EDIT: Setting your clocks this high on this board is apparently STUPID and will probably start killing components! DON'T DO IT!
This is the P5L-MX I just got.
Specs:
*P5L-MX (G945)
VCORE: None
VDIMM: 2.00v
FSB: 450
It can boot into Windows as high as 425 and I am sure the board is capable of much higher, but my CPU starts requiring more voltage after 415fsb and ram 1:1 after 410fsb.
This is with VDIMM @ 2.0, timings manually configured to stock and everything else on AUTO. I use a PCI-E x1 SATA controller for my drives and connect to the net via a wireless USB stick. The PCI bus would be running at 53 MHz, so there has to be a lock on this board.
So it is not bad, but what is really promising is another similar board that has a PCI/PCI-E lock:
P5LD2-VM R2.0 - Intel 945G chipset
1. Vcore to 1.7
2. FSB to 500mhz
3. vdimm to 1.9
4. pci-e freq lock
5. pci freq lock
6. cpu multi adjustable
7. cpu/fsb freq support to 1066
8. ddr2 400/533/667
9. vMCH to 1.7!!
10. CPU to FSB Ratio adjustment (Strap setting!? bios does not elaborate)
I am not sure how Lestat knew there was a lock, but Dgephri and my results confirm:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1124087
Now if he would do some testing on his board like I was asking, we might be in business...
What is really exciting, is I think the only thing holding his overclock back is his RAM. Based on this, he is hitting a wall about where he should be, especially with 4 sticks of DDR2:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110193&highlight=P5LD2*
/whine "But with only 1.9v, won't I have to run a divider?" RAM bandwidth has at most 2-5% impact on performance. The amount of extra overclocking headroom it will gain you blows this out of the water. Plus at lower speeds, you will be able to run tighter timings to negate the difference. Just make sure you have at least PC6400 or can run your PC5300 higher with looser timings. Besides, if you can run a 475fsb, you will already be running over DDR750.
I don't know about you, but I know I sure underestimated the 945's potential!
This is the P5L-MX I just got.
Specs:
*P5L-MX (G945)
VCORE: None
VDIMM: 2.00v
FSB: 450
It can boot into Windows as high as 425 and I am sure the board is capable of much higher, but my CPU starts requiring more voltage after 415fsb and ram 1:1 after 410fsb.
This is with VDIMM @ 2.0, timings manually configured to stock and everything else on AUTO. I use a PCI-E x1 SATA controller for my drives and connect to the net via a wireless USB stick. The PCI bus would be running at 53 MHz, so there has to be a lock on this board.
So it is not bad, but what is really promising is another similar board that has a PCI/PCI-E lock:
P5LD2-VM R2.0 - Intel 945G chipset
1. Vcore to 1.7
2. FSB to 500mhz
3. vdimm to 1.9
4. pci-e freq lock
5. pci freq lock
6. cpu multi adjustable
7. cpu/fsb freq support to 1066
8. ddr2 400/533/667
9. vMCH to 1.7!!
10. CPU to FSB Ratio adjustment (Strap setting!? bios does not elaborate)
I am not sure how Lestat knew there was a lock, but Dgephri and my results confirm:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1124087
Now if he would do some testing on his board like I was asking, we might be in business...
What is really exciting, is I think the only thing holding his overclock back is his RAM. Based on this, he is hitting a wall about where he should be, especially with 4 sticks of DDR2:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110193&highlight=P5LD2*
/whine "But with only 1.9v, won't I have to run a divider?" RAM bandwidth has at most 2-5% impact on performance. The amount of extra overclocking headroom it will gain you blows this out of the water. Plus at lower speeds, you will be able to run tighter timings to negate the difference. Just make sure you have at least PC6400 or can run your PC5300 higher with looser timings. Besides, if you can run a 475fsb, you will already be running over DDR750.
I don't know about you, but I know I sure underestimated the 945's potential!