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Oct 24, 2005, 10:40 PM
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515 and 518 look identical, 517 is OCed
515 is probably the same as the 18 with a minor packaging revision or soemthing?
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Oct 26, 2005, 12:32 AM
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Well I never did figure out the difference between the 515 and the 518 other than the price. I read reviews on newegg for, well all of them..., but on the 515 some people seemed to think that the 518 has a copper heatsink... which isn't the case. They must have been mistaken for the 517 so idk.
The 515 isn't on evga's website so I wonder if it is their base model that they mainly supply to system builders? Although I'm not sure why they would have a retail version of it...
It's all a bit confusing to me.
I ordered the 517. it seemed like the best bet. It's on the evga website, has higher clocks and a copper heatsink wich is better than alu. I hope I made the right decision. Does anyone else have this card?
Let me know.
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Oct 26, 2005, 12:48 AM
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515 may very well be retailer specific/OEM model, yes
HP does that too. Best Buy machines have SLIGHTLY different mdoel numbers from Circuit City machines sometimes, even thought the product is identical
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Oct 26, 2005, 11:52 AM
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I just really wondered because there was a $30-40 difference in price. and 330 sounded a whole lot better than 370. But for the extra speeds and copper heatsink I think the 17 is prob the way to go.
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Oct 26, 2005, 09:49 PM
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yes there is a difference. I have the Evga 7800 GTX KO A3 edition. Its the fasted on the marked. I baught mine for $530 bucks. You find a better deal than that your good to go.
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Oct 26, 2005, 10:46 PM
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Well the XFX OC 490/1300 goes for $499.99.
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Oct 27, 2005, 05:20 PM
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Yeah I got the evga 7800GT CO which is oc'd to 470 and 1150 I think. I can't remember, but it should be here hopefully tomorrow. It was only 375 shipped, and I get call of duty 2 free, and a rebate so all in all I think this is the way to go.
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difference between evga 7800GT models?
