PDP Patriot XBLK PC3200 2x512 Owners: How far have you taken it at 2.5-3-3-x @ 1T?

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PDP Patriot XBLK PC3200 2x512 Owners: How far have you taken it at 2.5-3-3-x @ 1T?

I have seen quite a few Patriot 2x512 XBLK that reached 260 and above with those timings at 1T. Mine can't seem to go beyond 250 at 2.5-3-3-7 or 8 @ 1T, even at 255 it starts to crap out on Memtest 86+ and SuperPI even when I max it to 2.8VDimm and 3x LDT. Its only stable at 250 @ 2.7VDimm. Granted, my Abit AV8 is limited to only 2.8V on VDimm. I loosened the timings to 3-4-4-8 and I got to 260 without error in Memtest 86+, but I wanted to stay within 2.5-3-3-7 or 8 as much as possible. So, to those who got the same mem sticks, how far were you able to take it at 2.5-3-3-7 @ 1T? Do I need more than 2.8V to get to even 255 at those timings?

These are my stable BIOS settings at 250 @ 1T, 2.7V:

CAS Latency - 2.5
Row Cycle Time - 11
Row Refresh Cycle Time - 13
RAS to CAS Delay - 3
RAS to RAS Delay - 3
Min RAS Active Time - 7
RAS Precharge Time - 3
Write Recovery Time - 3
Write to Read Delay - 2
Read to Write Delay - 3
Burst Length - 4 Beats

Any ideas what else I could do? I feel like I'm missing something.


Thanks and cheers.

 

[g0dM@n]

I used to have PDP Patriot XBL 2x512 when they first came out (I think it was like $230-240 shipped then).

I had it on my Neo2, so all I know is how far it went on that.

278mhz, 2.5-4-3-7 @ 2.9v I believe.

It liked more voltage when I went for tighter timings, and more fsb.