Hi,
I've been trying to overclock my ram a little further than normal in the last few days.
It's 4 sticks of 512MB bog standard Geil DDR400 which I've currently got going at 480MHz with 2.5-3-3-5 latency (2T)
I've recently had a thread about overclocking my ram at 1T and 2T, but I'm having some trouble getting results now that I've decided what I want.
My MemTest86 scores show that my bandwidth increases when I set my FSB:RAM ratio in the BIOS to 2:2.33 (theoretically 220MHz:513MHz) compared with my current ratio of 2:2.16 (220MHz:475MHz)
Although, in Windows, CPU-Z reports that my RAM is running at the same speed for both, and instead of showing a ratio, it shows the relationship between my ram speed and my CPU as being the "CPU / 11" which gives me 480MHz (2640/11 = 480)
What I don't understand is how I can set different options in the BIOS, get a better bandwidth in MemTest86, but have CPU-Z give me the same reported speed in both scenarios when I get into Windows.
Thanks for reading,
Banjo ;_;
I've been trying to overclock my ram a little further than normal in the last few days.
It's 4 sticks of 512MB bog standard Geil DDR400 which I've currently got going at 480MHz with 2.5-3-3-5 latency (2T)
I've recently had a thread about overclocking my ram at 1T and 2T, but I'm having some trouble getting results now that I've decided what I want.
My MemTest86 scores show that my bandwidth increases when I set my FSB:RAM ratio in the BIOS to 2:2.33 (theoretically 220MHz:513MHz) compared with my current ratio of 2:2.16 (220MHz:475MHz)
Although, in Windows, CPU-Z reports that my RAM is running at the same speed for both, and instead of showing a ratio, it shows the relationship between my ram speed and my CPU as being the "CPU / 11" which gives me 480MHz (2640/11 = 480)
What I don't understand is how I can set different options in the BIOS, get a better bandwidth in MemTest86, but have CPU-Z give me the same reported speed in both scenarios when I get into Windows.
Thanks for reading,
Banjo ;_;