Radeon 9600xt 256mb question

[teng]

I just got Powercolor Radeon 9600XT 256MB. I know that it has a Core clock of 500Mhz and Memory clock of 400Mhz. Now when i go into 3DMARK03 and check my graphic card capabilities, i saw a Core clock of 399.9Mhz (which is correct) and Memory clock of 202.5Mhz (this is wrong). What gives? Any ideas?

 

[masterorion]

i believe that its going to go as fast as your computer can push it. its going to be limited probably by the fsb

 

[Taeketsu]

Could be cause that card is AGP 8X and you have 2X.

 

[Gain]

Your vid card uses DDR ram. It is clocked at 202, but being that it is DDR ram you double it. 202 X 2 = 404 = pretty much what it is supposed to be at (ram rarely ever runs at the exact speed it is supposed to).

FSB speed and AGP 2/4/8X setting has absolutely nothing to do with it.

 

[Sculli]

memory clock speeds are usually given assuming DDR (double data rate) transfers, so your actual memory clock is half of the advertised value

edit: eh, that will teach me to post without to refresh the thread first, like 10 minutes late with my DDR response, lol