Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming

[HEXUS]

Another quality card primed for the enthusiast.

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[Tpyo]

Apologies if this has been done previously, but has Hexus ever reviewed a card, then OC'd the memory (only) for comparison? I only ask because it is something Hexus regularly mentions that memory is still at stock in GFX reviews as a negative, yet manufacturers, while more than willing to significantly overclock the core etc. rarely do this. Is it that it doesn't make much difference, or is there some technical reason why they clock everything else but not the memory, as from their point of view, surely even 1% increased performace on their OC model would look favourable compared to their competitors.

[Mauley]

I'm a bit miffed to not see the MSI GTX 970 compared with this in the benches. I have this card and I love it.

[Tarinder]

Apologies if this has been done previously, but has Hexus ever reviewed a card, then OC'd the memory (only) for comparison? I only ask because it is something Hexus regularly mentions that memory is still at stock in GFX reviews as a negative, yet manufacturers, while more than willing to significantly overclock the core etc. rarely do this. Is it that it doesn't make much difference, or is there some technical reason why they clock everything else but not the memory, as from their point of view, surely even 1% increased performace on their OC model would look favourable compared to their competitors.

Are you saying you would like to see benchmarks with the core at the shipping speed but memory at, say, an effective 7,800MHz, to see what effect more bandwidth has on results? This would be a purely theoretical exercise as no-one clocks memory this high.

[kalniel]

Are you saying you would like to see benchmarks with the core at the shipping speed but memory at, say, an effective 7,800MHz, to see what effect more bandwidth has on results? This would be a purely theoretical exercise as no-one clocks memory this high.

For the factory overclocked models, I think seeing if any memory overclock makes any difference (at factory GPU speeds) would be useful - presumably you have done the test already if you list the lack of a factory overclock on memory as a negative. Alternatively if not then doing the test and showing the results will enable you to stop listing lack of factory memory OC as a negative. Ie you'll be adding confidence to the Hexus statements.

[Tpyo]

Are you saying you would like to see benchmarks with the core at the shipping speed but memory at, say, an effective 7,800MHz, to see what effect more bandwidth has on results? This would be a purely theoretical exercise as no-one clocks memory this high.

If it hasn't already been done, then just taking a unit with/without factory core OC and showing what difference it makes. The level of OC can be whatever is practical to do/you would like to see the 3rd parties do as factory memory OC. As Kalniel says, if there isn't a significant difference, why is (almost) always listed as a negative on Hexus GFX reviews?