Originally posted by: crackery
Originally posted by: wbynum
I'm a little confused about how the memory clock/divider works with these nForce4 motherboards. I am getting an Epox 9NPA+ SLI motherboard. In the manual the only thing I see about the memory clock is the following:
Memory Frequency (Mhz)
This item sets the memory clock. By placing an artificial memory clock limit on the system, memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency. Example, ?200? will set to DDR400 speed.
Options: 100Mhz, 133Mhz, 166Mhz, 200Mhz.
Given that I don't want to overclock my DDR400 memory, does the above mean that I just set it to 200mhz no matter how high I set the FSB/HTT? Or do I have to bump the memory setting down to 166mhz or 133mhz if I go with a high FSB setting?
I finally figured it out last night. turns out that it wasn't really that hard... actually it was fairly easy. I just had to discover that I could get into more detailed hidden menu of overclocking by pressing Ctrl + F1.
and to wbynum, if you overclock your CPU, chances are you'll probably have to limit the memory frequency. As for mine, my CPU is set at 256 mhz with 166 mhz memory frequency resulting in 2.3ghz from 1.8 base. not too bad.
I actually have a question about FSB, and CPU rate.
my FSB right now is 256 x 3 = 768.
CPU: 256 x 9 = 2304. with 166 memory frequency.
however, what if i were to go 250 x 4 = 1000 FSB.
CPU: 250 x 9 = 2250 with 166 memory frequency?
Do i gain more by higher FSB even if that means i sacrifice my CPU rate a little? which one's better?