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RE: ram speed

Kumagoro — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:18:55 GMT

Time wise running it at 500 MHz at timings of 5 will be the same as running it at 400 MHz with timings of 4
But data rate/bandwidth wise you would be better off running it at 500 MHz

RE: ram speed

garyhopkin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:51:29 GMT

thanks slip,i think ill just leave it at 400mhz...pc stable now so dont want it throwing hissys again.

RE: ram speed

Slipstreem — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:58:51 GMT

Running the RAM slower on tighter timings would almost definitely benefit a dual-core C2D, but due to its ability to use twice the memory bandwidth of a dual when using all four cores, results may be very different with your quad. A reasonably good measure of whether your memory is running optimally is to run SuperPi and note down the time taken to run a 1M test at various different memory speeds and timings.

Ignore any of the synthetic benchmarks available as part of system diagnosis or performance suites. They seldom bear any direct relationship to real-world performance. :)

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

ram speed

garyhopkin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:51:37 GMT

Hi all again

as you guys know i got my 6600 up to 3ghz last week and am now looking for the optimum settings for my ram.

currently its at 400mhz 4.4.4.12 2.2v

I have noticed i can overclock it to 500mhz 5.5.5.15 with the same voltage (epp profile in cpuz,i will just set it at that manually),would i be better off with 500mhz and slacker timings or leaving it as is with 400mhz.

ive also read somewhere that matching it with the fsb (333mhz) is sometimes a good option?,if so whats the recommended timings at 333mhz.

theres the 3 options,if i left anything better please advise

cheers.