GeForce 9600 GSO: too ''flexible''? Posted on 28/04/2008 at 12:03 by Nicolas
While Nvidia took advantage of the weekend to list the GeForce 8800 GSb 9600 GSO with GPU/shader clock/memory frequencies of 550/1375/800 MHz, we can wonder why certain partners, XFX for example, have taken the liberty to specify a frequency of 700 MHz for memory.
At the release of the GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB, Nvidia already had authorized its partners before to discreetly lower memory frequency to 700 MHz in order that they could increase their margin instead of lowering prices. For comparison, the Radeon HD 3850’s memory is set at 830 MHz.
On the opposite extreme of these GeForce "LE"s, EVGA should offer a 9600 GSO Superclocked Edition set at 650/1620/950 MHz according to Fudzilla. In short, there is a lot of flexibility which is rather a good thing; however, it’s unfortunate that only reference frequencies are revealed that are simply indicative.
