Base Clock and Boost Clock

[thewafflemaster]

What's the difference between Base and Boost Clock speeds?

[Aniallation]

What's the difference between Base and Boost Clock speeds?

Base clock speed is what the card is designed to run at all the time, aside from when being throttled

 

Boost clock speed is what the card can clock up to if conditions (temps) are preferable 

[Xaring]

base clock means the GPU is is non hardcore mode, meaning it is not using its full potential, saving energy and producing les heat. Boost is used when the GPU needs raw horsepower, it will use more power. YOu can force it to always use boost, for example overclocking and forcing it to stay, but it is unproductive and stupid. THe GPu knows when an application needs the boost speeds and when not.

[WinNut]

Boost Clock is basically when the GPU overclocks itself a bit if temperatures are favorable.

[thewafflemaster]

Base clock speed is what the card is designed to run at all the time, aside from when being throttled

 

Boost clock speed is what the card can clock up to if conditions (temps) are preferable 

Ok well my Asus 970 has never gone above 1170 MHz but it has a boost clock of 1253?

[Najuno]

Ok well my Asus 970 has never gone above 1170 MHz but it has a boost clock of 1253?

Because it can´t you bottleneck it with that CPU that´s all.

[Aniallation]

Ok well my Asus 970 has never gone above 1170 MHz but it has a boost clock of 1253?

 

Because it can´t you bottleneck it with that CPU that´s all.

Bottlenecking should be determined by GPU usage not clock speeds

[Najuno]

Bottlenecking should be determined by GPU usage not clock speeds

Well yeah but if the the GPU can´t be used 100% it won´t boost that high.