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- Jun 2, 2004
I've put together a system like this:
CPU: A64 Venice 3800+ @ 2.8GHz (10.5x266) @ 1.65V
RAM: 4x512 Geil Ulta Platinum PC4000 @ 215MHz @ 5-5-9-2.5 @ 2.5V
Motherboard: Abit AN8 SLI @HTT speed 4x266
I was hoping to get 30s in Super_PI, but I am getting 32.
I think the ram is holding me back. It's sandra benchmark is 5150MB/s.
This piece of **** ram won't even do what's in its SPD (5-5-9-2.0 @ 233, 5-5-9-2.5 @ 250).
I can't run anything faster than 225MHz even at CAS 3.
Increasing the voltage above 2.5V results in 1000-2000 errors in memtest. I did get a result once where increasing the voltage to 2.8V seemed to stabilize the ram, but I can't reproduce it, and I have already spent over 6 hours trying to tweak the ram.
Here are the questions for all overclocking gurus:
1) My other options are @ 280x10 the ram would run @ 233MHz, or @ 9.5x295 the ram would run @ 254MHz. Would I see better results in super_pi benchmark at those speeds? With better ram timing settings? How much?
2) If the answer is yes, what ram should I get? Would it be 2x1GB for 1T command rate?
3) If money is not an issue, what are my options?
CPU: A64 Venice 3800+ @ 2.8GHz (10.5x266) @ 1.65V
RAM: 4x512 Geil Ulta Platinum PC4000 @ 215MHz @ 5-5-9-2.5 @ 2.5V
Motherboard: Abit AN8 SLI @HTT speed 4x266
I was hoping to get 30s in Super_PI, but I am getting 32.
I think the ram is holding me back. It's sandra benchmark is 5150MB/s.
This piece of **** ram won't even do what's in its SPD (5-5-9-2.0 @ 233, 5-5-9-2.5 @ 250).
I can't run anything faster than 225MHz even at CAS 3.
Increasing the voltage above 2.5V results in 1000-2000 errors in memtest. I did get a result once where increasing the voltage to 2.8V seemed to stabilize the ram, but I can't reproduce it, and I have already spent over 6 hours trying to tweak the ram.
Here are the questions for all overclocking gurus:
1) My other options are @ 280x10 the ram would run @ 233MHz, or @ 9.5x295 the ram would run @ 254MHz. Would I see better results in super_pi benchmark at those speeds? With better ram timing settings? How much?
2) If the answer is yes, what ram should I get? Would it be 2x1GB for 1T command rate?
3) If money is not an issue, what are my options?