Low 3DMark06 score when I overclock

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Appa

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I'm very confused, why is it when I overclock my e6600 to 3.0GHz, my 3DMark06 score goes DOWN. I mean, way down, to 10k. I don't understand this.


I guess it has something to do with my memory timings?
 
lol, why would you guess timings? unless otherwise told to your Timings will be the same no matter your FSB speed. generally, to up your FSB speed, you wanna loosen the timings, but cmos doesnt automatically do this, as far as i know.

first off thats a very nice rig.

anywho, could just be a reaction to your CPU being power deprived, but it wouldnt seem like it, on a striker extreme you should be able to do that speed with no voltage bump. try giving it a little more juice anyways.

Speed step might also just be being retarded. disable that in bios, if you havnt already.
 
I was guessing it was my memory timings because this board has a VAST amount of adjustments, most of which I've left on Auto because I do not understand them. I noticed it started using 1T CMD on me for no reason, I quickly changed that back to 2T.


Also, my memory frequency keeps staying at 533 with an FSB : DRAM of 5:8
I have it unlinked in the BIOS, I can't get this to go to 800 :( or at least, I don't understand how to on this motherboard. The bios is so confusing.
 
Make sure your board is running 16x SLI... Check it in CPUZ. Sometimes locking the PCIe bus at 100 screws with the width of it.
 
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