usually when you take of the stock cooler and put on a thermalake or coolermaster you can usually oc it a little bit so it works like a bit more expensive card
btw , a little question , what is the small black plug on this pic? a power supply connector? if so, i don t have any on my psu… is there any adapter supposed to be in the box?
but watch out with them connectors, my mate had a newer 9800 pro with one of them molex connectors and nearly fried his card. Were know to short circuit and you could see some blackening around it