Will 512x4 with Venice potentially limit my overclock?

[Abunai]

Is there a verdict on this or does it very greatly? I run a somewhat modest 2.6ghz on my 3500+ Venice for everyday use. Its completely stable and although the ram is value ram (G.skill) Im pretty happy with the performance. Im considering getting an extra gig for the system soon and Im aware of the 2T limitation, but will using all 4 DIMMs limit the OC'ing capability/stability of the chip in anyway? Any first hand accounts either way would be great, thanks.

 

[l Xes l]

nope. just run a divider

 

[furballi]

Running @ 2T will probably result in a 40MHz penalty of the CPU clock speed.

 

[mwmorph]

venice will run 1t with 4 sticks of ram as long as they are single sided. no problems there.

 

[Aries64]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
venice will run 1t with 4 sticks of ram as long as they are single sided. no problems there.

He is talking about 512MB sticks, so they will be DS (Doubled-Sided).

 

[Abunai]

Running @ 2T will probably result in a 40MHz penalty of the CPU clock speed.

Im not sure what you mean here. 40mhz penalty of the max FSB or just the overall estimated max OC of the chip?

Couple more questions I have. Is 1024 x 2 @ 1T that much better than 512 x 4 @ 2T performance wise in games?

Also if I decide on getting another pair of 512 sticks does it have to be the same exact brand/timings?

edit- Im already running a divider (260fsb x 10 w/ 166 divider = DDR433)

 

[aka1nas]

I think he means that going from 2T to 1T is worth about 40Mhz of CPU performance.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: Aries64
He is talking about 512MB sticks, so they will be DS (Doubled-Sided).

Not if he gets these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146541

That being said, it might be better just to get two 1 gig sticks.