Gigabyte v. Sapphire clock speed

[Poor Yorick]

Hi. In a comparison chart, Amazon says that the Sapphire Pulse RX 550 has a memory clock speed of 1750 Mhz, and that the Gigabyte RX 550 has a clock speed of 7000 Mhz. The description in Gigabyte says the "Core Clock (MHz): 1219 in OC Mode and 1206 in Gaming Mode" and there is no description on the page for Sapphire. So typo on the comparison chart, or..?

 

[Robert Cook]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

 

[Poor Yorick]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

 

[Robert Cook]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

sorry let me clarify. the 1750 is memory speed. both have the same memory speed. as for core, I messed up and read the RX580 Pulse specs. the RX550 Pulse runs at the same speed or perhaps marginally slower.

For VRAM, I would not pay anything extra for the 4GB, the 550 is not a high power card, it likely could not use all 4GB of the VRAM.

a PCB is the Printed Circuit Board it is what delivers the power to the GPU and memory along with what connects them all. having one with higher power components lets you push more power to the GPU when overclocking.

 

[Poor Yorick]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

sorry let me clarify. the 1750 is memory speed. both have the same memory speed. as for core, I messed up and read the RX580 Pulse specs. the RX550 Pulse runs at the same speed or perhaps marginally slower.

For VRAM, I would not pay anything extra for the 4GB, the 550 is not a high power card, it likely could not use all 4GB of the VRAM.

a PCB is the Printed Circuit Board it is what delivers the power to the GPU and memory along with what connects them all. having one with higher power components lets you push more power to the GPU when overclocking.

Thanks. I ordered the Pulse RX550, as they were both the same price and for 2 more gigs VRAM, why not? I appreciate the info re: PCB. While my original question is answered now and I'm getting a bit tangential, if the RX550 and RX580 have about the same stats (and they do: I'm looking now and the main difference in the Pulse models is the addition of another HDMI output, which would be great, but not $130 great), what's the difference between the RX550 and RX580? Is it an entirely different chip, or..?

 

[Robert Cook]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

sorry let me clarify. the 1750 is memory speed. both have the same memory speed. as for core, I messed up and read the RX580 Pulse specs. the RX550 Pulse runs at the same speed or perhaps marginally slower.

For VRAM, I would not pay anything extra for the 4GB, the 550 is not a high power card, it likely could not use all 4GB of the VRAM.

a PCB is the Printed Circuit Board it is what delivers the power to the GPU and memory along with what connects them all. having one with higher power components lets you push more power to the GPU when overclocking.

Thanks. I ordered the Pulse RX550, as they were both the same price and for 2 more gigs VRAM, why not? I appreciate the info re: PCB. While my original question is answered now and I'm getting a bit tangential, if the RX550 and RX580 have about the same stats (and they do: I'm looking now and the main difference in the Pulse models is the addition of another HDMI output, which would be great, but not $130 great), what's the difference between the RX550 and RX580? Is it an entirely different chip, or..?

I am not to sure what you are looking at, perhaps it is wrong, but the RX 580 is a much larger chip, it is over twice the power of a RX550 (but also well over twice the price) the 550 is effectively a smaller more cut down version of the RX580, but unlike the 460/470 it is not a cut down RX 480 chip. (it is its own product)

 

[Poor Yorick]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

sorry let me clarify. the 1750 is memory speed. both have the same memory speed. as for core, I messed up and read the RX580 Pulse specs. the RX550 Pulse runs at the same speed or perhaps marginally slower.

For VRAM, I would not pay anything extra for the 4GB, the 550 is not a high power card, it likely could not use all 4GB of the VRAM.

a PCB is the Printed Circuit Board it is what delivers the power to the GPU and memory along with what connects them all. having one with higher power components lets you push more power to the GPU when overclocking.

Thanks. I ordered the Pulse RX550, as they were both the same price and for 2 more gigs VRAM, why not? I appreciate the info re: PCB. While my original question is answered now and I'm getting a bit tangential, if the RX550 and RX580 have about the same stats (and they do: I'm looking now and the main difference in the Pulse models is the addition of another HDMI output, which would be great, but not $130 great), what's the difference between the RX550 and RX580? Is it an entirely different chip, or..?

I am not to sure what you are looking at, perhaps it is wrong, but the RX 580 is a much larger chip, it is over twice the power of a RX550 (but also well over twice the price) the 550 is effectively a smaller more cut down version of the RX580, but unlike the 460/470 it is not a cut down RX 480 chip. (it is its own product)

Sorry: I'm super new at this. I was just looking at the info that's available on Amazon's "compare these products" page. I'm sure there are a lot of factors they don't list. I actually don't even game (yet), but built this computer for work when my laptop failed, and so figured "why not?" Then I downloaded Arkham Knight and my little GeForce 210 wouldn't cut it. There's also some every-day annoyance, like when the ad floats across the Tom's Hardware page, it skips and stutters. So I realize I'm purchasing another lower-end card, but it seems like it's on the top side of the lower end.

 

[Robert Cook]

Effective Memory speed is 4X actual clock speed. so 7000/4=1750 which means same speed. the Pulse has a higher stock core speed from what I remember, along with a nice PCB if you want to do overclocking.

Damn. That sounds like it blows the doors off Gigabyte's 1206/1219 clock speeds. Can that be right? Is 1750 Mhz a real thing? 'Cause I was about to buy the Gigabyte with 2 gigs when I saw the Sapphire with 4 gigs. It seems like the Pulse has got better stats that Gigabyte's RX570, let alone its RX550.

(What's a PCB? Total noob here).

sorry let me clarify. the 1750 is memory speed. both have the same memory speed. as for core, I messed up and read the RX580 Pulse specs. the RX550 Pulse runs at the same speed or perhaps marginally slower.

For VRAM, I would not pay anything extra for the 4GB, the 550 is not a high power card, it likely could not use all 4GB of the VRAM.

a PCB is the Printed Circuit Board it is what delivers the power to the GPU and memory along with what connects them all. having one with higher power components lets you push more power to the GPU when overclocking.

Thanks. I ordered the Pulse RX550, as they were both the same price and for 2 more gigs VRAM, why not? I appreciate the info re: PCB. While my original question is answered now and I'm getting a bit tangential, if the RX550 and RX580 have about the same stats (and they do: I'm looking now and the main difference in the Pulse models is the addition of another HDMI output, which would be great, but not $130 great), what's the difference between the RX550 and RX580? Is it an entirely different chip, or..?

I am not to sure what you are looking at, perhaps it is wrong, but the RX 580 is a much larger chip, it is over twice the power of a RX550 (but also well over twice the price) the 550 is effectively a smaller more cut down version of the RX580, but unlike the 460/470 it is not a cut down RX 480 chip. (it is its own product)

Sorry: I'm super new at this. I was just looking at the info that's available on Amazon's "compare these products" page. I'm sure there are a lot of factors they don't list. I actually don't even game (yet), but built this computer for work when my laptop failed, and so figured "why not?" Then I downloaded Arkham Knight and my little GeForce 210 wouldn't cut it. There's also some every-day annoyance, like when the ad floats across the Tom's Hardware page, it skips and stutters. So I realize I'm purchasing another lower-end card, but it seems like it's on the top side of the lower end.

Oh yes, the RX550 is many times faster than a GT210 probably 20X faster in some cases.