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msi is probably dividing it by the total amount of ram... kinda like what happens in the bios for ram in general.. 5600mhz / 4gb of ram = 1400mhz

 

It's not the total amount of VRAM that matters, it's the fact that GDDR5's "effective" clockspeed is 4 times that of it's real clockspeed. The clockspeed is actually 1400 Mhz, which gives an effective clockspeed of 5600 Mhz.

 

A GPU with "7 Ghz" memory has memory that's actually clocked at 1750 Mhz.

 

 

 

It's a bit like standard RAM. DDR (double data rate) memory that's technically a 1600 Mhz kit will actually be running at 800 Mhz, because 800 * 2 = 1600.

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Why is some overclocking tools different in Memory Clock? Like for an example. MSI Afterburner is around 1400mhz. While Asus GPU Tweak is like around 5600mhz. Why is that? Also how to properly convert that other version of Mhz to MSI's?

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msi is probably dividing it by the total amount of ram... kinda like what happens in the bios for ram in general.. 5600mhz / 4gb of ram = 1400mhz

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msi is probably dividing it by the total amount of ram... kinda like what happens in the bios for ram in general.. 5600mhz / 4gb of ram = 1400mhz

 

It's not the total amount of VRAM that matters, it's the fact that GDDR5's "effective" clockspeed is 4 times that of it's real clockspeed. The clockspeed is actually 1400 Mhz, which gives an effective clockspeed of 5600 Mhz.

 

A GPU with "7 Ghz" memory has memory that's actually clocked at 1750 Mhz.

 

 

 

It's a bit like standard RAM. DDR (double data rate) memory that's technically a 1600 Mhz kit will actually be running at 800 Mhz, because 800 * 2 = 1600.

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msi is probably dividing it by the total amount of ram... kinda like what happens in the bios for ram in general.. 5600mhz / 4gb of ram = 1400mhz

Eh?

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It's not the total amount of VRAM that matters, it's the fact that GDDR5's "effective" clockspeed is 4 times that of it's real clockspeed. The clockspeed is actually 1400 Mhz, which gives an effective clockspeed of 5600 Mhz.

 

A GPU with "7 Ghz" memory has memory that's actually clocked at 1750 Mhz.

 

 

 

It's a bit like standard RAM. DDR (double data rate) memory that's technically a 1600 Mhz kit will actually be running at 800 Mhz, because 800 * 2 = 1600.

Oh so its 4x more? Okay thanks.

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