Benefit more from a OC gpu or memory?

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I have a x800xtpe (agp) normal setting are 520/560. I used ati tray tools and found the max to be 551/577. My question would be since I don't have ramsinks and my gpu overclocking is almost double what the ram will do would it benefit me to overclock the gpu or ram? Which would get me faster framerates? This card is not under warranty and it is my main machine so I can't afford to blow it up, but would like to experiment in overclocking it. I did notice oc'ing the gpu past 551 caused artifacts but not nearly as bad as oc'ing the ram past 577 (which I had to restart the system). I guess if I had to choose one way or the other which would benefit me more? Thanks. :D
 
overclocking my cards, ive noticed bigger increases in overclocking gpu over my ram. ram seems to get unstable at higher mhz most likely because most manufacturers dont put heat sinks on em.. anyway i noticed a 600 point gain in 3dmark06 by overclocking my gpu 50mhz, when i oc'd the memory 50mhz the gain was minimal not even worth remembering. but i still try and get it as high as i can get it to go.
 
It does depend a bit on what kind of card it is as well and the extent of the OC. For instance whether the memory is 128 bit or 256 bit. You want both as maxed as you can get them of course
 
GPU memory OC doesn't really affect performance much, overclocking the core shows real gains!
 
It really comes down to:
a) the application in question, working resolution and eye-candy applied.
b) the architecture of the card and the stock core/mem speeds.
 
rincewind said:
It really comes down to:
a) the application in question, working resolution and eye-candy applied.
b) the architecture of the card and the stock core/mem speeds.
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Yep...I'd say overclocking both gpu and ram has real benefits. When you are trying to run a higher resolution, generally overclocking the RAM will help in this case. If the specific shaders being used are bogging down the GPU, obviously OCing the GPU will help most. Also: let's say your video card happens to be one with a fast GPU but to keep costs down they put slow RAM on it, then OCing your RAM is your best bet.

Recommendation: get a good GPU cooler and some swiftech ram sinks and overclock both GPU and RAM as much as you can :)
 
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