Differemce between OEM and Retail

[suns2121]

What is the general difference between video cards that are OEM and Retail.
I plan on buying a a Hercules Prophet II GTS PRO 64Meg OEM which is 280, the retail box sells for 329. I have heard that OEM memory might be a little slower than the retail products, is there any truth to this? Dont tell me that big price difference is all in the pretty 'white' box.

 

[BFG10K]

It really varies between vendors. In some cases the only difference is the white box packaging but in other cases OEM hardware is a little worse than retail hardware.

The best advice for you is to simply email Hercules and ask them exactly what the difference is.

 

[awe]

Sometimes, OEM versions do not carry all the include software (like games that come along with Retail versions of video cards). I think.