GF 7950 GT
With the new PC that I'm gonna have on Monday, I will have a 7950 GT in
it. I was reading about the specs for it and I can't find much difference between it and the 7900 GTX. Technically speaking...if I just raise the clock speed of the 7950 GT can I get it to essentially be a 7900 GTX or am I missing something? |
GF 7950 GT
snipam I missing something?
just 256MB memory - 7950's have 512MB http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3...t/index.x?pg=1 -john "Grimscythe" wrote in message ups.com... With the new PC that I'm gonna have on Monday, I will have a 7950 GT in it. I was reading about the specs for it and I can't find much difference between it and the 7900 GTX. Technically speaking...if I just raise the clock speed of the 7950 GT can I get it to essentially be a 7900 GTX or am I missing something? |
GF 7950 GT
In article . com,
"Grimscythe" wrote: With the new PC that I'm gonna have on Monday, I will have a 7950 GT in it. I was reading about the specs for it and I can't find much difference between it and the 7900 GTX. Technically speaking...if I just raise the clock speed of the 7950 GT can I get it to essentially be a 7900 GTX or am I missing something? http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/ 7950 GT G71 PCI-Express 512MB GDDR3 570Mhz 700Mhz 256 Bits 16 / 24 / 8 DX9.0, PS3.0, VS3.0 7900 GTX G71 PCI-Express 512MB GDDR3 650Mhz 800Mhz 256 Bits 16 / 24 / 8 DX9.0, PS3.0, VS3.0 Of course, every manufacturer has some tricks up their sleeve, like cheating on some parameter above. Within the same Nvidia product number, some use more capable of overclocking RAM than others. YMMV. The high end cards have a high enough failure rate (10%), that I would not bother overclocking them. Better a card that works, than a card you have to return under warranty. I hope the card you got, has a "lifetime warranty" in any case, as that may be more important from a value perspective, than 80MHz of core speed. You want the card you buy, to be warranted for at least as long as you plan on keeping the card. Paul |
GF 7950 GT
Paul wrote: In article . com, "Grimscythe" wrote: With the new PC that I'm gonna have on Monday, I will have a 7950 GT in it. I was reading about the specs for it and I can't find much difference between it and the 7900 GTX. Technically speaking...if I just raise the clock speed of the 7950 GT can I get it to essentially be a 7900 GTX or am I missing something? http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/ 7950 GT G71 PCI-Express 512MB GDDR3 570Mhz 700Mhz 256 Bits 16 / 24 / 8 DX9.0, PS3.0, VS3.0 7900 GTX G71 PCI-Express 512MB GDDR3 650Mhz 800Mhz 256 Bits 16 / 24 / 8 DX9.0, PS3.0, VS3.0 Of course, every manufacturer has some tricks up their sleeve, like cheating on some parameter above. Within the same Nvidia product number, some use more capable of overclocking RAM than others. YMMV. The high end cards have a high enough failure rate (10%), that I would not bother overclocking them. Better a card that works, than a card you have to return under warranty. I hope the card you got, has a "lifetime warranty" in any case, as that may be more important from a value perspective, than 80MHz of core speed. You want the card you buy, to be warranted for at least as long as you plan on keeping the card. Paul Hmm, well I guess I'll be fine anyway. I'm only running at 1280x1024 on a 19 inch monitor, so it should be pretty good even at stock speeds. Thanks again Paul, that's twice you'v helped me now :) |
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