Falkentyne
10-18-01, 03:56 PM
All this talk about trying to get 1333 mhz has me feeling sort of left out ;( I'm at 1162 mhz (155 fsb--the highest my BH6 1.1 will allow) on this SL5DV, default voltage, cas 2-2-2, idle pipeline dram leadoff at 0 (using WBXTUNE). The Ram controller can barelly hang at this FSB (burnBX will qiut), but all games run and load without crashing, including Unreal Engine games. On my 600e @ 900 @ 1.70v it was fine, but at 930 (155 FSB), Unreal engine games would crash with strange debugger errors while loading (??) regardless of CPU voltage (1.75v to 1.9v), but burnP6.exe would run forever).
I suspect the new stepping is somehow putting less stress on the controller or the BX chip, as how would 155 FSB be more stable on the faster chip than the slower chip? I am blowing a large case fan on the video cards and motherboard, which is helping 150/155 FSB stability a **LOT**, although I did that also on my 600e. It could also be that the cd0 is stable @ default voltage here but the 600e needed the voltage jump @ 900 and 930.
Oh well, anyway, should I be happy with this chip? I KNOW I could reach easily into the 1200's (if not more...) with a new motherboard but I love this board :) But I'm jealous for 1333 mhz ......... grr......
I suspect the new stepping is somehow putting less stress on the controller or the BX chip, as how would 155 FSB be more stable on the faster chip than the slower chip? I am blowing a large case fan on the video cards and motherboard, which is helping 150/155 FSB stability a **LOT**, although I did that also on my 600e. It could also be that the cd0 is stable @ default voltage here but the 600e needed the voltage jump @ 900 and 930.
Oh well, anyway, should I be happy with this chip? I KNOW I could reach easily into the 1200's (if not more...) with a new motherboard but I love this board :) But I'm jealous for 1333 mhz ......... grr......