is memory clock worth it?

[Squary]

Hello,

 

i got a evga gtx 970 and while i was overclocking (still kinda new to that) i tried to push the memory clock.

I got it to +- 400 mhz without encountering artifacts. 

 

But when i was looking at the benchmarks, i didn't really noticed a big difference in terms of framerate. 

So what is it good for and should i probably leave it at 0 and focus more on the core clock?

[Comessy]

Memory clock doesn't really do much to your frame rate

 

That is what the core clock does, just overclock the core clock for better results

[Shakaza]

The truth is that memory bandwidth really isn't a bottleneck in today's graphics cards. I reduced my R9 270's memory clock from 1500 MHz to 1000, and only got a 7 FPS difference in Unigine Valley.

[Samfisher]

Hello,

 

i got a evga gtx 970 and while i was overclocking (still kinda new to that) i tried to push the memory clock.

I got it to +- 400 mhz without encountering artifacts. 

 

But when i was looking at the benchmarks, i didn't really noticed a big difference in terms of framerate. 

So what is it good for and should i probably leave it at 0 and focus more on the core clock?

 

Sourcing this from Anandtech : http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/22

 

Memory does help, but not as much as Core Clocks.  It definitely does help though.  

 

[Squary]

ok thanks for that.

This is a bit off topic but how much Core Voltage should i apply to my graphics card?

i can add a maximum of 37 mV. So how far should i push it?

[Megahurt]

With power limits, I wonder if overclocking memory would yield better performance/watt than overclocking the core, memory chips are fairly low power to begin with.

[vembutech]

The overclocking may result with better performance.