overclocking and memory timings????

[tornadog]

The only tool I use for benchmarking is 3dmark 05. I have my AMD 64 3000+ Venice running at 2565 Mhz(285 x 9). I set my Kingston HyperX 3200 Ram at 4:5 multi to run at 228 Mhz, 3-4-48-1T and I got 8849 on 3DM05. Now I set it to 3:4 multi at 213 Mhz, 2-3-3-7-1T and I get 8810. Is this normal???

Another funny thing is I took the cpu to 2700 Mhz(300 x9) and RAM at 225 Mhz, 3-4-4-8-1T and I get 8821, less than my best score with 2565 Mhz. Why is this so?

 

[theMan]

well, overclocking is all about experimentation, try lots of different settings, and benchmark them. there is really no way to know except that way. just stick to the best settings.

 

[PingSpike]

Isn't 3dmark05 pretty much entirely a video card benchmark? Maybe that tiny drop in memory bandwidth just slowed your video card down a hair.

Check it in another application. I'm not a big fan of synthetic benchmarks myself.