Old topic, new(ish) question

[edhand]

Ok, so I was reading various articles on the 9600GT, and came across the article talking about the reference crystal being 27 vs 25mhz (http://www.techpowerup.com/printreview.php?id=/NVIDIA/Shady_9600_GT)
and how it affected actual vs reported clock speed.
2 part question:
1. What do you all think about increasing the PCI-E bus speed as a GPU OC method? (Which apparently only works on cards designed like this)
2. Will I be able to OC my GPU further by increasing the bus speed and then tweaking with a tuner, or will I still top out at the same place, and if so, is one method more efficient than the other?

[ChanceCoats123]

Wouldn't increasing the PCIe bus just raise the speed of the BUS and increase bus bandwidth, which is already at like 16gb/s and almost no cards on the market can saturate anyway.

[jason4207]

I remember this topic, but I don't think one way or the other is any better. Might as well increase the PCIe to 108 so that your reference speed is the same as other cards in the series. Can't hurt.

[edhand]

I remember this topic, but I don't think one way or the other is any better. Might as well increase the PCIe to 108 so that your reference speed is the same as other cards in the series. Can't hurt.

I typically leave it at stock settings for normal use, for GPU intensive items I have an OC profile that is pretty much maxed out on this card:
stock core/memory clock speeds: 650/1800
oc'd core/memory clock speeds: 750/2060
stock shader/oc'd shader speeds: 1625/1900
I just didn't know if increasing the bus would allow me to reach higher settings, or if it would perform better at the same end settings.

[Zantal]

I typically leave it at stock settings for normal use, for GPU intensive items I have an OC profile that is pretty much maxed out on this card:
stock core/memory clock speeds: 650/1800
oc'd core/memory clock speeds: 750/2060
stock shader/oc'd shader speeds: 1625/1900
I just didn't know if increasing the bus would allow me to reach higher settings, or if it would perform better at the same end settings.

i don't think bumping it up would increase performance of the chip

can't explain it though. but logic tells me so