Q6600 bandwitdh question.

shaffaaf27 · 25 Jan 2008 at 00:14

The c2Q, they are bandwitdh hungry, right? So, is it better than just increasing to the max FBS on their normal multi, to lower the mutli as much a possible, and then increace the FBS even more? this will, in thoery, give you the same clock, with more bandwith and therefore, have a better performing chip.

1066/4 = 266
266 x 9 = 2.4GHz Q6600.
333 x 9 = 3.0GHz Q6600 OC

BUT

is it better to do this:

429 x 7 = 3.0GHz Q6600 OC.

will this perform better then just raising the FBS as above?

Cob · 25 Jan 2008 at 00:18

The difference is minimal.

All the higher FSB really gives you is more heat off the northbridge.

gurusan · 25 Jan 2008 at 00:19

Well if you are able to achieve the same high CPU clock along with a high FSB then of course that's ideal in any setup...

So yes, 429x7 is better than 333x9...but overclocking your CPU to more than 3.0ghz will far outweigh any fsb clock benefits.

shaffaaf27 · 25 Jan 2008 at 00:29

ok. i under stand that. but are there any benchies that prove what i say

gurusan · 25 Jan 2008 at 00:31

As Cob said, the difference is minimal...not to mention you will most likely hit a FSB wall on the chip before reaching the clock your chip can actually do with a higher multiplier.

shaffaaf27 · 25 Jan 2008 at 16:33

yeah, but if you had a high end mob, which would do about 540FBS, thats about 3.8 GHZ, which would be plenty with a 7X multi, and on air would really be pushing the chip to the limits, are there any benchies that prove it? as Custom PC have said that it does, but i dont want to believe until i see benchies.