Gainward GTX 1060 6GB

EvooHD

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Hello, im looking at Gainward GTX 1060 6GB.

its so damn low price, but the one thing that

GPU clock (base): 1506 MHz;
GPU clock (boost): 1708 MHz;
Memory clock (effective): 4000 MHz;

is the Memory clock will be problem??

i see that GTX 1060 MSI GAMING has 8000MHz. but its cost 150$+ more. its around 400$ , but Gainward is 280$

also its DDR5 Memory type , but MSI has GDDR5 .

EDIT : i think is miss-print. because gddr5 represents Graphics memory, while ddr is computer memory.
 
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Some brands list the effective memory clock speed (i.e. the double data rate), but remember that GDDR5 is quad-rate so it's actually 8000MHz from a base speed of 2000MHz.

It's just marketing shenanigans, neither one is technically wrong, they're just displaying the same thing in a different way. If you open up GPU-Z, it'll always show the base clock rate, which is why you'll see 2000MHz no matter what brand card you have installed (assuming stock/reference memory speeds).

TL;DR

They have identical hardware onboard just labeled differently, get whatever's cheaper.

doubletake

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Some brands list the effective memory clock speed (i.e. the double data rate), but remember that GDDR5 is quad-rate so it's actually 8000MHz from a base speed of 2000MHz.

It's just marketing shenanigans, neither one is technically wrong, they're just displaying the same thing in a different way. If you open up GPU-Z, it'll always show the base clock rate, which is why you'll see 2000MHz no matter what brand card you have installed (assuming stock/reference memory speeds).

TL;DR

They have identical hardware onboard just labeled differently, get whatever's cheaper.
 
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