GeForce 7600GT wrong clock frequency

[jaycee 62]

Hi. I`ve tried several forums with this problem but no luck so far. I`ve just installed an XFX GeForce 7600GT AGP graphics card purchased from Dabs. Specs are.... Core 580 Mhz and Memory 1.5 Ghz. Ntune reads Core 580 Mhz and Memory 750 Mhz, as does Riva Tuner and system details in Futuremark 3D 06. I`m using driver version 91.37. If I use version 91.47 from the disk, there`s no reading at all in Ntune. No-where have I seen the advertised memory clock speed of 1.5 Ghz. Is this a faulty card or do I have to make adjustments somewhere. It dosen`t seem to run much faster than my old 6600GT.  Could it be a PSU problem. Thanks.

Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
2 Gig DDR 3200
SB X-FI Extreme Gamer
400W PSU ( New)

[GX1_Man]

No-where have I seen the advertised memory clock speed of 1.5 Ghz.

It could be a card problem. Return it for another and try again.

[jaycee 62]

Difficult.  I live in Spain and a friend shipped it over from the UK. Oh well.

[Calum]

This would be fine, the memory is DDR so the advertised speed is twice the actual speed.

[jaycee 62]

Thanks for your help guys.

[Calum]

You're welcome, happy to help.

[Joe_Flanagan]

Hi. I`ve tried several forums with this problem but no luck so far. I`ve just installed an XFX GeForce 7600GT AGP graphics card purchased from Dabs. Specs are.... Core 580 Mhz and Memory 1.5 Ghz. Ntune reads Core 580 Mhz and Memory 750 Mhz, as does Riva Tuner and system details in Futuremark 3D 06. I`m using driver version 91.37. If I use version 91.47 from the disk, there`s no reading at all in Ntune. No-where have I seen the advertised memory clock speed of 1.5 Ghz. Is this a faulty card or do I have to make adjustments somewhere. It dosen`t seem to run much faster than my old 6600GT.  Could it be a PSU problem. Thanks.

Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
2 Gig DDR 3200
SB X-FI Extreme Gamer
400W PSU ( New)

I think that you're looking at the correct readings.
750MHz is the memory bus speed and then it's twice-pumped.
750MHz x2 = 1.5GHz
Some spec charts will show both numbers.
The marketeers love posting the bigger number

[Raptor]

It's DDR memory, which, theoretically, doubles the throughput.. So 750 makes 1.5Ghz in sales men terms.

I think the title "Enemies of the people" still applies to sales men....