So the little newb in me overclocked my AMD 64 3200+ from stock 2.0 to 2.4, dropped the Memory down to 166, and dropped the Max HT Multiplier to 4, with no problem and Prime95 stable. Then last night I was reading in a forum that said that memory bandwidth was crucial on the A64, more so than tight timings (although I am just running standard 2.5:3:3:10 timings).
Question 1 - With Mushkin Basic 3200 RAM should I even try to overclock it from the standard 200 to 210 or 220? With my 2.4 Ghz clock speed, would I have better performance if I got 2.2 or 2.3 and was able to leave the RAM at 200 instead of dropping it to 166?
Question 2 - When determing the memory bandwidth of an overclock, I read from someone in this forum that 220 on the FSB of the Processor with Memory at 166 was better than another higher OC on the FSB when the Memory was 133. They used a divisor of 11 on the 166 setting and a divisor of 14 on the 133 setting to determine the bandwidth. So what is the divisor of a 200 setting?
Note: I think this was Zebo or StriderGT, and I wish I could find the post I was referencing.
Is their an easy way to calculate when an OC would be 'better' at a higher Memory setting with a lower Processor Clock Speed?
Question 3: What the heck is the Max HT Multiplier? and what does it do? Higher the better?
- Jelifah "Absorbing like a sponge"
Question 1 - With Mushkin Basic 3200 RAM should I even try to overclock it from the standard 200 to 210 or 220? With my 2.4 Ghz clock speed, would I have better performance if I got 2.2 or 2.3 and was able to leave the RAM at 200 instead of dropping it to 166?
Question 2 - When determing the memory bandwidth of an overclock, I read from someone in this forum that 220 on the FSB of the Processor with Memory at 166 was better than another higher OC on the FSB when the Memory was 133. They used a divisor of 11 on the 166 setting and a divisor of 14 on the 133 setting to determine the bandwidth. So what is the divisor of a 200 setting?
Note: I think this was Zebo or StriderGT, and I wish I could find the post I was referencing.
Is their an easy way to calculate when an OC would be 'better' at a higher Memory setting with a lower Processor Clock Speed?
Question 3: What the heck is the Max HT Multiplier? and what does it do? Higher the better?
- Jelifah "Absorbing like a sponge"
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