core clock speeds out of the box

[whitestar85]

ok so I have returned my gigabyte auras extreme card but they have no more in stock so I've been issued a refund. But I don't want to be gpu less for long in all honesty so waiting for next generation not something I'm too fussed about

I'm just wondering if overclocked cards are worth the premium over the standard as the way gpu boost works
is gpu boost a set amount i.e plus 300mz on to boosted core clock

basically if I was to get the standard card auras non extreme is there even a deference in performance at all really
does it really matter what ti variant I buy ?

any to avoid other than blower type

 

[Radox-0]

Not really. As you mentioned boost 3.0 means a similar cooler design on a card outside of silicon lottery will end up in the same ballpark sort of range and any difference will be a bin or two difference which translates to little change in FPS.

is gpu boost a set amount i.e plus 300mz on to boosted core clock

Nope, it looks at the temperature and power overhead left and will adjust accordingly. As card gets warmer, boost tapers off in steps. Normally with a solid aftermarket model, strix, FTW you will see the card boost pretty well out the box, to the extent that manual overclock's do not actually add too much. That Gigabyte Aorus Extreme Non-OC will likely boost to the same sort of ballpart range or close enough to your OC model that it will make no real difference.

 

[Bluntwrapped]

If both cards use identical PCB’s and the only difference is the boost clock speed, I would be tempted to buy the standard card and flash it with the overclocked bios.

If unstable (I doubt it will be) flash back to stock bios and manually overclock instead.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Not really. As you mentioned boost 3.0 means a similar cooler design on a card outside of silicon lottery will end up in the same ballpark sort of range and any difference will be a bin or two difference which translates to little change in FPS.



Nope, it looks at the temperature and power overhead left and will adjust accordingly. As card gets warmer, boost tapers off in steps. Normally with a solid aftermarket model, strix, FTW you will see the card boost pretty well out the box, to the extent that manual overclock's do not actually add too much. That Gigabyte Aorus Extreme Non-OC will likely boost to the same sort of ballpart range or close enough to your OC model that it will make no real difference.

ive got the aorus extreme and it's boosting to 2000 or 2025 depending on the game, absolutely minimal headroom for further overclocks. Managed a 2038Mhz run on firestrike extreme and can get close to 2100Mhz in some games. It's pretty much maxed out right out of the box.


The standard aorus has a locked bios at 125% power limit iirc and the extreme removed that limit to 150% power limit.

At the end of the day it's still a lottery but i got my card cheap and the cooler is doing a grand job.

 

[whitestar85]

My auros was poo couldn't run stock clocks looks awesome in the case tho.

I've just ordered a palit superjet stream of ocuk