AMD Blocks/Disables Overclocking the Memory for the Radeon R9 Fury X

[BiG StroOnZ]

One interesting thing that we just learned this week is that AMD will not allow you to overclock the memory when the first Fiji cards are released. AMD feels that the memory technology is too new and there is more than enough bandwidth, so they are locking down the ability to overclock the memory in AMD Overdrive. This might change down the road, but for the time being only the core clock can be overclocked by end users.

 

Source: http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-fiji-arrives-radeon-r9-fury-x-details_166515#OpQZsfoAmLt9ajjt.99

 

Remember that amazing performance everybody said they were going to gain from even slightly overclocking the memory on HBM, well apparently you won't get any performance improvements from doing that because there will be no memory overclocking on the card at all. AMD Disabled the feature, therefore you will be limited to Core overclocking entirely. I know a lot of people are going to say, well HBM is new blah blah blah blah. Listen, if NVIDIA blocks overclocking on Laptops and people throw a fit, then people should throw the same fit when a company tells you cannot experiment with overclocking their new memory system because it's better for you. It's all about freedom of choice, that's the beauty of using PC. Here a company is saying you don't have that freedom to experiment yourself. There should be equal treatment for AMD doing this. Mind you this might change in the future, but for the time being when the cards release you won't be able to do any memory overclocking at all. Of course it's not like you are limited by bandwidth from HBM, but that's not the point, right?

[Darkman]

Someone is probably going to find a way around and make it possible.. But still, why say its for overclockers then only allow for overclocking the core and that is it?

[79 Potatoes]

Well... that memory runs at 500 MHz. They probably did that because someone could think that a (for example) 50 MHz OC is nothing... But it's quite considerable (10 % OC)

Still I'd never lock OC capability.

[Enderman]

Someone is probably going to find a way around and make it possible.. But still, why say its for overclockers then only allow for overclocking the core and that is it?

unless they hardware lock it

[AlwaysFSX]

I can see why it's done.

[Aniallation]

Do you really need to OC the VRAM though?

[Guest]

WaitWait wait wait...

You are imagining that people will come up with excuses for amd? On this forum?

Have you been living under a rock?

3,5gb fiasco was legions of people defending Nvidia, but if amd so much as farts they get Shit for it.

Either you haven't been paying attention or you live in opposite world.

Also funny how you want make it more unbalanced by promoting amd bashing even more. Pathetic attempt.

[79 Potatoes]

Do you really need to OC it though?

Need =/= Want

And sometimes Want > Need

[wyattzx]

This shouldn't shock anybody. With a new memory technology, this makes sense. It's not AMD being greedy or anything.

[VagabondWraith]

So the "overclockers dream" is a big LIE! False advertisement. Shame on you AMD.

[Darkman]

unless they hardware lock it

Some people are really into hardmodding cards.

 

Do you really need to OC it though?

They're supposed to be selling it as a overclocking card. Hence the watercooling.

[CoolaxGaming]

I think it's right. If someone ocs by 1mhz and breaks the shit out of the card, hbm will look bad.

EDIT:

Guys...

Disabling memory ocing does not mean all ocing is disables

[Guest]

This shouldn't shock anybody. With a new memory technology, this makes sense. It's not AMD being greedy or anything.

No no take the pitchforks out, it's time for an amd hunt because fuck them for trying new technology right?

[WolfDeville]

I agree with AMD here 100%.

 

You can't have your customers overclocking something if it is unstable will most likely harm the component and then have the customer tell you the card is broken and demand a refund or exchange. Same goes for the NVIDIA laptop situation.

[RH00D]

Your quote says "in AMD Overdrive". So will it be possible with other overclocking applications?

[wyattzx]

No no take the pitchforks out, it's time for an amd hunt because fuck them for trying new technology right?

No.

 

...We do it because it's AMD. That's why. 

[Guest]

No.

 

...We do it because it's AMD. That's why.

I don't do that.

But yeah I see what you mean.

[BiG StroOnZ]

Your quote says "in AMD Overdrive". So will it be possible with other overclocking applications?

 

Probably with a custom Bios.

[AlwaysFSX]

3,5gb fiasco was legions of people defending Nvidia, but if amd so much as farts they get Shit for it.

Uhh, that was legions of people bashing Nvidia?

[Jerakl]

TBH, doesn't seem like you need to OC it.

[Backlog4life]

So the "overclockers dream" is a big LIE! False advertisement. Shame on you AMD.

If they said this in advertising for this then yeah it is false advertisement.

[SirSquid]

Serous question, how much of a performance gain can you can by only OCing the memory?

[Guest]

Uhh, that was legions of people bashing Nvidia?

Well yes.

But the hordes defending them were much larger.

The 970 is still a good card, but just saying, they have their fanboys rooted Deep in this forum.

[AlwaysFSX]

Well yes.

But the hordes defending them were much larger.

The 970 is still a good card, but just saying, they have their fanboys rooted Deep in this forum.

Well..alrighty then.

[Lays]

Serous question, how much of a performance gain can you can by only OCing the memory?

Really depends on the application what engine, take the unigine Valley benchmark for instance, it gains massively higher scores from overclocking memory, but games seem to benefit quite a bit less.