General Video Card Question

JLV2k5 · 01-06-2008, 05:51 AM

I know this question may seem silly to some but I have been wonder this for a little. When people post stats for their GPU there is usually three numbers, something like.. sometimes its two numbers, sometimes three.

690/1175/2000

In accordance to 8800s, I am assuming the 700ish number is the core clock, and the 2000ish number is the memory clock for the GPU. I don't really know what the middle number would be in this example, but it is usually around 1100-1200. Any help with the correct answers is appreciated. Thanks.

hermeslyre · 01-06-2008, 06:46 AM

It's probably the Shader clock. It's generally not considered as important as the core clock, as the core handles a multitude of things while pixel and vertex shaders handle, but are not limited to, post-processing effects. It will be more important going into the future, with the advent of improved shader levels, and without DX9 overhead.

JLV2k5 · 01-07-2008, 01:52 AM

Yeah I was looking at people's overclocking screenshots and i think i could read Shader or something like that. Thanks for the help.

Was i correct in my other assumtions? Thanks

hermeslyre · 01-07-2008, 02:21 AM

Yeah. The mem clock can have two different values, say 1040mhz and 2080mhz. GPU memory is based on DDR tech, and either reference or effective clocks can be listed

01-06-2008, 05:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
JLV2k5 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University of Delaware Age: 21 Posts: 1,301	General Video Card Question I know this question may seem silly to some but I have been wonder this for a little. When people post stats for their GPU there is usually three numbers, something like.. sometimes its two numbers, sometimes three. 690/1175/2000 In accordance to 8800s, I am assuming the 700ish number is the core clock, and the 2000ish number is the memory clock for the GPU. I don't really know what the middle number would be in this example, but it is usually around 1100-1200. Any help with the correct answers is appreciated. Thanks. __________________ Can't wait to finish college and build my system.

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JLV2k5 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University of Delaware Age: 21 Posts: 1,301	Yeah I was looking at people's overclocking screenshots and i think i could read Shader or something like that. Thanks for the help. Was i correct in my other assumtions? Thanks __________________ Can't wait to finish college and build my system.

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01-06-2008, 06:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	It's probably the Shader clock. It's generally not considered as important as the core clock, as the core handles a multitude of things while pixel and vertex shaders handle, but are not limited to, post-processing effects. It will be more important going into the future, with the advent of improved shader levels, and without DX9 overhead.

01-07-2008, 02:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	Yeah. The mem clock can have two different values, say 1040mhz and 2080mhz. GPU memory is based on DDR tech, and either reference or effective clocks can be listed