Absolute Multimedia Outrageous 3D Graphics GeForce DDR

The way that a company chooses to attach a heatsink and fan to a GeForce GPU can make a huge difference in obtainable overclocked speeds. Absolute Multimedia Outrageous 3D Graphics GeForce uses highly efficient thermal grease to match the back of the heatsink to the GPU which results in very effective heat transfer. Thermal grease, a substance that is highly effective at conducting heat, helps eliminate air pockets that may be present between a cards' processor and an attached heatsink. Since air is a very poor conductor of this heat, cards which do not utilize any thermal grease or tape prevent heat being transferred from the GeForce processor to the cooling heatsink. As a result of the addition of thermal grease, the Outrageous 3D Graphics GeForce was able to reach a very respectable overclocked speed of 156 MHz. Many companies skip the use of thermal grease and choose to use a cheaper and less laborious transfer, such as thermal tape, due to the fact that placing thermal grease on a card during production is not an easy task. Other companies simply place the heatsink on top of the processor, resulting in poor heat dispersal with even cheaper labor costs. The fact that Absolute Multimedia chooses to include a somewhat more costly feature onto their card was a wise choice when it comes to overclocking, as a 36 MHz increase over the stock speed of 120 MHz is nothing to be ashamed of.

Memory wise, the Outrageous 3D Graphics GeForce was almost able to reach the specified operating speed of the SGRAM chips, 166 MHz (6 ns), on each clock cycle (333 MHz total). Due to the DDR nature of the card, this results in an operating overclocked speed of 326 MHz, a full 26 MHz over NVIDIA's recommended speed. This speed is what is expected from a 6 ns RAM chip. Keep in mind, however, that SGRAM quality will vary from batch to batch, meaning that individual models of the card will often times be able to reach a different overclocked memory speed, sometimes higher and sometimes lower. Reaching the 320 MHz mark was almost to be expected, however, due to the fact that this is the speed that Infineon is clocking the chips at. With a memory speed of 326 MHz and a core speed of 156 MHz, the Outrageous 3D Graphics GeForce did not disappoint very much on the overclocking side, as it performs just as well as some of its more expensive counterparts.