7600 GT question

700mhz that is correct dont worry. Most will read it as half the speed so if its 1400mhz it says 700mhz(x2) or 1800mhz(900mhz(x2)

I cant state the reason why maybe some one who more knowledgable then me can but your readings are fine.

BTW nice pick 7600GT great card dont forget to register that EVGA 7600GT so you can possibly step-up in 90 days to something better!

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What about power consumption? Why don't video card specs. show how much power they consume? Where can I find this information easily. I'd like to consider the power consumption when I go to purchase a card. Thanks

then why the overclocking bar goes up to 840 mhz instead of 1400 mhz?

Is got nothing to do with overclocking at all wher did you get that from?
DDR is double data rate ie its twice what is stated so if the op has overclocked to 840 this is equal to 1680

No sorry its not that simple it normally only comes up when someone has bought a card that says 1400 but reads 700 in the tool trays.
Generally the overclocking utility or tray tools will see half of what is on the box.
so if you bought a card that said 2.2 on the box you would see 1.1 in your utility.
Gddr 3-4 have nothing to do with these numbers rather they are different types of ram so 3 is more efficiant powerwise and a bit quicker than 2 and the same goes from 3-4.
I have explained this very simplistically and you may find someone else willl come along with all the tec spec but thats basically it.
The companys like to put big numbers on the box`s it makes people go oooh and buy the cards.

700MHz is correct. In DDR terms the real clock speed is multiplied by 2, hence the name (Double Data Rate). Two data can be processed at a single time, unlike before. So the RAM you have, let's say it's a DDR 400MHz/PC3200 then its real clock speed is divided by 2 thus it is really running at 200MHz. With DDR2 667MHz/PC25333 it's really 333MHz (more or less).

Now 70C is just about right. If you really have a cool case, it would still hover around 65C (idle).

There was an article that I read before, I think it was a Radeon 2900 review and I think there was a listing of power consumption. I just forgot the exact site. It should just be floating around somewhere, google it. But the 7600GT should be consuming somewhere below 70W because that's the maximum wattage of a PCI-E slot.