I currently have a GeForce 285gtx running at 700/1490/1300, the middle number being the shader clock. If I bump the shader clock up by even 5Mhz then I get atrifacting in games. I can bump the RAM and the GPU a fair bit higher and alls well. How much does the shader clock impact performance?
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Shader clock question.
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If you have a good processor, the overclocking can make a difference but I wouldn't worrry about keeping it at stock, a GTX 285 is more than capable of holding its own at default clocks
As you say you get artifacting so you can't overclock it anyway, an overclock on the core (700) would help with things like AA
As you say you get artifacting so you can't overclock it anyway, an overclock on the core (700) would help with things like AA
Shaders are one of the biggest increases in performance... however with non cherry picked cards 1500MHz is often the limit on 200 series... not sure if the dividers are the same on the 285GTX as the other cards in the series but anything over 1458 and under 1501 (or 1512 can't remember off hand) will result in an actual shader clock of 1500 so even another couple of MHz will push the shader clock to the next divider.