Should the type of memory be printed on the card box

[Kaapstad]

When you buy a new graphics card should the type of VRAM be marked on the box.

The reason I ask this is you can get Samsung, Hynix or Elpida memory all of which have different timings meaning that you can get different performance from your new card.

I think manufacturers should mark the type of memory on the box as to fail to do this means you can not make an informed purchase. You are also paying the same price for the best memory as the worst which also can not be right.

You could be basing your buying decision on a review where the card had Samsung and when you install your new card you find out it has Elpida, this can not be right and I think it is a reasonable argument for the buyer being misled.

What do you think ?

 

[Kaapstad]

I don't think I would want to spend £900 on a Maxwell Titan only to find out it has Elpida memory.

 

[Kaapstad]

No i did not, but cool.

It would be nice to see a Hynix comparison in the mix as well so maybe you can Kaap can sync up to test a few games. Tomb Raider perhaps?

It is not easy for me to test the Elpida cards on their own where they are as I can not get the PC to boot off slot 3 with the others turned off.

Worse still when I tried it took out my bios setup and it has taken me more than an hour to get it running again.

An easy way to compare though is 4 up on the benching threads where even having 2 Elpida cards in the mix again your all Hynix cards gives a drop in performance at the same clocks.

 

[Kaapstad]

The timings are going to be different any how, hence the difference in performance no doubt.

Anyhow...

Ran twice for each card to rule out margin of error.
290X's both Stock custom cooled so no throttling going on.

Cpu 3930k @ 4.4
Cards at 1100/1350 tested individually.
Ignore what 3dmark reads as it doesn't read the actual clocks correct.

Samsung.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6053361

Elpida.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6053527

So as we can see from Firestrike the Gpu scores are not that far off. Below a couple of 100 points difference.

You mean 172 points on the graphics score.

 

[Kaapstad]

I'm not sure if it would be possible to print on the box as some brands change Memory type depending is what is available at the time, and the posibility of mismatched box's and cards would be huge imo.
Wasnt it one of the classifieds even that changed for awhile simply because what was usual wasnt available

Nothing to stop them putting a sticker on the box then.

 

[Kaapstad]

Hence below a couple 100 points difference.

I missed the couple bit.

 

[Kaapstad]

If this happened there would be two pricing structures. I.e. they would charge us more for the same card with the Samsung memory as opposed to the Elpida.

That wouldn’t be cool!

I would not mind paying extra for a card with Samsung memory.