Wrong Specs?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by bellamama_2b, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. bellamama_2b

    bellamama_2b Private E-2

    Hey.... I just bought an xfx fatal1ty 8500gt for my computer....and I was wondering about something.... When I was looking at the case it came with it. It shows the key features on the back and I saw that it says:

    "850 MHz Memory Clock is 20% faster that standard 8500 GT" (attached pic)

    And when I use gpu-z it says nothing about 850 MHz... (also attached pic)

    Is this a manufacturers mistake.... or is it talking about something else.....
     

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  2. ibbonkers

    ibbonkers First Sergeant

    the ram is listed as 425 which when doubled (ddr double duty rate or something close to that) gives you 850
     
  3. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    LOL :foolish Actually it's Dual Data Rate. And you're right. Becuase it's DDR, you multiply the memory clock by 2 (425mhz x 2 = 850mhz)
     
  4. hegemon875

    hegemon875 Private First Class

    So does that mean GDDR3 is multiplied by 3 in GPU-z??
     
  5. bellamama_2b

    bellamama_2b Private E-2

    Well I also had another question about the 8500 GT...
    I previously had a geforce 6800 ( the plain one) and when I overclock it I can squeeze 30 gigs of bandwith out of it... I have tried overclocking the 8500 and the max bandwith I get is 19 gigs/sec. Does that mean that I can get better performance from the 6800?
    If yes, than should I put the 6800 back in?
     
  6. bellamama_2b

    bellamama_2b Private E-2

    Well I put the 6800 back in and I can't really see a difference... I downloaded fraps and there actually the same in fps... so the only thing the 8500 gt has over the 6800 is the dx10....
     

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