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MSI's Strangely Incorrect Information

UltimateHawkeye
By UltimateHawkeye
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Hey guys

So I went to add my Overclocked MSI R7 260X to the GPU database and as I was trying to find the default voltage for my card via the product page, I stumbled upon something which absolutely blew my mind.

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So apparently my card is running at a default of 6500Mhz on the Memory Clock Speed (FYI I have the OCV1 edition which is the same as that on the product page, they just didn't specify on this section of it).

I can only reach 1625Mhz on the Memory Clock.

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Can someone tell me whether I can genuinely reach 6500Mhz on the Memory Clock? xD

Also could someone tell me what the default voltage of my card is please.

 

Cheers

-Hawk

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I have always wondered this? Does it have to be multiplied up like when you oc RAM?

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-double post sry-

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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manufacturers list the effective clock speed, not that actual clock speed. the gtx980 says the effective speed is like 7k, but it's really like 1700. (i'm not on my desktop to check)

 

found this somewhere:

there are 2 kinds of graphics memory currently in use: DDR (Double Data Rate) and QDR (Quad Data Rate or Quad-pumped). For example, the GDDR3 memory (on GTX 200 for example) is a DDR memory while the GDDR5 (on HD 5000 or GTX 400) is a QDR memory.

 

so your 1625 is actually 6500 after the 4x multiplier effectively

 

sauce on info:

http://www.geeks3d.com/20100613/tutorial-gpu-tools-and-gpu-memory-clock-real-and-effective-speeds-demystified/

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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I have always wondered this? Does it have to be multiplied up like when you oc RAM?

yes.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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manufacturers list the effective clock speed, not that actual clock speed. the gtx980 says the effective speed is like 7k, but it's really like 1700. (i'm not on my desktop to check)

 

found this somewhere:

there are 2 kinds of graphics memory currently in use: DDR (Double Data Rate) and QDR (Quad Data Rate or Quad-pumped). For example, the GDDR3 memory (on GTX 200 for example) is a DDR memory while the GDDR5 (on HD 5000 or GTX 400) is a QDR memory.

 

so your 1625 is actually 6500 after the 4x multiplier effectively

 

sauce on info:

http://www.geeks3d.com/20100613/tutorial-gpu-tools-and-gpu-memory-clock-real-and-effective-speeds-demystified/

 

Aha okay thanks for the information :)

Also do you know how I can get my default voltage?

Cheers

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Aha okay thanks for the information :)

Also do you know how I can get my default voltage?

Cheers

check your GPU with GPU-Z it's a great program.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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