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I have to back down to 3.7 to game and stuff
Originally posted by tehandydumke
I was wondering what you guys think. I was telling my dad about oc'ing his computer and he asked this question. I didn't really notice a difference but then again I only used my computer at the stock setting for a month and + I'm a NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooob.
So ya do you guys think overclocking is noticeable?
Originally posted by camay123
Maybe if you lock the AGP/PCI to 66/33 it would make it more stable at 3.8ghz. Try it.
...which i'm kinda happy with none the less.Originally posted by PureBooYah
the reason he can get that high is cause he doesn't have his agp/pci set to 66/33, if you leave it at 66/33 like you have to do if you use sata drives, then you'll hit a 300fsb wall and can't go higher. if you change your agp/pci higher like he has you can get above that wall
my chip can hit 3.6 when i have 2x256mb mushkin sticks of ram in, so i've ran into that wall cause of my sata drives, but ever since i went to a gig of ram 3.45 is all i can hit
Well of course it all depends. If you use your computer primarily for MS Word and Warcraft III (or, heaven forbid, Counterstrike), anything over 1.5 ghz won't be noticably faster.Originally posted by tehandydumke
I was wondering what you guys think. I was telling my dad about oc'ing his computer and he asked this question. I didn't really notice a difference but then again I only used my computer at the stock setting for a month and + I'm a NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooob.
So ya do you guys think overclocking is noticeable?
Originally posted by PureBooYah
the reason he can get that high is cause he doesn't have his agp/pci set to 66/33, if you leave it at 66/33 like you have to do if you use sata drives, then you'll hit a 300fsb wall and can't go higher. if you change your agp/pci higher like he has you can get above that wall
my chip can hit 3.6 when i have 2x256mb mushkin sticks of ram in, so i've ran into that wall cause of my sata drives, but ever since i went to a gig of ram 3.45 is all i can hit
and i can notice a difference with my oc and stock, but cant notice a difference between 3.6 and 3.45ghz except in benchies
Do me a favor... run memtest at 3.5ghz 5/4 dider with as much volts as u can give her. try running test 5. tell me if it locks up. I thihk its the memory controller crapping out, but I am not sure. Now you may be thinking so what...well tell ou the truth, I think it has to do with the vdimm mod. Think about it, exactsame systems, edxact same mod, exact same problem. What about the vdimm mod could be affecting the stability of the 5/4 divider? Whats the max fsb stable for you? thanks.Originally posted by computerpro3
whoa whoa whoa...hmmmmm
we basically have the same core system with similar overclocking parts, AND the vdimm mod done...AND are having the exact same problem!
I can hit 3.8ghz with either 3/2 dual channel or 5/4 single channel. I cannot get past 3.45ghz exactly without my system going to hell in a handbasket 5/4 divider channel. Its driving me nuts! Imagine runnig 3.7ghz, 500mhz 2-2-2-5 memory day to day
omg it's not only me". you might be on to something...i never checked max stability 3/2 dual or 5/4 single channel with the mod done, but 5/4 dual the tops i can get is 3.45ghz anything else crashes. if i still had my 2x256mb sticks in i could do 3.6ghz with 3/2 dual (before my vdimm mod) and 3.55ghz 5/4 dual (after vdimm mod) - plus it never let me do 3.6ghz 3/2 after my vdimm mod come to think of it