Memory FSB for integrated 865G motherboard?

[palesicklydwarf]

Would it be possible to run the memory at 166mhz(single channel 256mb stick), the CPU at 133mhz(Celeron D 352, 533mhz FSB), and still be able to use the onboard intel graphics without running into stability problems? :confused:

I have seen where the nVidia NF2 IGP(for AMD) ran into problems with certain FSB's and would like to know if any similar problems have been experienced with Intel's 865G chipset. :shrug:

Any information/insights would be greatly appreciated. :thup:

[palesicklydwarf]

Anyone?

<crickets>

[One Bull]

I don't think so...
why would you want to anyway?
Performance is usually best when mem and fsb is synchronised. So, keeping the dividers 1:1 would be better. If you don't overclock maybe you can lower the timings on the mem and have about the same performance as in the setup you sugested (which I believe is only possible on the new 680i chipset)
If you would overclock you might hit the 166 fsb and have your mem running that too!

Just a thought.

[palesicklydwarf]

Thanks for the response, if it runs better synced, I will just leave it at 1:1 then. :thup:

The memory I have is a 256mb stick of Samsung CL3 PC3200, and I have been able to get the timings to 2-2-2-5 @ 133 and it passes several hours of memtest error free at those settings. Although I have decided to just run the memory at 2.5-3-3-6 @ 133 to be on the safe side for the long run. I haven't got XP to boot just yet(waiting to borrow a disk for a repair install), so I haven't been able to run any stability testing yet.

Merry Christmas! :santa2: