Sajin
I would take a reference model any day over the clocked up one.
I don't even think on reference clock cards.
Special wit so huge distance between overclocked and reference model.
Difference between KPE and Matrix Platinum is big, what to say than for reference, not only KPE.
GIGABYTE GHz Edition, Galaxy HOF V20, Inno3D iChill GTX 780 Ti DHS HerculeZ X3 Ultra,
K|NGP|N Classified give insane difference from reference version.
That's probably something similar as GTX970 vs GTX980.
OC on 1200-1250MHz and wait what will happen and gaming + warranty on same clock example is not same.
I mean when someone build 2-3 way SLI than and reference/superclocked model is enough.
But for one card 20% faster than strongest chip mean lot.
I always cursed ASUS because their clocks are much lower than other others non reference models.