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OcUK 980 ti differences?

Tek81

Tek81

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Hi.

I recently bought myself one of the OcUK 980 ti's. I was just wondering, how are these cards different to the other ref designs that are for sale? Does OcUK have any input on the technical design of them, or anything along those lines? Are they improved / modified? Only reason I ask is because the card I received was Manli (who I've never heard of) branded and aside from the fact I bought it from OcUK, there are no indicators that I'm aware of that point toward it being an OcUK card.

Cheers
James.
 
As far as i know they are the same as every other reference model. I think the differences between them are warranty lengths and maybe different core speeds.
 
It's blanket for OCUK to sell lesser known brands or a mix of lesser known brands under presumably as long as they can get such items at a certain price point as they tend to be cheaper than brands being sold under their own name.

Occasionally OCUK has input into the actual manufacture of things they sell under their name, it tends to say so in the info if so.
 
Its only like buying Sainsburys cornflakes. Sainsburys dont actually make the cornflakes they use a cheaper manufacturer who markets the cornflakes with Sainsburys packaging.
 
tek81 said:
Given that, why don't they sell them as the brand that they are as opposed to using the OcUK title?
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Same reason any retailer does exactly the same thing with any number of products.

No bugger has heard of no name brand, but they trust the retailer enough to give it a whirl.
 
Great clockers those OcUK manlis . Currently running top or close to top in SLI firestrike / firestrike ultra benches for two cards .
 
DBT85 said:
Same reason any retailer does exactly the same thing with any number of products.

No bugger has heard of no name brand, but they trust the retailer enough to give it a whirl.
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Makes sense. I only hope that the trust I have placed in OcUK is well...err placed. In all honesty, so far it is. I cranked The Witcher 3 up to 4k last night and had a superb time.
 
varkanoid said:
Its only like buying Sainsburys cornflakes. Sainsburys dont actually make the cornflakes they use a cheaper manufacturer who markets the cornflakes with Sainsburys packaging.
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The cards don't come in OCUK branded boxes though. And they're made by Nvidia - I wouldn't call that a "cheaper" manufacturer.
 
varkanoid said:
Its only like buying Sainsburys cornflakes. Sainsburys dont actually make the cornflakes they use a cheaper manufacturer who markets the cornflakes with Sainsburys packaging.
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Reminds me of when I worked for a company, manufacturing (amongst other things), educational items, amongst which were rulers.

One of the items they produced was a computer ruler with WHS branding, and the same ruler, but with their own branding.

Identical ruler, the WHS one was twice the price of the other one.
 
One other question while I'm at it; Is it normal for the ti's to not be fitted with a backplate? From what I understand, their usefullness is limited, however I'm quite vain and prefer my naked boards to be covered.
 
Kelt said:
Reminds me of when I worked for a company, manufacturing (amongst other things), educational items, amongst which were rulers.

One of the items they produced was a computer ruler with WHS branding, and the same ruler, but with their own branding.

Identical ruler, the WHS one was twice the price of the other one.
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It's because some people won't buy unbranded stuff. The mental assumption is that unbranded or own brand is inferior to the real thing, even in cases with identical reference cards in the case of these 980ti cards.

The Zotac Reference is £509 and has a 5 year warranty, the Asus and EVGA reference is £599 and has a 3 year warranty.

They are identical.



It's no different in a supermarket, put some tomatoes out for 50p and for £1.50 and people will buy both. Because spending more makes our brain think it's better. Or more likely, spending too little must mean it's crap.

Take a shopping trip to Aldi or Lidl and try some of their stuff out. Most won't because "eww thats where the poors shop". Most of it is substantially cheaper than a Tesco or Sainsbo's and this is only my opinion, but I prefer the Aldi and Lidl stuff!

We donly go to one of the big supermarkets now for the few bits that those two don't cover.
 
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tek81 said:
One other question while I'm at it; Is it normal for the ti's to not be fitted with a backplate? From what I understand, their usefullness is limited, however I'm quite vain and prefer my naked boards to be covered.
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No backplate on ref cards.
 
em evga comes with 5 year as well when you register and can extend for extra quid to 10 years if you wish . and yes no backplates on ref card there excuse was to if in 3 sli to make more room for air .
 
amigafan2003 said:
The cards don't come in OCUK branded boxes though. And they're made by Nvidia - I wouldn't call that a "cheaper" manufacturer.
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It'll be whatever AIB will sell them a load at a set price or the lowest price.

I've bought the "OcUK" cards in the past for secondary builds and/or doing upgrades for other people's systems and had all sorts generally POV or Sparkle and anything from the plainest packaging ever with just the card through to full retail packaging with a dozen accessories.

As someone mentioned above if its an actual "OcUK" card where they've had design input, etc. or had something made to order it will be mentioned in the description.
 
DBT85 said:
It's because some people won't buy unbranded stuff. The mental assumption is that unbranded or own brand is inferior to the real thing, even in cases with identical reference cards in the case of these 980ti cards.

The Zotac Reference is £509 and has a 5 year warranty, the Asus and EVGA reference is £599 and has a 3 year warranty.

They are identical.



It's no different in a supermarket, put some tomatoes out for 50p and for £1.50 and people will buy both. Because spending more makes our brain think it's better. Or more likely, spending too little must mean it's crap.

Take a shopping trip to Aldi or Lidl and try some of their stuff out. Most won't because "eww thats where the poors shop". Most of it is substantially cheaper than a Tesco or Sainsbo's and this is only my opinion, but I prefer the Aldi and Lidl stuff!

We donly go to one of the big supermarkets now for the few bits that those two don't cover.
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Idd. Just remember all the countless TV programs made about it & doing taste tests. Perception is reality in many cases.
 
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