EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Superclocked

Like BFG, EVGA is well known for their excellent service and support programs. EVGA also provides a lifetime warranty on their graphics cards, as well as 24/7 toll-free tech phone support, just like BFG. There are a couple of differences between their lifetime warranty programs however.

In the case of EVGA, the lifetime warranty doesn’t kick in until you register your card with EVGA, which is a simple process that can be completed at EVGA’s website, evga.com. If you don’t register the card, warranty coverage is limited to 1-year. One aspect that’s nice about EVGA’s warranty however is that you won’t void the warranty by replacing the stock cooler; as long as the card isn’t physically damaged, EVGA will honor your lifetime warranty. Honestly we can’t imagine why anyone would want to replace the stock NVIDIA cooler, as it does a great job of keeping the GPU cool while also generating next to no noise, but it’s nice to know the option is there in case you need it.



Another feature EVGA offers that’s proven popular with enthusiasts is their Step Up upgrade program. With Step Up, you can trade in your existing EVGA graphics card for a faster EVGA model, provided the upgrade occurs within 90 days of the original card purchase. You’ll get the full value of your original card, so if you paid $250 for your old card and you want to upgrade to a $400 card, you merely pay the difference of $150. There are no gimmicks are other gotchas, but you can only use Step Up once, that’s it, so you’ll have to use your Step Up wisely. A lot of enthusiasts use Step Up to upgrade from one GPU generation to the next, say for instance stepping up from a GeForce 7900 GTX to a GeForce 8800 GTX. Considering that the 8800 GTX delivers a 2X performance increase over the 7900 GTX, upgrading in this fashion makes a lot of sense.


As its name implies EVGA’s e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked card runs overclocked by default, with EVGA opting to clock the board’s graphics core at 576MHz while the stream processors run at 1.35GHz. Meanwhile on the memory, the Superclocked ships at 1.7GHz, 100MHz faster than NVIDIA’s reference speeds for the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB call for. We went over this board at length in our dedicated review, and recommend you check it out to see how it compares under a variety of AA modes, including NVIDIA’s new coverage sampling AA mode.


EVGA ships the card with a very modern game bundle, including a copy of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic on DVD-ROM with the e-GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Superclocked. Dark Messiah just came out last Fall, so this is one of the newest games bundled with a graphics card today. In terms of hardware accessories, EVGA ships the board with two DVI adapters, a component video cable, power adapter, and S-Video cable.

Since introducing the e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked 320MB, EVGA has announced an even faster GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB SKU, the e-GeForce 8800 GTS KO ACS3, which runs at 588MHz core and 1.84GHz memory. As its name implies, the board also includes EVGA’s ACS3 cooling for better thermals.