AMD vs nVidia: Go!

[Pemalite]

Captain_Tom said:

Pemalite said:

Captain_Tom said:

So have you tried overclocking the memory higher, or am I just lucky mine overclocks so well?  I get massive gains from it...

I haven't been game to push the memory harder as there is no heatsinks or active cooling on them. :P

All I can say is that memory overclocking in the 7000 series makes a massive difference.  I have found that if you average the +Core and +Mem, it equals your gain in performance.  On top of that, overclocked memory uses FAR less extra power and creates far less heat than overclocking the core.

Case and point:  My 1165/1805 overclock beats my 1205/1650 overclock and uses 30w less of power.  Look into it... ;) 

It's not a case of just pushing up the memory clocks, it's a case of I simply can't.
Perhaps once I get quad R9 290X's and whack the air coolers back on the 7970's and throw it into my secondary machine I'll give it a good run pushing the memory up.