getting ready to buy, narrowed it down to 2 brands. BFG and eVGA. i found both for about $550 (CAN) with Doom 3. which is better quality and which is easier to oc?? do i need softmods or hardmods to oc either??
Requires no soft or hard modding unless you want to flash the BIOS so that it reads as an Ultra when you boot up. Other than that it can easily be OC'd to and possibly past that of Ultra speeds.
eVGA for me or if you really want to flash a 6800gt to an ultra get a Gainwood golden sample. I find that these are one of the easiest cards to flash to a 6800 ultra but the eVGA should do aswell.