Nvidia/AMD GPU Naming

**dannzen** · 04-26-2012, 02:16 AM #1

dafuq did i read?
the next months we have to ask after DDR3 or DDR5 Big Grin

http://www.cpu-world.com//news_2012/2012...cards.html

**AnyOldName3** · 04-26-2012, 02:25 AM #2

And I'd just figured out exactly how to tell how good a card was from its number alone. Will there be much of a difference between ddr3 and gddr5 on the same card.

At least AMD aren't doing this... yet.

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 04-26-2012, 04:23 AM by NaturalViolence.)

It's been like this for years......where have you been?

Some nvidia gpus support two different types of video ram and so card manufacturers can choose which one to use in their cards. GDDR3 is of course cheaper but slower.

**AnyOldName3** · 04-26-2012, 04:47 AM #4

It's just that sounds worse than usually. Normally I'll understand what's going on by the end of an article. Maybe that was just a confusingly written article.

**dannzen** · (This post was last modified: 04-26-2012, 05:13 AM by dannzen.)

3x GT640

2x with DDR3 28.5MB/s vs 43.0MB/s Bandwidth
1x with DDR5 80.0MB/s

~~Duke Nukem~~ · 04-26-2012, 05:10 AM #6

My brain doesn't care about this information. I know what I need to know when I need to know it...

**Squall Leonhart** · 04-27-2012, 03:55 PM #7

wow 80MB/s framebuffer bandwidth

thats realllllly fast.

i think you meant GB/s Dannzen

**dannzen** · 04-27-2012, 06:26 PM #8

... no

**Squall Leonhart** · (This post was last modified: 04-27-2012, 07:14 PM by Squall Leonhart.)

i really think so, because otherwise you're off by a few tens of thousands.......

Bandwidth (GB/s): 80

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_...600_Series

**dannzen** · (This post was last modified: 04-27-2012, 07:51 PM by dannzen.)

no...

*you got trolled just now*