SpikeSoprano Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Not quite sure but I tought xmp was only on intel boards, the op is using amd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Not quite sure but I tought xmp was only on intel boards, the op is using amd. My 890FX board let me use XMP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 My 890FX board let me use XMP. where did you find it in the bios, I'm using an 880ga-ud3h and not sure it's there , should it say xmp or mabey something simular ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Well my board was a wonky ASRock board...I'm pretty sure it's not a standard thing on AMD boards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Well my board was a wonky ASRock board...I'm pretty sure it's not a standard thing on AMD boards. Yes, plus it was the fx which adds a few features also, and I don't think the xmp will even show up with the phenom 2 cpu's. Something about them supposed to only run with 1300 mhz memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Yes, plus it was the fx which adds a few features also, and I don't think the xmp will even show up with the phenom 2 cpu's. Something about them supposed to only run with 1300 mhz memory. I ran it with both. The BIOS didn't change at all between the two chips I had in the board (an 8120 and an X3 720). I'm thinking it's probably one of the very few AMD boards that will do XMP profiles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 I ran it with both. The BIOS didn't change at all between the two chips I had in the board (an 8120 and an X3 720). I'm thinking it's probably one of the very few AMD boards that will do XMP profiles. I do believe your right on with that, went threw every item for memory in my bios and nothing about xmp profile, yet it's showing in cpuz. Luck of the draw I guess,lol . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Waco, not to start an argument but your statement is way too negative. Some apps can see up to a 10% increase in performance with overclocked ram. Some see little. Tuning Ram can make a difference also. Some apps will run better performance at 1600MHz with tight timings even over overclocked ram, at 2400MHz. The overview would be state what apps he uses the system for and run some benchmarks to see what frequency and timings perform better and thats where the ram needs to be tuned. Its a real crap shoot when it comes to timings vs speed vs latency and there is a fine line where that boundary is crossed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Waco, not to start an argument but your statement is way too negative. Some apps can see up to a 10% increase in performance with overclocked ram. Some see little. Not trying to be negative...I just don't think the time investment for overclocking RAM properly is worth it for such small increases in 99% of what people do. They'll gain far more from overclocking their CPU or GPUs and both take less time to do properly than memory overclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Not trying to be negative...I just don't think the time investment for overclocking RAM properly is worth it for such small increases in 99% of what people do. They'll gain far more from overclocking their CPU or GPUs and both take less time to do properly than memory overclocking. I agree to an extent but some apps have far greater increase in performance with overclocking. Some 10%. If your CPU is maxed out why not overclock the emmory expecially with the XMP profiles..... This is an overclocking forum isn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 I don't really consider XMP profiles to be overclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 I still havent found it on my bios, and i dont PS much, so i take it its not worth the time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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