Shader clocks, does it matter?

[netxzero64]

I've been thinking about this for some time now.. AMD radeon (ATI) doesn't have shader clocks on their GPUs while Nvidia has it...

does the shader clocks matter? does it have a purpose? does it have effects on gaming performance?

just wanted to know what its for.. added knowledge =)

your inputs would be greatly appreciated...

 

[SickBeast]

AMD has shader clocks, it's just that you can't change them and they're tied to the GPU clock.

Depending on the game, you can get a nice boost by overclocking the shaders on an NV card. It will have a particularly large impact on GPGPU applications.

 

[netxzero64]

AMD has shader clocks, it's just that you can't change them and they're tied to the GPU clock.

Depending on the game, you can get a nice boost by overclocking the shaders on an NV card. It will have a particularly large impact on GPGPU applications.

on GTX 200 series this is possble; however, on my GTX 460, both gpu and shaders are linked and cannot be untied...

 

[BFG10K]

Yep, Fermi based parts have their core clock tied to the shader clock (50% ratio) If you touch the shader clock, it affects everything except the memory.