Amen!!! Cool scores! Very impressive! Good job! You finally did it!
Now, if you allow me to pick on few minor details, all scores at 155@3:4 are better than 166@1:1. Isn't the trade of those 11 FSB's for mucho DDR ~79 really worth it! This was my argument behind why 3:4 was better than 4:5 at same DDR in the poll thread. I know my point was missed but I can only blame myself for convoluting the idea.
Also, your sandra mem with 150@3:4 is similar to Tuffguy's BG7 with 145@3:4 if I recall correctly. No sweat though, it's not like a big deal!!!
I believe 160@3:4 might be failing cuz of agp/Pci=80/40. I'd be very curious to see some scores with 166@3:4 as agp/Pci goes down to 66/33 there. If you can't then you ram is most likely streched to its absolute limits.
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Could you please answer these few questions?
1)Do you have any specs of the chips on your dimm?(if of course they are not hidden under something)
2)You say cas locks beyond ddr333, are the cas settings beyond fsb125 with 3:4 the same as the cas settings beyond fsb166 with 1:1?
3)what are the voltage (psu rails, vcore, ddr and agp) as well as any cpu heat readings for max fsb under 3:4? Is your NB getting hot now?
The last question is probably the most critical to me personally as that is where my balance hangs versus abit. I can write a whole page about the topic but I'd rather just wait for your answers.
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Now that you made 3:4 "I N F A M O U S" on P4B266, do you still need a p4b533-e?
You can't start to imagine how important your results are in terms of comparing 845D/E/G, the importance of various ratios and which mobo overclocks best. Asus still deserves a lot of credit except I wish they would not lower their standards to meet Intel's marketing plots (I mean give me a break, doesn't 845GL remind you of the celery, old SX, etc.). Hiding such powerful features when every other vendor is milking them (from DDR333 to PC1066) is just not right. Well, obviously Asus doesn't seem to be worried, I guess they're just confident in what they produce and don't have to prove anything. Supporting these key ratios in BIOS would definitly give them a boost from the overclocking community.
Thanks man. Peace.