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Name: shrine
Date: February 11, 2004 at 00:54:12 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 1.5 gigs 256
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Why do some video cards have higher clock speed and memory speeds but perform worse then lower speeds and same thing with cpu's



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Name: Anthony1985
Date: February 11, 2004 at 00:59:57 Pacific
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What Cory is asking is why do some video cards with higher clock and memory speeds perform worse then video cards with lower clock and memory speeds.


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Name: dieymir
Date: February 11, 2004 at 03:28:38 Pacific
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In ATI cards with "SE" (Second Edition) suffix or nVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 this is due to narrower memory interface (64 bits instead of 128/256 bits)

Others simply removed some features from the GPU to make the die smaller and cut down production costs like ATI "VE" (Video Edition) ones.


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