Anandtech OC articles

[sofarfrome]

I was reviewing the 2-2-2 fast memory article and when all is done I have one question. When the highest OC with the OCZ DDR3200 R2 Platinum memory (or any memory for that matter) is the 5:4 divider being used or are they acheiving these OCs at the 1:1 setting?


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[robertk2012]

Its 1:1 and they increase the cpu speed too. So that gain you see is from the cpu and not the ram. The performance would be almost identical if they boosted the cpu speed and used a divider.

 

[sofarfrome]

So what am I doing wrong? I have the same system they used except I have a 3.0C Northie. I can get to 3.75GHz CPU speed with a 1000FSB prime stable, 49C temp. but only if I use the 5:4 divider. If I stay 1:1 the best I can do is 3.23GHz with 880 FSB (or so). My CPU voltage is 1.65V, Vdimm is 2.85 (board max and the same AT used), air cooling, 66/33 AGP lock, etc.

 

[robertk2012]

Crap I though you had an amd processor. I dont know much about overclocking the intel stuff. Someone here will help though. On though reviews Im not sure what they do when the processor is intel. Sorry. I didnt think dividers hurt performance though. So whats the problem with using a divider?