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Old 08-01-2007, 02:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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So I was looking at the specs for a couple video cards and noticed there was a memory clock and a core clock. What is the difference and when you overclock a card is it one or the other or both? I was trying to figure out why these 3 cards were so different in price. Is it just because they are overclocked? And can the lower priced one be overclocked to match the other 2?



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yeah you can overclock both the clocks but there will be a limit to how much youcan overclcok
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The non-overclocked versions, can overclock to match the other overclocked speeds. Companies just factory overclock others, to make extra money off newbs.
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I recommend this one
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The non-overclocked versions, can overclock to match the other overclocked speeds. Companies just factory overclock others, to make extra money off newbs.
yep.. only really nooby noobs buy those factory overclocked cards, unless they are cheaper than all the normal clocks ones, then ppl will buy the cheap ones
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nooby noobs, nice one
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yep.. only really nooby noobs buy those factory overclocked cards, unless they are cheaper than all the normal clocks ones, then ppl will buy the cheap ones
Or unless the stocks are out of stock... for 3 hours... 3 hours in which you place your freakin order... grrrr.
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Or unless the stocks are out of stock... for 3 hours... 3 hours in which you place your freakin order... grrrr.
aww it happened to u... that must suck bad...
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actually my sapphire 9250 purchase was like that, only ones available and actually it was the cheapest too... meh
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