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Captain_Tom on 14 October 2013
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fatslob-:O said:
Captain_Tom said:
Pemalite said:
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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... ;) 

Is the GCN architecture really that bandwidth starved ? I thought that wasn't too much of an issue seeing as how they already have a massive amount of bandwidth. :P


Call it what you want!  I see similar results from most Nvidia cards.  Also keep in mind this "Starved" card nets me a 30%+ performance boost over stock.  Yes a $300 7970 can compete with a $650 780...