Buying OEM and Stress Testing(unrelated) Questions

[Captain Turd]

I've seen software for benchmarking video cards, but is there software available for stress testing overclocked cards?

Also, the price difference between a 9800 pro and a 9800 pro OEM is about $40(25% more) for the 128mb card. Is it worth paying more for the unopened 9800 and why?

Thanks.

[bojangles]

I thought OEM meant it didnt come with all the software the retail package was wrong.
And as far as I know the best stress test you can do is continual loops of 3dmark 2k3.

[bobmanfoo]

well, if you plan on selling the card later you will get more for the retail, 25% difference is not worth getting the retail in imho, the other thing is retail has much better warrantee, as for anything else in the retail box can be done without

[macklin01]

Another good program is artifact tester (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=201).

It helps take some of the subjectivity out of determining whether or not an overclock causes artifacts, and it also includes a stress tester. -- Paul