Video Card Shopping Tips: Why Memory and Clock Speeds Don't Matter NCIX Tech Tips

Today Linus explains why the clock speed and amount of memory or "MB" on your graphics card pretty much shouldn't have any impact on your purchasing decision. He also explains which factors ARE important.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Video
• Card
• Shopping
• Compare
• Tips
• Memory
• Clock
• Speeds

[jasontvnd]

@jurassic512 theres lots of AMD guys out there who refuse to acknowledge that compared to sandy bridge bulldozer is a pile of crap.

[TheMastaGlazy]

@cowsrcool04 You do know this is his job right...? the whole channel is owned by the company he works...

[iinadir]

how to buy the right one and u have money :) ?

just buy the lastest ...

[HolyNiko]

Whats with the ending? xD

[Ikoniikk]

ok i know gtx 580 is what i want but realisticly is it better to go with 2 gtx 560 for the bang for my buck factor btw im building an X79 platform with the i7 3820 32gb of corsair domniator (blue heat sink) 1333mhz and 2 120gb intel elm crest ssd raid 0 help me out here im stuck please

[PsiloCybinDreamX]

cool but he didnt explain why the 430 performed so much crappier, he kinda skipped the most important part

[Ehhzor]

thx, helped me alot! <3

[warxfanatic]

iused to look at how many GB/s and amount of memmery xD

[ShakrallStudios]

@MrFiasco7 alright thanks!

[cowsrcool04]

@TheMastaGlazy i am aware and you cannot get a much better job than this. I would still really love $500 for a new laptop though

[JEHERETIC]

gtx 550 is basically an ole gtx 260!! look at specs yo, nvidia does this crap reuse old making it seem new... 8800gt-9800gt-250gs ect same stuff diff name lil different nm and clock speeds

[JEHERETIC]

You have to look at stream processors as well.... Hello not one mention here on that ....