X1800XT "100134L" Retail vs "100134" OEM

Well, I decided it was time for me to pick up a new vid card (20th birthday today ), and I decided to go with the X1800XT 512MB.

Now, from checking the egg, I came across two seemingly similar cards, with a few noticable differences.

The Retail version had no reviews, and was $10 cheaper. It makes mention of being Crossfire-ready, with Avivo, and "Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine" which I took to be SM3. Also, being that it's retail, I would assume it comes NIB as opposed to pieced together with the OEM.

The OEM version was (obviously, by now) $10 more expensive, with a few - slighty mixed - reviews. In the features area it names specifically SM3, SuperAA, and a couple of other things.''

The main thing I was wondering, is if there is any known difference between the 100134 and the 100134L.

I went with the retail version because it was a bit cheaper and not OEM... was this a bad choice?

Are those Sapphire part numbers? On their lower-end cards the -L versions sometimes have a wider memory bus, but I doubt there is any difference between the high end cards. Can you confirm the clock speeds?

-Rav

Do NOT buy OEM, period. ATi and Sapphire are very very specific about how they treat those cards. If for ever reason your card dies or has a problem they will not give you any warrenty service (had one rejected because of that)

@Rav - I can't yet confirm the clock speeds, as it should be arriving at my house either Saturday or Monday (hopefully Saturday, as I placed the order Tues night their time, and it was shipped out on Wednesday 3-day shipping)

@Sent - That's one reason I decided to go with the retail - I prefer to get everything first-hand just in case something happens to go wrong, the card is literally brand new.

Sentential said:

Do NOT buy OEM, period. ATi and Sapphire are very very specific about how they treat those cards. If for ever reason your card dies or has a problem they will not give you any warrenty service (had one rejected because of that)

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Thanks for the 411!! I was thinking of getting an OEM saphire X1900XTX from the egg. That would suck if I paid 499.00 and then had problems with the card.

Just bought the retail x1800xt today, hopefully seeing it from the egg in 3 days. Anyone had any experience overclocking this card?

i have mine, but im not really OC'ing it much... runs like a beauty though

just make sure you follow the stickied instructions on what to do before OC'ing

occamsrezr said:

Just bought the retail x1800xt today, hopefully seeing it from the egg in 3 days. Anyone had any experience overclocking this card?

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X1800XT 512mb, I've owend 2 of them and a crossfire Edition. Use ATI Tool .25 beta 14 to OC. There is ALOT of info in this forum on OCing these cards, try a search!

Sentential said:

Do NOT buy OEM, period. ATi and Sapphire are very very specific about how they treat those cards. If for ever reason your card dies or has a problem they will not give you any warrenty service (had one rejected because of that)

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thanks for the warning. I was think of picking up an oem card too. luckily i didn't.