overclocking help

tone12 · 22 Oct 2010 at 11:14

hi,

ok heres my system

core 2 duo e6750 (2.66ghz)
geeforce 260 card (896mb)
4 gb ocx ram (1066mhz) ddr2
gigabyte socket LGA775 motherboard (GA-P35C-DS3R version 2.0

some questions now,

1 - in bios my default memory frequency reads 800 - 800
the 1st number my motherboard manual expains as being the
normal frequency of my ram and the 2nd number is the frequency that is automatically adjusted according to the system memory multiplier.

shouldnt the ram speed be 1066mhz by default?

my old ram had a clock speed of 667mhz so im failing to see the benefit of having this so called faster ram.

2 - i managed to OC the cpu up to 3.5ghz without increasing the voltage. by changing the memory multiplier i had the ram running at 1066mhz.

the system boots up fine by im actually seeing worse gaming performance with these settings.

is this due to the fact that something is creating a bottleneck?

if someone could explain where im going wrong id be most grateful.

tone12 · 22 Oct 2010 at 15:28

i was using fraps. the game i testes ran 5 or so frames slower after oc'ing.

based on the info above, how would i find out if bottlenecking is happening and if so what component it is?

i would've thought by increasing my cpu speed by almost 1000ghz and my ram from 800mhz to 1066mhz i would've seen some performance increase.

if not, whats the benefit of me having bought faster ram and whats the point in me oc'ing my system.

tone12 · 22 Oct 2010 at 17:27

interesting read, it suggests that oc'ing simply isnt worth the hassle.

the main game that causes performance issues for me is a game called armed assault 2. its a very cpu intensive game which is why ive been lookin into oc'ing my cpu. would liked to have seen that game listed on that site you linked but it wasnt there.

how bout this then,

my system normally runs with the cpu at 2.6ghz and the ram at 800mhz. its ddr2 ram so does that mean its actually runnin at
2 x 400mhz or 2 x 800mhz?

i said above that i oc'd my cpu to 3500ghz and my ram to 1066mhz. would i be right in sayin that what im tryin to do is pointless as the ram is never gonna be as fast as the cpu anyways.

which again makes me think whats the point in spending extra money on faster ram when its always gonna be the bottleneck anyway.

if im wrong about any of the above please show me the error of my ways.

tone12 · 1 Nov 2010 at 10:26

tone12 · 2 Nov 2010 at 18:53

no problem matey. il try n explain what i mean a bit better.

all systems have bottlenecks, be it the gpu, cpu or ram. ive read that most bottlenecks are the gpu and with some games the cpu.

now im not sure what the bottleneck would be in my system which i listed above but lets say its the gpu. would that not make oc'ing the cpu and ram pointless?

i assume there are no programs i can run which will tell me exactly what the bottleneck in my system is.