OC off worse results in the benchmark [antec sonata] [memory pc3200]
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I would go for the one company that is most compatible with the most stuff don't fence yourself in.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
guy's suggestion is right on the money! What's happening is that you are running asynchronous between your meoray and your FSB. This may sound great that your FSB is high but then the rams are running at a lower speed. So make sure the rams are running synchronous to FSB.
I don't think that is quite it. Running the FSB faster is a good thing. Running memorybus faster than FSB is questionable, many claim synchronous is better. That may not be always entirely true, but I won't discuss that here.
But the thing is, there is some connection between FSB clock and memorybus clock. If the FSB is set to values that are outside the default ranges, you might not end up with the memory frequency as set, or indicated in BIOS. The same might be true about the AGP frequency. This is a bit of a crux. In case you have a 333FSB Athlon, and can overclock to 400FSB, there is of course no problem.
Re:Tip: Use CPU-Z to verify what the settings are.
Re:guy's suggestion is right on the money! What's happening is that you are running asynchronous between your meoray and your FSB. This may sound great that your FSB is high but then the rams are running at a lower speed. So make sure the rams are running synchronous to FSB.
Re:Thanks guys. I will check this out when I get home tonight. Hopefully all will go well.
Re:hmm.. that should be about it, make sure that everything in BIOS is correct.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Your motherboard has a host clock to memory clock ratio. If it's set to "Auto" or "By SPD", your motherboard will usually cut your memory bus speed when you run it out of spec. So it wouldn't run at 220MHz DDR, it might actually be running at 2/3'rds or 1/2 of that speed. If you set the ratio to 1:1, it should run at 220MHz. However, you might have to increase your RAM voltage in order to get it to run at that speed, and/or relax the RAM timings.
Interesting. I will definitely have to take a look at that when I get home today.
Does anyone have any additional suggestions?
Re:Your motherboard has a host clock to memory clock ratio. If it's set to "Auto" or "By SPD", your motherboard will usually cut your memory bus speed when you run it out of spec. So it wouldn't run at 220MHz DDR, it might actually be running at 2/3'rds or 1/2 of that speed. If you set the ratio to 1:1, it should run at 220MHz. However, you might have to increase your RAM voltage in order to get it to run at that speed, and/or relax the RAM timings.
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