- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: OmniosSpartan
I said it 500MHz over Nvidia's clock speed if you bought it straight from them -_-
No its definately not 500mhz over nvidias clock speeds. They dont even market their cards under their own name(unless they own xfx), ATI does though. They send the designs off to third party companies to make the cards (asus, leadtek, bfg, msi, ect....). ATI also has thrid party card makers.
The highest mem frequency for the 79000GTX is made by eVGA and its 1760mhz. The lowest is 1600, so at most its 160mhz more (and theyre made by different manufacturers with a $150 difference)
edit - links dont work. Both are xfx 7900GTX's on tigerdirect.com
the 1st card costs $505 and has a mem frequency of 1700mhz, and the 2nd one costs $460 and has a mem frequncy of 1630. Youre paying $45 for a 70mhz overclock. I'd hardly call that an overclock, especially for memory. I have my x800XL OC'd from 960mhz to 1140mhz on the stock heatsink and I didnt pay anything extra. For $45 I'd expect at least a 200mhz OC. Why buy that card when you can OC yourself?
[Edited on 5/30/2006]