What's better? Low shader or higher gpu/mems?

[GSTX]

Hi everyone..

I've a pair of 8800GTX and assuming that I can't overclock my gpu higher because the shader clock limit, need to know what's better in 3DMARK 2001:

Higher Shader Clock and Lower Core/Mems
or
Lower Shader Clock and Higher Core/Mems
?

:up:

[G H Z]

I think it would be the latter but I've never tested personally.

[BenchZowner]

Assuming that your 8800GTXs come with the stock 1350MHz Shader Domain clock, and that you're using Air Cooling / WaterCooling on the cards, it's not the S.D. clocks limiting your overclock.

What's better in 3D Mark2001 ? A balance, as high as possible GPU with the highest possible Shader for the GPU clock and mems at their max ( limited by a bit when running full Core/Shader pair )

[blossa]

Just wondering, what is max shader clock?

[SF3D]

I edited my bios from day one to 1512MHz shader clock (575/1512). There is very little improvement in fps in games and 3dmark06 and 03.

It doesn't lower your overclock. Test it and see the difference by yourself.

[Micutzu]

Find the highest GPU clock and then tweak the shader clock. Shaders have little importance in performance compared to main GPU clock.