Graphics card versions using the same heatsink - safe overclock?

[chickadee]

So i was thinking, a lot of graphics cards come in 2 or 3 flavours with the exact same hardware.

My card for example is the stock MSI 780 gaming with the twin fozr cooler but there are other versions with overclock + the same cooler.

Would that mean if I set an overclock on my card to the same as the other variations it would run perfectly well?

Or maybe to the extreme looking at the list below as a speed guide:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1701/geforce-gtx-780

 

[chickadee]

The cooler has nothing to do with it.

Depending on what the manufacturer did the gpus in other lines might have been binned to ensure they clock better (and by extension, other cards the manufacturer released may be the ones that didn't overclock as well).

Or it could actually be that the factory overclock was so mild that any card could reach it and they just want some free money off any mug wanting a light factory overclock.

So maybe your card will or won't reach the same overclocks but the cooler isn't the reason.

I understand that but when there are say 2 models called "MSI gaming" and "MSI gaming OC" and the overclock is +60mhz to the core and thats about it I would assume they are basically the same card as the only difference is a few £.

Maybe not but I would have thought if there was anything else being done to the cards it would have a different model name and a higher base price.