question about my oc'ed 2500m...

[thenerd]

1. why does my 3dmark 2003 mark rise by only 15ish points after oc'ing from 2.2ghz to 2.4ghz?

2. i can't seem to oc the fsb over 200... if i get it at 200, then the comp over fsbs it to 200.5 in windows, which basically oc's my generic 3200ram... so as a result, i am not able to last even 5 minutes in prime. yes, i have tried upping my vcore to 2.7 instead of 2.6 - does this have anything to do with that divider thingy? cause i don't have that option avaliable in my bios, A7N8X-E deluxe, but i do have that ram percentage thingy, which i currently have set at 100%.

 

[TekieB]

Are you running a divider on your ram?

and 2.6 vcore??????

 

[thenerd]

*vdimm.... jeesh, my vcore is at stock 1.575

and, no i don't think i'm running a divider, at least i can't find such an option in the bios. as i have mentioned before, i do see a percentage setting which adjusts the ram speeds. i have it set at 100% right now.

 

[MrFace]

Have you tried raising your Vcore...

 

[thenerd]

yup, no difference if i set my vcore to 1.725 instead of stock. i doubt thats the problem anyways, since the problem manifests itself when i get 2.2 ghz stable, or 2.3ish stable.

 

[MrFace]

If you can't get over 200FSB, I'd have to say you have the worst PC3200 on Earth.

Pick up some Corsair or whatever is hot with the kids nowadays.

 

[paulmofyourhand]

2003 3dmark is gpu dependent

 

[7718]

i have the same motherboard and when i push my 2500+ to 200mhz fsb its gets all unstable. It doesn't seem to matter what settings my ddr is at, it just doesn't work. I run it at 190mhz now, because its stable and much cooler temps.

 

[thelarry]

Have you done anything to increase the mobo chipset cooling? Does it come with a fan?

If you mobo has the option increase your vdimm to 2.8 or 2.9.

 

[2Fresh]

Try around 2.9 on Vdimm and 1.9 on core.