).


EDIT: I had mistakenly listed the model I was comparing the 554 to as the 553, when I really meant to say the N554 vs. the N555 - which both are listed with the same clock speed.

 

[mad_fitzy]

About 1

 

[Anoobis]

The clock speeds. Newegg clearly list this.

 

[jwhitworth]

I had the same question. I called eVGA sales and the guy said the only difference is that the 554 had a different fan. He said it would cool better. Unfortunately that probably means louder. I do not know if the 555 had cooling problems or not.

 

[asgallant]

According to the manufacturers spec sheet (you can find a link on the product page @ ZipZoomFly) the N554 (7600 GT KO) is at the same clock speeds (gpu and mem) as the N555 (7600 GT CO Superclocked). The spec sheets do show different hsf's on each card. I was going to spring for the Superclocked version myself, but the appearance of the KO probably means a switch for me, unless I hear some horror story about the KO in the next week or so. The KO is $30 cheaper at ZZF, and there's a $15 rebate on top of that.

 

[Anoobis]

I wouldn't trust those "spec" sheets. According to them, the 7600GTs are 256-bit cards.

Go to eVga's website and get your info from there.

 

[asgallant]

The spec sheets come from EVGA, and if you look closer, all of the EVGA 7600GT's are listed as 265 bit on the EVGA website. That is not in reference to the memory controller though, which is listed one line down as 128 bit, as it is.

I would have linked to EVGA's website, but they have yet to put up a product page for the 7600 GT KO

 

[Anoobis]

:?:

 

[asgallant]

To be honest, I have no idea what they are referring to as 256 bit on the cards, but the spec sheets (ex. 7600 GT CO Superclocked) provided by EVGA say "256 bit GeForce 7600 GT."

 

[Silverking]

probably becauses someone in the marketing dept. is ignorant of the differnce between a BIT and a BYTE or MEGABYTE for that matter.

 

[asgallant]

I wish I could say that would surprise me, but I have great faith in the incompetance of idiots (and I have yet to meet the anyone in marketing that knows anything about the technology they sell). God forbid anyone notice the error and correct it...after all, it might take *seconds* out of their day, which detracts from their quest to shave seconds off of their Minesweeper records.

 

[spdunn]

the differnece is in the cooling. they all of eVGA's oc'd cards have about the same specs, but the cooling solutions are different.

the gs has 400 mhz fan or passive cooling options
the gt has 560 mhz and "With a copper thermal solution."
the co has 580 mhz and "With a copper thermal solution."
the ko has 580 mhz and "With EVGA's own high-efficiency thermal solution."

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