microill Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 My current setup: N4 SLI-DR (bios: 2006/04/06) Toledo 4400+ x2 Truepower 2.0 550w Corsair Ram CMX1024-3200c2pt (2x) dual channel Zalman 9700 HSF w/ AS5 [^cpuz 1.38 reads the ram as CMX1024-3200c2] Right now I pretty much have everything on auto with loaded default optimized settings in bios. Here is what I got by just barely messing with the buss? speed. Core Speed 2508.8 MHz Multiplier x Bus speed 11.0 x 228.1 MHz Memory Frequency 228.1 MHz (CPU/11) CAS# Latency (tCL) 3.0 clocks RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 3 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 8 clocks Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 7 clocks DRAM Idle Timer 256 clocks Command Rate 1T This is the highest buss(?) speed I've been able to get without windows corrupting it's registry and not booting et all. I've been running this current setup for about two weeks now and it's been stable. So I'm pretty new to overclocking and I'm totally clueless as to what settings to tweak... What can I change to get a higher stable overclock? Any help would be great appreciated edit: I should probably add that all I want to use this setup for is gaming. I don't want to "extreme" overclock but rather get a stable o/c that gains me a few more fps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysnack Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 read the a64 overclocking guide provided on these forums (http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28049), and it will teach u everything u need to know. You have to find the max of your ram and cpu individually first (shown in the guide) before you can start mixing different combinations of settings, so you know your limits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praz Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 ^^^^^^^ Good advice. But before you do that read the rules you agreed to. Pay particular attention to rules #4, #5 and #10. microill has agreed to the following rule(s): DFI-Street Rules (64-bit) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Esau Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Dont do it Praz...lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microill Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 read the a64 overclocking guide provided on these forums (http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28049), and it will teach u everything u need to know. You have to find the max of your ram and cpu individually first (shown in the guide) before you can start mixing different combinations of settings, so you know your limits. Thanks ^^^^^^^ Good advice. But before you do that read the rules you agreed to. Pay particular attention to rules #4, #5 and #10. microill has agreed to the following rule(s): DFI-Street Rules (64-bit) Oops, sorry about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microill Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Highest stable was 166/ *280 giving me a 2800 clock that seemed stable (didn't run memtest/prime, just ran benchmarks for an hour or two) with temps staying at ~39C full load. However none of the fps benchmarks improved more than 3FPS, is that normal? I was expecting fps to jump quite a bit from 2.5 -> 2.8.. I'm thinking I might of done something wrong. Any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITandRUN Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 which benchmarks are you running? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microill Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 which benchmarks are you running? 3dmark05, HL2:LC benchmark, CS:S benchmark, thdribl_1_2, and finally loading up battlefield 2142 and going to a specific spot in differents map to see what the fps reads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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