newtekie1
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Processor | Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz |
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Motherboard | AsRock Z470 Taichi |
Cooling | Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans |
Memory | 32GB DDR4-3600 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 2070 Super |
Storage | 500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache |
Display(s) | Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28" |
Case | Fractal Design Define S |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard is good enough for me |
Power Supply | eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
There is a difference, you can replace a cooler but you cannot replace the built in memory structure.
And the advertised specs on the AMD actually skewed benchmarks which lead to worse than expected performance by the consumer. I'm amazed that people are totally ok with AMD listing and advertising clock speeds that they know their cards can't maintain in stock form. However, nVidia lists some incorrect specs on private spec sheets, specs that they don't advertise openly, and everyone freaks out.
If it's available, shouldn't they use it? Yeah, it conveniently makes benchmarks look better and yes, AMD's marketing department will squeeze every last drop of PR they can out of it, but it also gives us as consumers the ability to get more out of our cards via aftermarket cooling instead of having them locked down from the get-go.
The alternative here is to make the card run slow all the time even if the conditions are perfect for 24/7 boost clock speeds.
Then do what nVidia does and pick an at least obtainable base clock that can be maintained constantly. Then let the card boost if temperature allows. Give at least a guaranteed base clock that the card won't go lower than. But then again, advertising the core clock at 600MHz would be an embarrassment...
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