I need some guidance re: FSB's

Helium_Junkie · 1 Jun 2007 at 12:31

Well, tried changing things and the ratio stayed at 1:1. Ho hum.

Incidentally, I got 2300 3dmarks in 3dmark06. Is that good?

E4400 @ 2.7GHz
2GB ballistix at 1:1
GeForce 6800 GT

Helium_Junkie · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:51

Anyone know if thats a respectable 3dmark score for this kit, and what the next upgrade should be?

Munky1080 · 2 Jun 2007 at 20:56

Helium_Junkie said:
Anyone know if thats a respectable 3dmark score for this kit, and what the next upgrade should be?

definately your video card

Jleo · 3 Jun 2007 at 20:25

Check here to compare your cpu 3dmark2006 score, though your cpu may not be listed you'll still get an idea.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=174

Munky1080 · 4 Jun 2007 at 08:33

If you upgrade your video card, your score will at least double

steve258 · 4 Jun 2007 at 09:30

Helium_Junkie said:
Incidentally, I got 2300 3dmarks in 3dmark06. Is that good?

E4400 @ 2.7GHz
2GB ballistix at 1:1
GeForce 6800 GT

About right for a 2+ year old 6800GT.

Helium_Junkie · 4 Jun 2007 at 09:36

steve258 said:
About right for a 2+ year old 6800GT.

Brilliant, thanks

steve258 · 4 Jun 2007 at 09:43

MikeHunt79 said:
is it best to run ram at it's highest Mhz, then FSB at it's highest, then find the closest ratio?

I'll find the highest OC for the CPU first then see if I can reduce multi to increase the FSB, then tweak with the RAM afterwards.

I must say though any RAM speed increase over FSB (e.g. running ratios higher than 1:1) will yeild little performance increase in general since memory performance is severely limited by the FSB on Intel, that is why high fsb oc is preferred. Having said that I still perfer running RAM as fast as possible.

Nicos Rex · 4 Jun 2007 at 10:23

The limiting factor for your overclock will undoubtedly be your motherboard.

It will just not go past 300 or thereabouts no matter what you do. Stick it on 299 FSB and then fiddle around to get the best RAM timings.

Job done!

MikeHunt79 · 4 Jun 2007 at 12:25

Well, my P5B has yet to arrive, but apparently 400FSB is possible with this board. We shall see once citylink decide to deliver it.

Helium_Junkie · 4 Jun 2007 at 15:15

Nicos Rex said:
The limiting factor for your overclock will undoubtedly be your motherboard.

It will just not go past 300 or thereabouts no matter what you do. Stick it on 299 FSB and then fiddle around to get the best RAM timings.

Job done!

299 from 200?!
Seems like such a huge jump... is this normal for a not-quite-power-overclocker like me to be trying? :S
I'm on 277 at the mo, and I keep imagining i can hear my CPU screaming :eek:

steve258 · 4 Jun 2007 at 15:20

Helium_Junkie said:
and I keep imagining i can hear my CPU screaming to be overclocked more!!

Fixed

Helium_Junkie · 5 Jun 2007 at 16:31

Hah!

I went up to 290 and my PC crashed while watching southpark

Gone back to 280 now. I imagine I could have upped the voltages to get 290 to work - but I'm happy with 280

Now all I need is a graphics card. Ive put £100 away this month and will add another £100 next month, see what I can get

doctoe2260 · 6 Jun 2007 at 09:27

You can get a 8800 320Mb GTS for less than £200 at OcUK, if you wanna spend a bit more you can have the 640Mb version for less than £300 - thats the one I'm gonna buy!

Munky1080 · 6 Jun 2007 at 09:52

Helium_Junkie said:
299 from 200?!
Seems like such a huge jump... is this normal for a not-quite-power-overclocker like me to be trying? :S
I'm on 277 at the mo, and I keep imagining i can hear my CPU screaming

I was a bit intimidated at first too, but i'm sitting at 300fsb and still the cpu hit 62 degrees only at full load under orthos after some time...These C2D's are like nothing the world has ever seen