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- Oct 9, 2003
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I have a Q9550 (8.5multi x 333mhz stock = 2.83ghz) in an EVGA 780i motherboard with 8 gigs of gskill DDR1000 ram.
When I set my overall FSB (say 1700mhz which should mean 425fsb x 4), why does it show that my actual memory speed is higher than 850mhz (425mhz x2 for DDR)? It shows my actual memory speed is 1050mhz (CPU-Z shows my DRAM Frequency at 525mhz).
I bought DDR1000 ram so I could run (in theory) up to a 500mhz FSB (2000mhz overall FSB) without having to worry about my memory keeping me back. But now that I see this actual memory speed so high, I am thinking I need faster memory.
I have things setup in a 1:1 ratio. I'm confused... but my overclocking skills are outdated (see sig )
EDIT - Just noticed my FSB : DRAM ratio is 5:6 in CPU-Z... that would explain things... although I have the only ratio I see in my bios set to 1:1 synchronized?
When I set my overall FSB (say 1700mhz which should mean 425fsb x 4), why does it show that my actual memory speed is higher than 850mhz (425mhz x2 for DDR)? It shows my actual memory speed is 1050mhz (CPU-Z shows my DRAM Frequency at 525mhz).
I bought DDR1000 ram so I could run (in theory) up to a 500mhz FSB (2000mhz overall FSB) without having to worry about my memory keeping me back. But now that I see this actual memory speed so high, I am thinking I need faster memory.
I have things setup in a 1:1 ratio. I'm confused... but my overclocking skills are outdated (see sig )
EDIT - Just noticed my FSB : DRAM ratio is 5:6 in CPU-Z... that would explain things... although I have the only ratio I see in my bios set to 1:1 synchronized?
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