Difference between Sapphire 5830 packaging??? Large vs Small box?

[1.21gigawatts]

Can anyone shed some light on the 2 different kinds of packaging for the Sapphire 5830s?  They come in 2 different sizes.  Does anyone know the difference?  Is 1 more overclockable than the other?  Why the difference in packaging for the same product?  Did the earlier releases come in the smaller box?

Any ideas?

[jme621]

maybe the proof is in the picture, pcie 2.0 on one and 2.1 on other
one is black version, other is not

[1.21gigawatts]

Pci 2.0 vs 2.1 shouldn't effect hashing rates, but is one more overclockable than the other?

[fascistmuffin]

Look at the gpu and memory clocks. If they're the same, then I'd say they'd have the same hashing potential. There's usually stats on the side of boxes.

[hardly]

The smaller box has a different PCB from the bigger box. The card in the smaller box appears to have more/better VRMs which should allow for cleaner power and better overclocking.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9039/differencev.jpg

[LegitBit]

The smaller box has a different PCB from the bigger box. The card in the smaller box appears to have more/better VRMs which should allow for cleaner power and better overclocking.

Cool, hope those I ordered yesterday are those.

[1.21gigawatts]

Hardly, thank you for your insight into the 2 cards.  Did you scan those 2 PCBs yourself from the pictures?

FYI if anyone is wondering...
I got the larger box from Newegg and the smaller box from NCIXUS.
I haven't set up the smaller box card yet, but I can report back later on overclockability vs newegg stock