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3200+ Bottleneck?

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DarkDrake

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I have an AthlonXP 3200+, If I upgraded to a new 6800 or X800 series would my processor bottleneck out? or would I see a good performance boost coming from a 9800 NP?
 
Well yes and no.

First of all, anything is an improvement coming form a 9800NP. Also, it depends on the types of games you are playing and what resolution you are playing them at. Rule of thumb usually is that the lower the rez, the more cpu bound the performance is.

Also, any particular reason why you went for the slower timed Pc4000 over some really fast Pc3200 RAM?
 
Actually I have the timings at 6-3-3-2 which isnt bad at all... wont boot at 6-2-2-2 though
 
I agree those timings arent bad, but you are wasting the bandwith of the RAM you bought by running it slower than its rated speed. I was just wondering why you would buy the more expensive pc4000 that has slower timings than the LL3200 is all. :D
 
its just not ideal for his setup most amds guys go for slower ram with tight timings since their fsb doesnt get very high....
 
8Zombie8 said:
pc 4000 is for overclocking
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You are absolutely right my friend but...

This would make sense on an Intel mobo b/c the FSB starts at 200 and moves up from there so pc3200 RAM would not be sufficient.

In this case though the FSB starts at 166 and he pushes it to 200 by overclocking. This means that his PC4000 RAM is actually now running at pc3200 speeds.
 
yea i had some 3200 ddr that didnt overclock much at all. i have since bought some corsair 3200 ddr at 2-2-2-5 timings and im currently clocked at 464 mhz at 2-3-2-6 timings. if your gonna overclock you wanna make sure you have either really good (expensive) 3200 ddr. or you go up to 3700 or 4000 mhz memory.

i notice more memory bandwidth with the 464 mhz at 2-3-2-6 (a little over 6900 mb/s)

when clocked at 400 mhz at 2-2-2-5 i barely hit 6200 mb/s)


it depends on the processor i have a 3500+ and it is 200 fsb stock. im now at 232x11 or 2.55 ghz. and i am using 3200 ddr. I just had to lax the timings a little bit.
 
Hey theelviscerator,

Are you serious on that P4 overclock man? That is um.....::scratches head::...Siiiiick!

Give me info on how all that is running and what u are using to do it. :D
 
Ingonuts13 said:
Hey theelviscerator,

Are you serious on that P4 overclock man? That is um.....::scratches head::...Siiiiick!

Give me info on how all that is running and what u are using to do it. :D
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runs well using an mcx478 hsf with 92mm tornado plus case cooling equal to about 200+cfm witha 120 sunon on the side blowhole on vid card and cpu ....

no vmods or board mods at all just a good chip with good air cooling...

I can boot windows at 262 fsb and run some benches, day to day gaming setup is 255 fsb though..try not to keep it ON the rev limiter mmkay...haha..
 
Ingonuts13 said:
Hey theelviscerator,

Are you serious on that P4 overclock man? That is um.....::scratches head::...Siiiiick!
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thats highly possible. it just depends on one's luck from one person to another.

heck, I remember when I had my 2.4C it was running at 3.6GHz with Corsair PC3200 memory. what was really cool was that I was running that chip at 3.6GHz on a damn-near silent Zalman cooler. :cool:

now grant it, a 1.2GHz O/C isnt an everyday thing but on the other hand, it isnt impossible as my old system was proof of that.

again, its all luck of the draw...
 
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