should i stay at 1022 mhz or 1031 mhz?

[ingenue007]

ok is the trade of for a few mhz worth the decrease in RAM performance. here's what i tested (chip is duron 700 with 128 megs PC100 RAM on KT7 RAID board). benchmarks made in sandra rt after win2k booted up. memory benchmark was done first then CPU benchmarks:

Test 1:

1022 mhz (9.5 multiplier
FSB at 107 so 215 FSB (DDR)
memory: 442/460
CPU: 2912/1431
in BIOS, memory settings were set at TURBO for BANK 3 (it is 8ns RAM) and FAST for BANK 1 (it is 10ns RAM)

Test 2:
1031 mhz
FSB at 103 so 206 FSB
memory: 423/440
CPU: 2939/1444
in BIOS, all memory settings were at turbo.

Test 3:
same scores as Test 2 even though i set all memory settings on fast. there appeared to be no difference in memory benchmarks.

So which should i stay at? i'm thinking 1022 cause the memory benchmarks are higher.

Also is it just me or does FAST or TURBO make no difference?

thanks

 

[mikelou26]

wut the hell is 10 mhz gonna make a freaking difference u weirdo

 

[vvvvvv]

1022mhz man

 

[ube]

1022 Damn thats good ! 1000 is good, 900 is good !

 

[Sugadaddy]

go for 1031... You'll appreciate that extra 0.0003 fps in quake3

 

[xizor]

go for higher bus speed. but doesn't the kt7 have the ability to increase the processor multplier indepedently also?

xizor

 

[Dark4ng3l]

the bus wil make the 1022 quite a bit faster than the 10 mhz

 

[sojin]

higher and higher...
Use dope, man...

 

[han888]

if i was u, i will stay at 1031

 

[Agar]

So you can say to everybody that your cpu is 10Mhz faster?!?
Now THATS an argument! Actually, a cpu @1022 with a 107Mhz FSB will be faster than a cpu @1031 with a 103Mhz bus. The memory will be faster, the vid card will operate faster, the system will be faster.

But, wait. If I WAS you, I WILL stay at 1031. (sarcasm here, notice?). My system won't be faster, but I'll be a lot coolier to my friends.

 

[kylebisme]

lol, ya be happy with 1022, thats at a sweet spot