Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[Eastcoasthandle]

death, unfortunately it's actually becoming increasingly difficult to find reference clocked NVidia cards.

Going by the definition of "stock clocks" though, the out-of-the-box clock speeds are stock. PNY are one of the only brands that still sell reference clocked NV cards.

Now, if ATi allow vendors to sell overclocked cards, then you may have a valid argument. For now though, the fact that you can buy the 8 series in stores at those clocks makes them stock.

Sorry but that's not correct. The stock clocks can always be found at Nvidia's homepage. You don't go by what some 3rd party vendor decides to OC it to then declare that's stock settings. Those have always been and will always be OC settings "supposedly" guaranteed by that vendor.
............................8800GTX....8800GTS.... 8600GTS.....8600GT....8500GT
Core Clock (MHz)..........575..........500..........675...... ....540..........450
Shader Clock (MHz)......1350........1200........1450.........11 90.........900
Memory Clock (MHz)......900..........800........1000..........7 00..........400