GTX 960 2GB Brand?

[epicusername]

Hi, so I heard that typically PCS will supply Palit / Zotac brands, correct?
So I have a few questions that I can't seem to understand no matter how much I try, probably stupid haha.
1) What model card is it, I mean is it a Palit OC / Super Jetstream / Jetstream and if it was a zotac is it the single fan / amp etc.
2) I was looking at the stock clocks on the 960 2gb which was 1165 / 1228Mhz, thing is no matter how much I search for cards with these clocks as stock, I can't seem to find any card that has them.
3) Are clock differences going to impact performance a lot? For example an MSI gaming 960 has a boostclock of 1304Mhz where as the card here has 1228 (heard that boost clocks are unreliable and usually the card boosts higher), so for example would 1304Mhz vs 1228Mhz make a noticeable impact during gaming, or would it be something really small like 3-5fps?
Been very confused about all this lately lol, any help appreciated.
Thanks, probably worrying way too much over something that probably isnt a problem lol.

 

[Oussebon]

1) What model card is it, I mean is it a Palit OC / Super Jetstream / Jetstream and if it was a zotac is it the single fan / amp etc.

None of us on the forums could give a definite answer on what your PC might ship with. Best bet would be to phone PCS and ask them what they have in stock.

The faster the card is clocked, the better it will perform. But the difference is usually only a few FPS (e.g. https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_960_Gaming/14.html) and you can always consider overclocking the card yourself. It's often possible to increase the frequency somewhat without even increasing the voltage.

If you want to choose your own GPU, you could buy the PC without a GPU and then buy and install your own card.

 

[epicusername]

None of us on the forums could give a definite answer on what your PC might ship with. Best bet would be to phone PCS and ask them what they have in stock.

The faster the card is clocked, the better it will perform. But the difference is usually only a few FPS (e.g. https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_960_Gaming/14.html) and you can always consider overclocking the card yourself. It's often possible to increase the frequency somewhat without even increasing the voltage.

If you want to choose your own GPU, you could buy the PC without a GPU and then buy and install your own card.

Already delivered pc so no longer an option
Would overclocking void my warranty? I see that there is only a few fps difference which is fine.
thanks

 

[Oussebon]

Dude.. if you have the PC, why not just open the box and look for yourself what graphics card it is? If it looks like this: http://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=2442 it's not a Zotac AMP!

Or use GPU-Z's Lookup feature that will open up the model's page on techpowerup https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

(EDIT: apparently overclocking voids the warranty on the GPU). OCing the GPU shouldn't cause any issues Overclocking, and it's pretty hard to break something with overclocking especially if you're not touching the voltage (besides which I think Nvidia have their voltage locked so that you can't even fry it by increasing the voltage without an unmodified BIOS for the card). But if the difference is quite small, which it mostly would be, you might as well see how you get on with it at stock speeds and review your options once you've assessed that.

And if OCing it voids the warranty, and it fails due to reasons unrelated to OCing, it would be unfortunate.

 

[epicusername]

Dude.. if you have the PC, why not just open the box and look for yourself what graphics card it is? If it looks like this: http://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=2442 it's not a Zotac AMP!

Or use GPU-Z's Lookup feature that will open up the model's page on techpowerup https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Overclocking should be fine as long as you don't break anything, and it's pretty hard to break something with overclocking especially if you're not touching the voltage (besides which I think Nvidia have their voltage locked so that you can't even fry it by increasing the voltage without an unmodified BIOS for the card). But if the difference is quite small, which it mostly would be, you might as well see how you get on with it at stock speeds and review your options once you've assessed that.

Sorry I might have worded my sentence wrong, the pc is dispatched not arrived at my house just yet I think i'll be fine with stock clocks but i see a lot of tutorials how to overclock so I might try do that, another quick question, is it normal that my tracking hasnt updated for over 24hrs? thanks

 

[Rakk]

Would overclocking void my warranty? I see that there is only a few fps difference which is fine.

Yes, overclocking the graphics card will void the warranty on the graphics card, PCS have stated so before.

is it normal that my tracking hasnt updated for over 24hrs?

If you mean DPD's tracking, no it should update whenever then log it in anywhere.
Or do you mean the status on the PCS site since 'Dispatched'?

 

[Oussebon]

Originally Posted by epicusername Would overclocking void my warranty? I see that there is only a few fps difference which is fine.
Yes, overclocking the graphics card will void the warranty on the graphics card, PCS have stated so before.

My apologies for error, have edited the post above. It's a damn bizarre policy, but it is what it is and you're quite right I see now: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?3284-Warranty-When-Overclocking!

 

[epicusername]

Yes, overclocking the graphics card will void the warranty on the graphics card, PCS have stated so before.


If you mean DPD's tracking, no it should update whenever then log it in anywhere.
Or do you mean the status on the PCS site since 'Dispatched'?

the one where you can click the tracking number on the orders page and it shows the tracking, the number doesnt work on dpds site says its not valid and thanks for clarifiying about overclocking, not bothered about it considering i wont get that much extra performance

EDIT: It updated, just delayed a bit