BFG was one of very few companies that came to mind a few years ago when people spoke of pre-overclocked graphics cards. Over the past few years though, more and more companies have jumped on the overclocking bandwagon and we're now at the point where it feels like almost every company on the market offers some form of a pre-overclocked card, be it based on an ATI or NVIDIA graphics chip. Not too long ago BFG thought that it was time to kick it up a notch and expand upon the popular OC line it already had. Expanding that line, two new OC variants were created. The OC2 helped knock up clock speeds a bit more and the OCX which was to offer a significant boost. - TweakTown

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX Graphics Version Review

We didn't want to look at the card that was just a bit overclocked, nor the card that was overclocked a little bit more. We wanted to look at the big daddy of the GeForce GTX 260 line from BFG, the OCX variant. Since we last looked at a BFG card, the package has changed a little. We have a mostly black square design that makes mention of the technical support available and up the top of the box we have the BFG logo. The top right hand corner of the box has a sticker that gives us all the information we need. Across the bottom we see the model, along with mention of how much memory the card comes with.

Just above that we have mention of the version, in this case the OCX and next to that we have a picture of the card. To finish it all off, we have a run down on the specifications along with mention of what's in the box. Turning the box over, we have mention of some of the advantages an NVIDIA card gives you. Along with that we have a whole lot of information that tells us what's so great about having a BFG graphics card. Diving inside, it doesn't come as any real surprise that the card follows the reference design. There really isn't a whole lot to look at since the black cooler covers the card completely from left to right and back to front.

Of course BFG have jazzed it up a bit by adding their own sticker to the front. We can clearly see who makes the card, the model and on the fan we can see that the particular card is the OCX one. Following the reference design means there isn't anything out of the ordinary when it comes to looking at the card. Towards the back of the card up the top we have two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors and closer to the front we have two SLI connectors under a cover that lets you plug up to three of these cards together. As we've already mentioned a few times, the card comes overclocked out of the box.

So BFG have increased the core from the stock 576MHz to 655MHz, the shader clock from 1242MHz to 1404MHz and the 896MB of GDDR3 memory going from 1998MHz to 2250MHz effective. Over the past few months it's clear that the driver updates from NVIDIA have really kicked up the performance of the GeForce GTX 260 with it managing to beat out the Radeon HD 4870 nearly every time. With that said, the added speed on offer from BFG helps kick up the performance numbers a little bit more. From a performance point of view there isn't a whole lot to complain about. Like everything though, the card isn't perfect.

The bundle is lacking a game which is going to be disappointing for some people. The card also carries one of the higher price tags on the market. With that said, all day technical support for particular countries, a lifetime warranty that carries very few conditions and a good overclock do make the card good value. While some people may find themselves buying the cheapest card on the market, overclocking it themselves and then selling it in twelve months time, people who can't be bothered overclocking and want to keep their card for an extended period of time will find the BFG cards a great option.