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7600GT OC'ed - Gainward vs Leadtek?

Bane

Bane

Bane

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Deciding between:
Gainward 7600GT Golden Sample (GX-036-GW)
Leadtek 7600GT Extreme (GX-083-LT)

Want gaming performance and quietness. Being fitted in a G case Shuttle.

Deciding between these two as they both use a custom cooler instead of the reference cooler fitted on XFX, eVGA, and BFG models.

Read the Leadtek has hot memory chips as they don't contact the cooler, and as a result are insulted by it due to restricted airflow. But is greater OC'ed out the box, as I won't be doing my own.
 
Bane said:
Read the Leadtek has hot memory chips as they don't contact the cooler, and as a result are insulted by it due to restricted airflow. But is greater OC'ed out the box, as I won't be doing my own.
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Where'd you read about the hot memory chips?
 
I don't know about the specific specs of those but I have never had a problem with Leadtek producs. Always good quality, overclock well, and the support is pretty top notch IMO. :) BFG will always be the best Nvidia partner in my eyes though, right next to MSI.
 
Bane said:
Deciding between:
Gainward 7600GT Golden Sample (GX-036-GW)
Leadtek 7600GT Extreme (GX-083-LT)

Want gaming performance and quietness. Being fitted in a G case Shuttle.

Deciding between these two as they both use a custom cooler instead of the reference cooler fitted on XFX, eVGA, and BFG models.

Read the Leadtek has hot memory chips as they don't contact the cooler, and as a result are insulted by it due to restricted airflow. But is greater OC'ed out the box, as I won't be doing my own.
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BFG
 
Bane said:
Review mentioning no contact between heatsink and memory.
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Cheers!! Thanks for that link, been wanting to find a review of the card for ages!!!! The temperatures shown are acceptable to me - I can live with values below 70C as most of the time my room is cooler than review conditions... :D
 
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1939003
7202 with it at 650/1772

stock score was 6557
6557copy5wm.jpg
 
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