Processing power or Memory?

[Howitzer]

Hey peeps,

Was looking at tweaking my settings up a notch, but have come across something I never thought of before.

I currently have a Bclk at 155 giving me 3.4Ghz (at x22) and my memory set at 15xx which is the highest option under the max.

So I thought I'd step it up to a Bclk of 160 to give 3.6Ghz (at x22) - this is about as high as I think I can go with my current cooler - but there's a little snag in that the new highest memory option under 1600 drops to 12xx.

Any ideas what the performance change will be?

I think the processing will help my gaming performance a little but would it be at a major cost to my video rendering speeds? (it takes long enough already lol - concidering more memory)

(all my voltages and all other settings are on Auto (I'm an OC noob) - the Bclk and memory are the only things I know about OCing lol. I've tried messing with voltage before only to have bsod every time)

Cheers
Howie.

[EDIT: OOPs!! Wrong area, could this be moved to the OC section? Sorry!!)

 

[Vtec9k]

I'd of thought video rendering would be heavily CPU dependant, more memory might be good if you're running low but I'd not expect the speed to have a massive difference.

Are you running you're memory unlinked or on ratio? Unlinked should let you have more control over the exact speed of it.

 

[:(Rhodri:)]

I'd read up on overclocking that CPU a bit and push it towards 4 personally. Will give you a good boost in render speeds.