So I RMAed my 1.5 year old overheating 8800 gtx ( idled at 70 celcius load at 90+ ) on dec 23rd and to my surprise it only took till dec 28th for me to receive the package ( not that it mattered since I was out of the country till jan 10th ). To my surprise when I opened the box up I didn't see the familar black dual slot cooler paint job with the 8800 gtx numbers, but a much nicer design and a 9800 gtx+ instead! So kudos to EVGA for upgrading me, however small the upgrade is. It already boosted my stock 3dbenchmark score from 13397 to 14348 and its idling at a 61 celcius. I still need to do a lot more temp tests to see how much more cooler the card runs compared to a 8800 gtx. Maybe the SATA wire right next to the fan is blocking the airflow a bit so maybe ill try switching SATA ports ( never know why I didn't think of this before )
The main point of this post is to share my experience along with asking if this sort of practice is common or if an unexpected RMA upgrade happened to anyone on these forums? Yay I'm so happy, oh and Kudos to whoever predicted that they might give me a 9800 gtx+ instead of a 8800 gtx in the RMA in a much earlier thread of mine 3+ months back.
PS: Rivatuner reports the core clock/shader domain mhz to be 1675 but isnt the specification listed as clock mhz supposed to be 1836 ( according to wiki? )
The main point of this post is to share my experience along with asking if this sort of practice is common or if an unexpected RMA upgrade happened to anyone on these forums? Yay I'm so happy, oh and Kudos to whoever predicted that they might give me a 9800 gtx+ instead of a 8800 gtx in the RMA in a much earlier thread of mine 3+ months back.
PS: Rivatuner reports the core clock/shader domain mhz to be 1675 but isnt the specification listed as clock mhz supposed to be 1836 ( according to wiki? )