OEM vs Aftermarket

[thewafflemaster]

Is there a big difference between OEM and aftermarket GPUs?

[Guest Kloaked]

Performance sometimes can be negligible out of the box for most people. Aftermarket video cards are mainly sought after for the better heat dissipation and the silence factor.

[deVIZtation]

There really aren't OEM graphics cards. The ones that AMD and nVidia make are usually sent to reviewers. If you are talking about reference and non-reference, well non-reference is usually better. Better overclocking as the PCB is custom made, better coolers, etc.

[han_han08]

availability here..if that matters to you 

im not sure I have seen reference cards on sale..

 

perhaps I can see the biggest differences on the ROG line up

[zlolslavez]

if the OEM vs Aftermarket you are refering to is Reference vs non-reference GPUs, I can pretty much say non-reference cards are strictly better, as they usually have better clock speeds, and better cooling solutions. However, you can't get the sex appeal that Reference cards have, especially nVidia ones.

[JAKEBAB]

There really aren't OEM graphics cards. The ones that AMD and nVidia make are usually sent to reviewers. If you are talking about reference and non-reference, well non-reference is usually better. Better overclocking as the PCB is custom made, better coolers, etc.

True except not all cards with no reference coolers have custom PCBs also bigger power delivery does help some what but it will still always come down to if you won the chip lottery.

[soaringchicken]

Always go aftermarket unless you are looking for a reference pcb

I'm sure Linus said something similar at one point