proxops-pete

Well... with my new nforce2 Ultra board, I was able to achieve 12 x 166 (2 GHz) stable! Then I really wanted to push my unlocked mobile CPU so I got 2x PC3500 Kingston HyperX 2-3-3-7 memory and off I went!

And boy, am I glad to have done so! I am now running at 10 x 220 (2.2 GHz)!! Wooohoo! At 2 GHz, SuperPi took 54 sec, and now at 2.2 GHz, it takes 47 sec! I am quite happy...

This should get me by for some time... and at least when I upgrade, I can take the memory along. I know it's not news to lots of you... Just wanted to share my joys...

gurutoo

If you're happy, we're happy Pete!

proxops-pete

Thanks Guru!

jester22c

Congrats on your first adventure in the world of O/C What were your stock speeds btw? Temps?

proxops-pete

I don't know about temps yet... but it's not my first adventure...
It's an XP 2000+ Mobile that runs at 1.67 GHz / FSB 133 MHz x 2. I've run it at 1.9 GHz / FSB 150 MHz x 2 for at least a year, mainly due to my poor MSI KT3 Ultra mobo's limited capabilities.

Recently, I upgraded to Epox 8RDA3+Pro (nForce2 Ultra) and with the same previous memory (PC2700), I ran it up to 2 GHz (12.5 x 166 MHz). Then I just acquired some PC3500 memory (1 GB Kingston HyperX CAS 2) and boosted it to 2.2 GHz (10 x 220 MHz).

jester22c

ahhh well in that case congrats on the nice upgrade!

r'aggrostic

Hey Pete--next try to tighten up to 2-2-2-10 or 11 and see if it still passes your stability tests. Just another small step that might improve performance. The most important is cas=2, but the rest does help if the ram is up to it.

:smile:

proxops-pete

So what does that exactly improve?? I'm hesitant to lower the other times...

r'aggrostic

I'm not a ram expert, but ras-to-cas represents a delay in clock cycles, just like cas ratio. (latency) So it's better to have 'em tight if your setup allows. It won't make a huge difference, maybe a few points in 3dmark or a few fps in some games maybe. If it makes your machine flakey you can always relax them again.