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Performance gain from overclocking 4850 RAM?

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manutdc

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Just wondering what kind of performance boost there is to be seen from overclocking the VRAM on a HD4850. It seems mine won't overclock too much, and I'm wondering if I'm missing out on anything significant.

Anyone have any idea if it's that significant a boost?
 
Yes, the 4850 loves it's bandwidth more than it likes it's core clocks.
Memory gives more increase than core OC'ing.
Try looking at a modded BIOS or pencil mod?
 
Hm, okay. I seem to be hitting a wall around 1050mhz (2100 effective). I may look into the modded BIOS and see, not really keen on trying the pencil mod.
 
What games are you playing and at what resolution? Is it really worth the overclock for the extra performance gain?
 
It's probably not worth it since I'm running games like Mirror's Edge, L4D, TF2 at 1680x1050, but I just have the OC bug :)
 
Hahaha. I used to have the OC bug as well. But now I've realized that all the time I used to spend tweaking every memory timings, voltage, multiplier, etc... I can use towards actual gaming. My system runs everything as it is, so why OC it any further?
 
MrGuvernment said:
Because we can?


considering people pay $50 and such to get a card factory OC'd maybe 25mhz or so.. why not do it for free
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While I certainly agree with you that you can usually find a cheaper price on stock clocked parts and simply o/c them to their more expensive factory overclocked alternatives, I was more referring to pushing all parts as close to the edge as possible. If all your games and programs run to your satisfaction, whether you are at stock speeds or slightly overclocked, why spend more time and energy pushing it further? That was the point I was trying to make. I've always been a fan of saving money on cheaper parts and overclocking them to, or past factory overclocked parts.
 
How about people just do what the heck they want to do and leave it at that? Not getting smart at anyone, but this is yet another of the many questions that gets asked over and over. OC if you want to, don't if you want to. Want to ask why to go either way? Remember that the answer is: people usually have a reason that they deem is "good enough" to warrant such action. Some people simply like tweaking, others think it's a waste of time, and some want to get the most out of their money.

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