How does videocard relate to CPU o/c?

[Wag]

Fooling around with my Barton 2500+. Right now stuck with old Crucial 2100, so I have the mem speed set at SPD on my 8RDA+.


Here's the thing- On my old 1600+, running the FSB And mem at 150, I was able to o/c my 9700np to 380/336 w/no artifacts. Now, with the FSB @ 187 (mem spd still 150), I can't o/c much higher than 325/310 without artifacting. AGP is locked at 66.

Any ideas? I plan on upgrading memory w/3200 so I can run FBS and mem at same speed (if the board will do 200 stably, still not sure as it's the old version).

 

[leeperpsu]

wag

i have the same problem...

my 9700 pro can only do 346/325 before art. starts appearing everywhere.
and my computer is overclocked a lot. i guess you got to balance everything.

 

[bootoo]

It's an nvidia problem too, at least with my gf4 ti4200/128 mg and my overclocked xp2400+.

 

[Wag]

Interesting.

So, even though my overall system performance is almost double, my 3DMark/Gaming score is a little lower than on the slower CPU. Right now I'm at 187/11.5 so ~3000+. I bet if I can run my mem @ 187 I'll be just about equivalent to what I had on the 1600+. Weird.

I don't think I'll get 200 on this board without the VDD mod. Not sure I want to do that. I'm able to get into the destkop, but totally unstable, even with the memory @ 133.

I tell you though- this is a kick-ass CPU for $83.