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| System Name | IZALITH (or just "Lith") |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (4.2Ghz base, 5.0Ghz boost, -30 PBO offset) |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master Rev 1.0 |
| Cooling | Deepcool Gammaxx AG400 Single Tower |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40 DDR5 XMP (XMP enabled) |
| Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil OC 24GB (2.39Ghz base, 2.99Ghz boost, -30 core offset) |
| Storage | 2x1TB SSD, 2x2TB SSD, 2x 8TB HDD |
| Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey G51C 27" QHD (1440p 165Hz) + Samsung Odyssey G3 24" FHD (1080p 165Hz) |
| Case | Corsair 7000D Airflow Full Tower |
| Audio Device(s) | Corsair HS55 Surround Wired Headset/LG Z407 Speaker Set |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX1000 Platinum Modular (1000W) |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse |
| Keyboard | Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard |
| Software | Arch Linux |
Hi all,
In the interest of increasing my rather limited and out of date hardware knowledge, I'm hoping someone here can give me an explanation of "factory overclocking" in regard to GPUs. From my understanding of overclocking, it is the process of pushing a chip (GPU in this context) past its maximum frequency which is determined by the manufacturer themselves. But my PowerColor 6950XT for example has a dual BIOS which you can set to Overclock mode which does this for you out of the box (I believe?).
So in this case it seems like PowerColor have said "value X is the stock maximum for the GPU but we can push it to value Y with the OC BIOS". My question would be: why not just set the chip to run at Y by default? I assume that they're not pushing the chip into unsafe territory with the OC BIOS (because it wouldn't make sense for a manufacturer to offer an unsafe option out of the box) so is it a matter of them setting the default to a lower value to reduce fan noise/power consumption? If not, what's the reasoning behind offering a "factory overclock" on GPUs?
In the interest of increasing my rather limited and out of date hardware knowledge, I'm hoping someone here can give me an explanation of "factory overclocking" in regard to GPUs. From my understanding of overclocking, it is the process of pushing a chip (GPU in this context) past its maximum frequency which is determined by the manufacturer themselves. But my PowerColor 6950XT for example has a dual BIOS which you can set to Overclock mode which does this for you out of the box (I believe?).
So in this case it seems like PowerColor have said "value X is the stock maximum for the GPU but we can push it to value Y with the OC BIOS". My question would be: why not just set the chip to run at Y by default? I assume that they're not pushing the chip into unsafe territory with the OC BIOS (because it wouldn't make sense for a manufacturer to offer an unsafe option out of the box) so is it a matter of them setting the default to a lower value to reduce fan noise/power consumption? If not, what's the reasoning behind offering a "factory overclock" on GPUs?
