Athlon 64 3200+ Overclocking results and help

[DCypher]

Ok Guys, heres the deal, I was overclocking my AMD 64 3200+ on my MSI Neo2 Platinum. I couldn't really push it past 2500 mHz mark, so i decided to drop my multiplier down and get a bigger FSB. I finally ended up at 2.44 ghz with a 287 mhz FSB at an 8.5 multiplier. Which I think is pretty decent...any opinions? My Vcore runs at about 1.552, and Vdimm is at 2.8. I have a divider on my RAM right now? It is pc3200 Corsair XMS running at 188 mhz.

Is it beneficial to raise my front side bus up and lower my multiplier?
Will this 90mhz increase in front side bus increase performance?
Any suggestions on getting it higher?

Oh, and out of curiosity, what intel chip would be equivalent to my overclock?

 

[DCypher]

Bump

 

[Duvie]

What speed was the ram running at 250???

IN my testiing HTT or FSB will give slight performance difference when and if the ram jumped as well....I would think if 2500mhz was done with a 133divider as well the ram would have been like 333mhz or pc2700 vers the 372mzh yuo are now....I would think in my testing that the 56mhz more clock speed may be worth mor ein a majority of apps versus the slower clock, higher HTT, and slightly higher ddr speed...
I take the higher 10x multiplier clock speed and work on getting a 166 divider to work with the 250fsb...

 

[DCypher]

Ok, thanks, my rig is used primarily for gaming, does your opinion about the higher clock instead of higher FSB still hold in that situation. I was under the impression that the front side bus was a "gateway" to many pc components, and if it is larger, than your system will be much faster.

 

[Duvie]

It is, but as seen in testing from some guys HTT from 800 to 1000 made little difference in real world testing.....

Get the most clock first and then try tweaking fsb, emory speed and cas tiings....clock still counts the most, and especially when we are talking about almost 60mhz clock speed versus 30+ ddr speed and HTT speed a bit higher....

At 250 you can run a 4x multiplier but if you go hiher you may need to switch it to 3x...At 250x4 you have 1000 which the board is capable of....3x250 you have 750...3x287 equals 861..not enough to be a factor....only if ram speed benefited from the HTT raise will this relate to real world gaming results, IMO...