Memory Speed

[Keith75]

BC,

This is somewhat in reply to your other post asking about people with other chipsets than VIA and the A64. I have a Newcastle on an nForce 250 MSI board and I am running one 512 MB stick of OCZ PC3200 and another of Corsair PC3200. I am running with the following timings at a FSB setting of 212: CL2-3-3-8 2T and I seem to get a memory score in Sandra of about 2750. I can actually get a speed of about 3100 if I lower my FSB speed and change from 2T to 1T. I am not sure if my memory can handle the 1T at the faster FSB and haven't really had the time to try it recently and just assumed it probably couldn't since it is running at PC3500 speeds already. I am running the RAM at 2.7v right now.

[BC]

BC,

This is somewhat in reply to your other post asking about people with other chipsets than VIA and the A64. I have a Newcastle on an nForce 250 MSI board and I am running one 512 MB stick of OCZ PC3200 and another of Corsair PC3200. I am running with the following timings at a FSB setting of 212: CL2-3-3-8 2T and I seem to get a memory score in Sandra of about 2750. I can actually get a speed of about 3100 if I lower my FSB speed and change from 2T to 1T. I am not sure if my memory can handle the 1T at the faster FSB and haven't really had the time to try it recently and just assumed it probably couldn't since it is running at PC3500 speeds already. I am running the RAM at 2.7v right now.

Ok,
given this... I should assume that the apparant 'lack' of memory speed is a false reading?

(I ask because 64 bit ints and 128 bit longs are right up there in the 6-8Gb/sec range)

I do have my memory timed correctly... and the CL2 I have is CL2 2-2-2-5... but being ECC carries the extra clock burden... and there is a long delay for 'scrubbing'. Guess things are ok.... just being held back more than I really like in a 32 bit OS.

Thanks again.
Chuck