avman Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 How high should I take the HTT/FSB? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one may seem somewhat irrelevant but if anyone knows or has a definitive opinion I'd like to hear it. My current system is an X2 3800+ on a DFI LP UT NF4 SLi-DR with OCZ-VX 4000 Ram. I'm trying to run everything as close as possible to it's limits but I still have some options with the HTT and I'm not sure if running it higher has any benefits - there doesn't appear to be any obvious benchmarking benefit. With the cooling I'm using, the stable maximum I can get from the CPU is around 2750Mhz. At any sort of tight timings, the Ram will only go to 260 which leaves me with 3 (mostly stable) choices: 1. 275HTT x 10, mem at 9/10 = 250mhz 2225 1T 2. 306HTT x 9, Mem at 5/6 ~ 250mhz 2225 1T 3. 344HTT x 8, Mem at 3/4 ~ 250mhz 2225 1T Benchmarking produces similar results at all 3 settings... Any Suggestions? __________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FZ1 Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 If benchmarking produces similar results I guess you have your answer. Conventional wisdom says that the 344 HTT *should be the fastest* due to the speed of the bus... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 Yeah - I guess I was hoping someone would say I'd missed something simple and I should do .... to make it go that much faster :-). That being said I popped the lid over the weekend -- Isn't running any quicker but It's much more stable at a slightly lower voltage now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICON57 Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 are you prime 95 stable at all 3 options? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 SuperPi 32m and Gaming stable - MoHAA/Fear/HL2. I've never had enough patience to leave it alone long enough to be truly "Prime Stable" - After 20 minutes running dual I usually say... good enough ... wife'n'kids tend to seriously reduce tweak and gaming time so I tend to take whatever I can get and run with it..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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