4-4-4-12 at 3.1Ghz or 5-5-5-15 at 3.5Ghz

SuperJ · 22 Oct 2007 at 14:47

Hi,

I am running a E6300 on a DS3 with 2 x 1GB Ballistix 800Mhz.

When I run at 4-4-4-12 (2.2v) ,which is stock, I can only get to about 3.1GHz stable.

When I change to 5-5-5-15, I can get up to 3.5GHz.

My question is which is the best in the real world (encoding and games)

4-4-4-12 @ 3.1GHz or 5-5-5-15 @ 3.5GHz?

randal · 22 Oct 2007 at 14:49

I'm pretty sure you know what the answers are gonna be here mate.

FRAPS your fave games to get FPS scores on either setting, and encode something to get an idea of performance.

I'm pretty sure that 3.5ghz is gonna get you the win though.

Admiral Huddy · 22 Oct 2007 at 15:00

In real terms, a faster system is better than lower latencies so 3.5GHz

MumboJumbo · 22 Oct 2007 at 15:05

Agreed go for the 3.5ghz. Have you tried upping northbridge volts etc to try get the overclock anyhigher?

or putting the balistixs volts up? But over 2.2v and you should be cooling them.

SuperJ · 22 Oct 2007 at 15:19

8igdave said:
Agreed go for the 3.5ghz. Have you tried upping northbridge volts etc to try get the overclock anyhigher?

Which settings in the DS3 bios would that be?

Deleted User 234324 · 22 Oct 2007 at 15:35

Easiest way would be to try both options and run a memory benchmark to see what sort of bandwidth numbers you get.

Cob · 22 Oct 2007 at 15:38

SuperJ said:
Which settings in the DS3 bios would that be?

FSB Overvoltage and (G)MCH Overvoltage Control.

HangTime · 23 Oct 2007 at 09:02

3.5ghz will wipe the floor with 3.1ghz regardless of what timings you use. Generally speaking I wouldn't sacrifice anything more than 100mhz for tighter timings (at the most).

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 Oct 2007 at 09:15

HangTime said:
3.5ghz will wipe the floor with 3.1ghz regardless of what timings you use. Generally speaking I wouldn't sacrifice anything more than 100mhz for tighter timings (at the most).

On the CPU or RAM?

MumboJumbo · 23 Oct 2007 at 17:32

HangTime said:
3.5ghz will wipe the floor with 3.1ghz regardless of what timings you use. Generally speaking I wouldn't sacrifice anything more than 100mhz for tighter timings (at the most).

When you say whipe the floor what is this in? benchmarking? Because benchmarking dont exacly equate to real life. I doubt youll notice much difference in a game.