faster FSB or higher bandwidth??

[kev380]

my p4p800dl m/b doesnt seem to like 5:4 divider much. i can run my memory at 240 with a 1:1 divider but can only run it at 200 with a 5:4 divider. so should i sacrifice cpu speed to achieve higher bandwidth or the other way around in terms of overall performance? thanks.

[nikhsub1]

Originally posted by kev380
my p4p800dl m/b doesnt seem to like 5:4 divider much. i can run my memory at 240 with a 1:1 divider but can only run it at 200 with a 5:4 divider. so should i sacrifice cpu speed to achieve higher bandwidth or the other way around in terms of overall performance? thanks.
You can run 240 1:1 but only 200 at 5:4? Something sounds wrong with that. Do you have the 800 strap set in the bios? YOu should go with the highest clock speed IMO.

[kev380]

800 strap???what is that? i dont see any option like that in the bios. i felt kinda surprised when the machine booted with my rated ddr166 memory running at 240. lol.

[batboy]

DDR166??? Your signature says PC3200, so that's DDR400 RAM. Your mobo should have three mem ratio settings... 400 which equals 1:1, then 320 which equals 5:4, and finally 266 which equals 3:2 ratio.

Go with whatever gives you the highest FSB.

[kev380]

oh sorry for the wrong spec, i meant ddr333. my corsair pc3200c2 doesnt allow FSB to go any higher than 250. so i am temporily using my cousin's infeon stick from his dell. i guess my question is answered. thanks.

[unreal]

oh,, yeah hopefully that 3200 works for oc'ing