FSB Vs. Timings. need a quick answer

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:20

which will be faster for me? i do dvd encoding, photoshop and the norm.

higher fsb loose timings or tight timings and 200fsb

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:22

StevenG said:
which will be faster for me? i do dvd encoding, photoshop and the norm.

higher fsb loose timings or tight timings and 200fsb

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StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:24

im on 2-2-2-2-7 1T at 200mhz now and i thought that the 236 2-3-3-3-7 1T seemed quicker, getting into windows and stuff

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:27

StevenG said:
im on 2-2-2-2-7 1T at 200mhz now and i thought that the 236 2-3-3-3-7 1T seemed quicker, getting into windows and stuff

Thats not what I'd call "loose" timings though...Loose to me is 2.5-4-4 or worse.

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:30

well how high do you think i can go with the fsb on these if i have 2.5 4 4 4 8? Ocz Gold Extreme voltage

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:31

At 3.4v, I'd expect at least 250 2-2-2...

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:33

i can only go to 3.2

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:33

StevenG said:
i can only go to 3.2

Should still be achievable with that voltage...

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:34

well with my overclock at 260 or 289with a 9 multi i cant get to 250. should i try 260 1:1 with some loose timings?

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:36

StevenG said:
well with my overclock at 260 or 289with a 9 multi i cant get to 250. should i try 260 1:1 with some loose timings?

Ok, try 2-3-3 at 260...is the vdimm boost enabled? If you have it on, you can squeeze 3.3v due to the fact the DFI overvolts the ram by 0.5v anyway...

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:37

2-3-3-3-7 or 8?

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:39

StevenG said:
2-3-3-3-7 or 8?

8.

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:57

i tried 2-2-2-2-8 at 260
2.5-3-3-3-8 260
3-4-4-4-8 260

all failed to boot. im back to 2-2-2-2-7 @ 200

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:01

Cant you use the 180 divider to get 246mhz ram speed?

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:01

im almost positive i tried that 2 and it just restarted.

Indy500 · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:05

StevenG said:
im almost positive i tried that 2 and it just restarted.

166 doesnt work either? What bios is it?

StevenG · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:08

i dont know.

erm.. it works at what im on now and it does 236 at 2-3-3-3-7 but i cant be bothered to test any more tonight

HangTime · 15 Jun 2006 at 02:21

Depends on how tight the timings are really and what you can acheive with your own setup. There is no hard and fast answer to this, it varies depending on how much you have to relax your timings in order to increase your FSB. For example I found that a ~22mhz increase in FSB more than made up for slightly looser timings, but YMMV.

Vegeta · 15 Jun 2006 at 10:14

My rams better on 2.5/4/3/2/6 @ 290 rather than 2/2/2/2/5 @ 200 on SuperPi, 3dmark, games.
Dont use my pc for video editing etc so cant comment on that.

Dutch Guy · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:58

If you have problems getting the memory to run on a divider set the Max Async Latency to 9 and Read Preamble Time to 8

Those setting helped my memory to run a divider when before it would give me boot problems