Hardware pr0n...w00t!

[GepperRankins]

i think mine is nforce4 but it's still at factory settings, sorry.


didn't i read something about RAM and synchronising speeds but upping voltages or something...

sorry i don't have a clue

[clocker]

Gepper,
You might want to check your "factory settings"...mine were not at all correct.
For instance, my default setting for the RAM bus was "auto", but this gave me 166MHz instead of the 200MHz it should be.

Turns out you are correct about the voltage.
Upping my vCore from a stock 1.4v to 1.5v and adding .2v to the RAM solved my issue.

Sorta.
I also had to drop my HT from 5x to 3x and my RAM to 166MHz.
I was able to boot at 10x245.

Unfortunately my memory benches went all to hell, dropping 10 to15% from my old setup.
I gained sheer speed, but with an absurd tradeoff.
I also picked up a degree or three on the CPU as a result of the higher voltages.
Hardly seems worth it to me.

Back at the old, stable settings...212x10, 5xHT, 200MHZ RAM, 1.4 vcore.

I did leave the RAM overvolted by .1v and picked up over 100 points on the memory read score (2160 now) and dropped the latency to 46.1.

I think I might be facing two intertwined problems now.
Having all four DIMM slots occupied may be stressing out the board and as yet I have been unable to POST when the 1T command is enabled.

Tonight I think I'll pull two of the memory sticks and see if that helps.
My RAM is rated at 1T and that might make all the difference.
If so, I guess I can replace my four 512's with two 1GB sticks and have my cake and eat it too.

I like cake.

[GepperRankins]

thanks for that. i just switched it to 200 now.

i checked the box and it turns out mine is an nforce3.

is the "ddr 400" i see on my mobo box and RAM packaging a double positive (yeah i made that up, so what ) meaning it should be set to 200 in my bios then?

and i don't know if it's possible (because i didn't want to stick around in the "secret" bios settings...) but would putting your RAM at 212 also make it a lot more efficiant or doesn't it work like that?

[clocker]

thanks for that. i just switched it to 200 now.

i checked the box and it turns out mine is an nforce3.

is the "ddr 400" i see on my mobo box and RAM packaging a double positive (yeah i made that up, so what ) meaning it should be set to 200 in my bios then?

and i don't know if it's possible (because i didn't want to stick around in the "secret" bios settings...) but would putting your RAM at 212 also make it a lot more efficiant or doesn't it work like that?

Yes, it should be set to 200.

If you can speed up the RAM (say, to 212) AND keep all your timings tight, then yes, it is a good thing.
Unfortunately, increasing the speed usually requires relaxing the timings ( or dividers, even) at the same time.

For me, the additional speed did not overcome the decline in RAM productivity so I've temporarily called a halt to that avenue of tweaking.

[GepperRankins]

righto. so what do i change to push mine(processor) up a few hertz? just clockspeed?

[clocker]

Yup.
Try 210 to start.

[GepperRankins]

w00t! thanks for not getting frustrated and swearing at me.

so speedfan says it's up 2 degrees but only 20 mhz

[Peerzy]

Even pushing it up a few hertz can cause massive ammounts of extra heat, thats how people fry parts, they go up from say 200 to 210 then 220 then 230 and everything is fine so they wack it up to 270 and parts get fried, be carfull, push them up at no more 10 on your clockspeed and use your BIOS to check temps, if they look good turn on Windows and fire up a graphically intense game (HL2 will do) if the game starts to look fucked with wierd shit happening then you have gone to far.

[GepperRankins]

i'll keep it as it is until i need to change it. my ram and graphics are my bottle neck i reckon.


i just wanted to fit in

[clocker]

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i just wanted to fit in

OK.
Now you need to load Everest Home Edition and run the memory benchmarks.

If you're really into it, you would return to your original settings, bench it, then clock back up and retest.
Then you'd see what, if any, gains that you got.