Advice on Graphics Cards

[Guyjin37]

So i never understood what the different from getting a normal 660 and a OC version? Beside the fact that the company itself OC it? I mean can't you get a normal version and OC it yourself or is there something special about the company OC version?

Yep, all you're getting (in the vast majority of cases) is a regular card, factory OCed. Generally they're better for people who are uncomfortable overclocking. If you're brave enough to overclock yourself then getting a normal version and overclocking that is a fine strategy and should give you similar results.

Another thing to look at is the cooling solution on a particular card. Reference coolers (the ones that are based on the original design spec of the card from either NVidia or ATI) are nowadays pretty good but still not as good as a custom fan like you'd find on an MSI Lightning or ASUS DC2 or something. You could conceivably get better overclocking results on one of those simply because the temps will be a little lower.

[Zenaku]

Yep, all you're getting (in the vast majority of cases) is a regular card, factory OCed. Generally they're better for people who are uncomfortable overclocking. If you're brave enough to overclock yourself then getting a normal version and overclocking that is a fine strategy and should give you similar results.

Another thing to look at is the cooling solution on a particular card. Reference coolers (the ones that are based on the original design spec of the card from either NVidia or ATI) are nowadays pretty good but still not as good as a custom fan like you'd find on an MSI Lightning or ASUS DC2 or something. You could conceivably get better overclocking results on one of those simply because the temps will be a little lower.

ya that what i thought thank you

@abriael

Thanks that even more info did not know about the warranty thanks