Query about the 9700pro

275 mhz? Isn´t the memory clocked at 310 as default? From there I´ve seen people OC it up to about 375.

Forgive me if this is an ignorant reply.

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No I think you mean R9700 Pro. It uses 2.8ns BGA RAM like the Ti4600, but most reviewers think it's the 256bit DDR memory interface that's making it difficult to overclock. Seems logical.

EDIT: Ghostdog: I've only mostly seen the RAM go up to ~350MHz DDR. Most of the time it starts getting artifacts at ~330-340.
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It would make perfect sense if they're using 3.2ns memory as the max approved clockrate would be 312.5MHz (frequency is the reciprical of cycle time).

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Video cards would definitly benefit from QBM DDR, no higher clocking needed, you only need even weaker RAM since the bandwidth is extremly good (twice that of DDR using same tech).
Or DDR2 which should come out soon.

On another note, it makes no sense, ATi is launching DDR 3, why the heck are they so in advance if DDR2 is not out, and why call it 3 already!
I am confused, suddenly a 2 generations ahead tech comes out before a generation ahead one.
It's like saying the Pentium Nehalem P8 core will come out before Prescott because it's easier to do! MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER!
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Which does not make sense lol, it's skipping a generation where the next one could be using the next one's and upgrade them!
It's like going for 0.065m when you needed 0.09m tools first, ya know?
Or adding Hyperthreading on a P3 when you needed to add some P4 components first! (which wouldn't work anyway)

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Well it's graphics DDR, so there's been graphics DDRI, and then there's probably gonna be GDDRII with NV30 and ATi is gonna use GDDRIII.

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How so? ATI already has working samples of the R9700 with DDRII. If ATI finds that the NV30 outperforms the R9700Pro, it can release a new version with higher clocked DDR2 the next day.

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Dude I meant DDR 3, or so ATi calls it.
And I meant DDR II for nVidia's.

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