GPU vs. Memory OC

[Immerito]

I'm rather new to overclocking my vid card (9700 pro), i was wondering how the core and memory increases effect specific performances.

higher resolutions and anti-aliasing are more memory intensive, while high polygon counts and PS effects are more GPU intensive, right?

I don't have any extra heat spreaders on my vid card, so im not going too aggressive, but i'm wondering whether it would be better to go *example* 12% overclock on both memory and core, or to go like 7%/14%, since im fighting the heats limiting each other.

I'm looking more in theory here than in practice, so any knowledge is helpful.

- Immerito

 

[z-zar]

I don't have any extra heat spreaders on my vid card, so im not going too aggressive, but i'm wondering whether it would be better to go *example* 12% overclock on both memory and core, or to go like 7%/14%, since im fighting the heats limiting each other.

Define "better".

Typically, CPUs/GPUs consume way more power than memory. Therefore a 1% OC of CPU/GPU produces substantially more additional heat than 1% OC of memory. So if you are just concerned by total generated heat, the first 12/12 option would likely be "better". However, the difference between 12% or 14% OC will be marginal.