Ballistix PC3200 Overclocking! (PC4400).

Dutch Guy · 21 Feb 2006 at 15:43

tbz_ck said:
I would appreciate it if you did that for the Ballistix PC3200. Specially the timings you were able to achieve at 1:1 between 220 and 250 FSB

My newcastle 3500+ probably won't do more than 2600Mhz (my first go at 2500 failed but that was at default volts....)

I can be very short about that, I can run my 2x512Mb Ballistix PC3200 at 2.5-2-2-10-1T-2.8V up to 260Mhz without problems :eek:

, first thing to go was CAS2 at around 215Mhz, the rest of the settings are on auto in the BIOS

tbz_ck · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:07

2.8v is default auto voltage right?

Big.Wayne · 21 Feb 2006 at 20:39

Hmmm, well its the recommended stock voltage, but most motherboards seem to set it at 2.6v while on auto mode, probably better to go into BIOS and manually set the vDimm.

Dutch Guy · 21 Feb 2006 at 21:19

tbz_ck said:
2.8v is default auto voltage right?

No, on my system it defaulted to 2-3-2-8-1T-2.6V

The sticks are rated up to 2.8V

Nutbusta · 21 Feb 2006 at 21:42

Just got 2x512 pc3200 currently memtest stable at 260, 2.5,3,3,6 1T. Will play more later but I'm please with it as its faster than all the pc4000 I've previously tested.

Just a shame I don't seem to be able to run 3 sticks at 1T (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17539689)

Happy, yet somehow strangely gutted

Big.Wayne · 21 Feb 2006 at 21:48

Nutbusta said:
its faster than all the pc4000 I've previously tested

Hence the thread!

Does yours function correctly when using memory dividers?

Minstadave · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:43

Tbh even the best Ballistix struggles to take on some good TCCD with 2x512mb modules, so they're not the most popular modules, especially with the reliability issues.

I've got the 2x1gb modules and they're good but I hope they don't die on me.

Minstadave · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:45

Dutch Guy said:
I can be very short about that, I can run my 2x512Mb Ballistix PC3200 at 2.5-2-2-10-1T-2.8V up to 260Mhz without problems , first thing to go was CAS2 at around 215Mhz, the rest of the settings are on auto in the BIOS

This is where Ballistix gets interesting, tight timings at low volts. When I had 2x512mb of Ballistix it was great on my NF2 setup but with NF3 and NF4 I could never get results to match it at 2.5-2-2-5.

Dutch Guy · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:20

Minstadave said:
This is where Ballistix gets interesting, tight timings at low volts. When I had 2x512mb of Ballistix it was great on my NF2 setup but with NF3 and NF4 I could never get results to match it at 2.5-2-2-5.

Excactly, I am totally pleased with 260Mhz 2.5-2-2-10-1T as it is as fast, if not faster, than TCCD@300Mhz 3-4-4-10-1T

tbz_ck · 22 Feb 2006 at 23:03

Right I'm at 230Mhz 1:1 2.5-3-3-10 1T @ 2.7v. Newcastle 3500+ at 2530 @ 1.55v

3DMark is slower overall though at 79xx as opposed to 804x when the CPU was at 2420Mhz and the RAM at 6:5 divider on 2-2-2-6 1T timings. What gives?

I think the ram will cope with faster, but 2.5-3-3-10 was the first I tried. Doubt Cas 2 will work but the others can hopefully tweak when I get more time.

Ran Memtest and all was fine too.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1826369

tbz_ck · 23 Feb 2006 at 07:31

Got exactly the same score 7946 with mem timings now at 2.5-2-2-10 1T 230Mhz

I'm guessing the difference between Cas 2 and Cas 2.5 is quite marked! i can't quite believe that Ram running at more than 50Mhz faster can yield slower results !

The CPU marks in 3DMark 05 are up and I've not tried any games yet, so hopefully the increase in CPU speed is worth it.