Conundrum... help.

Tinkerhell · Sep 29, 2006, 03:25 PM

I've been waiting to get a BFG Nvidia 7900 gtx OC but I've been trying to hold out until newegg had a price under $400. For the past couple of weeks they have been out of stock.
They have had an Evga 7900gtx listed on sale for $378 which includes a mail in rebate, but that sale runs out today.

I've been running Oblivion with my sad little video card for the past couple of months and just puttin gup with it. I've got Titan Quest sitting on my desk waiting to be installed, and 10/31 NWN2 comes out and I want to be able to jump right in on that.

Do I continue to wait on the BFG OC or do I just go ahead & order the Evga card.

What do I do!!!

Vikingod · Sep 29, 2006, 03:44 PM

My opinion, eVGA cards are a good quality product. I know a few people with them, and everyone says they are good. That is a good price, and they often have a decent bundle. I would get the eVGA card, clock it to KO speeds, and spend the rest of the money on beer.

Tinkerhell · Sep 29, 2006, 03:51 PM

I've never done any OC work so I'm a bit hesitant to start trying that with an almost $400 card. But I will admit that some of the OC stuff I've read here seems pretty easy - just pencil in a connection or two & it's done. Hard to go wrong with that....
What's KO mean?

niceguyrichy · Sep 29, 2006, 03:53 PM

moved to Hardware

and I agree with Viking btw, how much of a performance difference are you gonna see on the bfg anyways?

Tinkerhell · Sep 29, 2006, 04:12 PM

The BFG's are supposed to come at about 20mhz faster than the non OC cards. Nothing huge but DH review really liked it and since I've never done any kind of OC stuff this would be the fastest I could get without doing any kind of modding.

Thanks for the move, between involving newegg, a video card, and potentiall OC'ing I wasn't sure where to put the thread so I figured the off topic forum would be the fastest way to get a response.

riles9262 · Sep 29, 2006, 06:51 PM

There won't be a lot of difference in performance. And if you do choose to oc, the 7900's do well, and there is really no danger to doing it if you're careful. evga's are great cards, I'd recommend going that route. Also as a flip, sapphire x1900xt 256mb and 512mb cards just went on sale huge.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 >>>249 for the 256mb version, 319 for the 512mb.

Vikingod · Sep 29, 2006, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkerhell

But I will admit that some of the OC stuff I've read here seems pretty easy - just pencil in a connection or two & it's done. Hard to go wrong with that....
What's KO mean?

Not, don't even have to do that, just find coolbits registry hack and it will open up OC options right within the driver CP, move a couple slidders and test.

KO speeds are just a few mhz's fast than stock, nothuing special, probably won't notice a difference.

Tinkerhell · Sep 29, 2006, 07:50 PM

Sounds all too easy.
I think I'll be going home & snagging me a new vid card this evening.

thanks for all the help. credits given out to all.

Sep 29, 2006, 03:25 PM	#1
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	Conundrum... help. I've been waiting to get a BFG Nvidia 7900 gtx OC but I've been trying to hold out until newegg had a price under $400. For the past couple of weeks they have been out of stock. They have had an Evga 7900gtx listed on sale for $378 which includes a mail in rebate, but that sale runs out today. I've been running Oblivion with my sad little video card for the past couple of months and just puttin gup with it. I've got Titan Quest sitting on my desk waiting to be installed, and 10/31 NWN2 comes out and I want to be able to jump right in on that. Do I continue to wait on the BFG OC or do I just go ahead & order the Evga card. What do I do!!!

Sep 29, 2006, 06:51 PM	#6
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	There won't be a lot of difference in performance. And if you do choose to oc, the 7900's do well, and there is really no danger to doing it if you're careful. evga's are great cards, I'd recommend going that route. Also as a flip, sapphire x1900xt 256mb and 512mb cards just went on sale huge. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 >>>249 for the 256mb version, 319 for the 512mb. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away. Last edited by riles9262; Sep 29, 2006 at 06:58 PM.

Sep 29, 2006, 03:44 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	My opinion, eVGA cards are a good quality product. I know a few people with them, and everyone says they are good. That is a good price, and they often have a decent bundle. I would get the eVGA card, clock it to KO speeds, and spend the rest of the money on beer.

Sep 29, 2006, 03:51 PM	Thread Starter #3
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	I've never done any OC work so I'm a bit hesitant to start trying that with an almost $400 card. But I will admit that some of the OC stuff I've read here seems pretty easy - just pencil in a connection or two & it's done. Hard to go wrong with that.... What's KO mean?

Sep 29, 2006, 04:12 PM	Thread Starter #5
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	The BFG's are supposed to come at about 20mhz faster than the non OC cards. Nothing huge but DH review really liked it and since I've never done any kind of OC stuff this would be the fastest I could get without doing any kind of modding. Thanks for the move, between involving newegg, a video card, and potentiall OC'ing I wasn't sure where to put the thread so I figured the off topic forum would be the fastest way to get a response.

Sep 29, 2006, 07:50 PM	Thread Starter #8
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	Sounds all too easy. I think I'll be going home & snagging me a new vid card this evening. thanks for all the help. credits given out to all.