locking to 1:1

ati · Dec 17, 2004

A friend of my suggested that i lock my memory speed to 1:1 ratio. since he said that my pc2100 memory is my bottleneck of my overclocking. is it true that doing this will stabalize my system and help me reach faster clocks? what are the advantages and disadvantages?

Sucka · Dec 17, 2004

Typically 1:1 will decrease max overclock. It all depends on if the memory can handle it. I'm looking at your sig, and it says you have PC-3200, yet you mention pc2100. Advantages to a 1:1 are that the memory and CPU's FSB are equal (200FSB:200FSB) where as on a 5:4 it would be 80% that of the CPU's FSB. This allows for better memory bandwidth. How about some more info on the system we are talking about here.

ati · Dec 17, 2004

this is the same computer as the one on my sig but the memory is different, had to RMA it because one of the memory chips where broken when mailed to me.

ati · Dec 17, 2004

what would you reccommend 1:1 or 5:4?

jaydog · Dec 17, 2004

Its not really that we can reccommend one or the other

Try both and see which one you like better.
If your max oc with 1:1 is 2.35, try to go higher with a 5:4 ratio.

Sucka · Dec 17, 2004

1:1 if it could do it, but pc-2100 isn't rated to do that. So i doubt it will. Probably limited to 5:4, or even 3:2

ati · Dec 18, 2004

hmm i tried 1:1 and it works pretty good, im getting all the way to 2.60ghz and its very stable. i guess ill use this

Sucka · Dec 18, 2004

If it works, use it. 1:1 is optimal.

ati · Dec 18, 2004

how do i know if i have reached my maximum oc for my cpu?

Sucka · Dec 18, 2004

It will reboot/freeze.

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