Forgive my noobness but why buy a graphics card that's been overclocked at the factory when you can buy a normal card for less and overclock it yourself via software? I assume that the factory overclocked card won't have that much room for further custom overclocking either.
I'm thinking of the XFX GF 8800 Ultra XXX edition here, it's been factory overclocked and of course wins all the benchmark reviews and runs a couple of degrees hotter. But why not save some money and buy a regular 8800 GTX and overclock it yourself to the same level? Is the XFX GF 8800 Ultra XXX edition more stable at the faster speeds or something? I've been told the Ultras are just overclocked GTXs as well, what's the deal here? Are Ultra's overclockable to faster speeds than regular GTXs are overclockable to?
Cheers.
I'm thinking of the XFX GF 8800 Ultra XXX edition here, it's been factory overclocked and of course wins all the benchmark reviews and runs a couple of degrees hotter. But why not save some money and buy a regular 8800 GTX and overclock it yourself to the same level? Is the XFX GF 8800 Ultra XXX edition more stable at the faster speeds or something? I've been told the Ultras are just overclocked GTXs as well, what's the deal here? Are Ultra's overclockable to faster speeds than regular GTXs are overclockable to?
Cheers.