Geforce 7950 GT memory clock wrong?

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manofmandango

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Hello everyone, new here so show me some love. Anyways, my problem is as such. I built a new rig a few weeks back and other than a few minor problems its been great.

Specs:

Asus P5N32-SLI Premium
Core 2 Duo E6600
2Gb OCZ DDR2-800
BFG Geforce 7950GT 512mb
36.7Gb Western Digital Raptor
160Gb Seagate Barracuda
ETC.

However, when I loaded up rivatuner to take a look at what I could accomplish, I noticed that the memory clock read to only half of what it should have been (565/1430); showing up as 715. I was just wondering if this is something I should be concerned over. Has some of the memory on the graphics card died? Or is it simply because its reading the individual memory clocks for two on board video memory chips? Or is it something else entirely. If you could help me out, that'd be great. Thanks!
 
Your memory clock is fine. DDR memory has double the transfer rate of traditional memory, so while the actual clock rate of your memory is 715MHz, it is equivalent to 1430MHz SDR memory. Keep this in mind when overclocking, too.
 
Thats what I suspected. Thank you. I've never had any graphics card over 256mb before, so this is why I asked the question. :) Thanks again.
 
No problem; always glad to help. A lot of people seem to be going with the E6600 + 2GB DDR2-800 + 7900GT/7950GT + Seagate Barracuda combination (I did as well)...enjoy your new system.
 
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