Bandwidth or timings?

utherpendragon · 7 May 2006 at 22:14

Which is more important on a pentium d system? Should I try and keep the system 1:1 with good timings or should and try and use a divider and run the memory faster slackening the timings a little? I'm asking this as I can't realy test it out until I get my new PSU.

Jimbo Mahoney · 7 May 2006 at 22:24

Not knowing ANYTHNG about a recent Intel platform, I'll be really useful and guess:

bandwidth?

welshtom · 7 May 2006 at 22:26

1:1

without the AMD style onboard mem controller, the intels are bandwidth junkies

monkeypants · 7 May 2006 at 22:31

welshtom said:
1:1

without the AMD style onboard mem controller, the intels are bandwidth junkies

Moron

He meant divider it so it's running faster than the FSB.

Do that, run it on something like FSB 4:5 DRAM or whatever. No need for tight timings as they make hardly any difference on Intel systems.

utherpendragon · 7 May 2006 at 22:33

So running @ 667mhz 4-4-4-12 would faster than 533 3-3-3-12 on a 1066mhz bus?

welshtom · 8 May 2006 at 08:28

monkeypants said:
Moron He meant divider it so it's running faster than the FSB.

Do that, run it on something like FSB 4:5 DRAM or whatever. No need for tight timings as they make hardly any difference on Intel systems.

I hate you, misread the question slightly

monkeypants · 8 May 2006 at 19:19

utherpendragon said:
So running @ 667mhz 4-4-4-12 would faster than 533 3-3-3-12 on a 1066mhz bus?

Yes, especially when loading large files and programs.

Oh, and Tom? Ha!

utherpendragon · 8 May 2006 at 20:10

monkeypants said:
Yes, especially when loading large files and programs.

Oh, and Tom? Ha!

So gaming as well?

Pee For · 8 May 2006 at 20:16

Just run it as fast as possible, don't worry about timings.

smids · 8 May 2006 at 20:45

Yup!

Intel - as much bandwidth (higher frequency on the memory as possible), don't worry about timings unless they get stupid e.g. CAS5

AMD - as tight a timing as possible, bandwidth as high as possible but not having to sacrafice timings to get there. So long as it is at least 200mhz, then that's all you need.