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P35 boards; what are the memory dividers for 200 FSB chips?

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smilingcrow

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I’m looking for a low end Gigabyte P35 board and I want to know what I should expect in terms of memory dividers. Ideally I’d like the option to be able to run the memory at 1:1 regardless of what CD I’m using - 200/266/333 FSB. This is for testing purposes as I’m collecting data.
It seems as if the P35/G33 chipsets only officially support 667/800 MHz RAM which equates to an E4400 using a minimum memory divider of 200/333 = 1.67. I have a Gigabyte G33 chipset board that has this issue. Do their P35 boards have the same problem?

I’m looking at the GA-P35-S3, GA-P35-S3L, GA-P35-DS3L and GA-P35-DS3R in particular, but welcome info on their other boards or P35 boards from other manufacturers.

Note. I realise that I can change the memory ratios by using a BSEL mod on a chip with a FSB of 200 or 266 but that’s not what I’m interested in here.
 
System memory multiplier:

2.50 = 4/5
3.00 = 2/3
2.00 = 1/1
2.40 = 5/6
3.20 = 5/8
3.33 = 3/5
4+ = 1/2
That’s using the CPU and Mobo from your Sig I assume! It’s good to see that 1/1 is available with a 266 FSB chip. I’ve read that Gigabyte have added lower ratios with newer BIOS releases. Anyone using a 200 FSB chip?
 
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