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The Senile Doctor · 7th April 2004, 15:16

god damn...
six months ago I bought 2*256 mb of pc3700 to run with my p4 and I always complained it would only run its 233 mhz stock setting at cas 3 3-3-7.

I just switched my ages old (about one year) pc3200 corsair from the workrig in the gamerig...
It boots at 233 cas 2 2-2-5 no probs...
crap
why the hell did I ever buy this pc3700 again?

another question...
with memory that can do cas 2 2-2-2-5 at 233, on an abit ic7max, can you turn that game accelerator on?
my pc3700 never allowed that...

and another thing... is 3.1 vdimm a danger in a well ventilated case (case temp never goes above 22 and there's 120 mms pushing cold air over the ram area)

7th April 2004, 15:53

i would say no, not realy, but i think it's not healthy to run that for a long time ( like a year )

RichBa5tard · 7th April 2004, 15:53

One year ago Corsair PC3200 XMS was equipped with BH-6 and PC3500 with BH-5. No wonder it works better.

Whether 3.1vdimm is dangerous depends on which chips you are using. Winbond BH-5 / 6 seems not to mind 3.2vdimm for a very, very long time (+1 year). Other chips might break after weeks...

The Senile Doctor · 9th April 2004, 15:22

so, if I get it right, everybody is going to buy 2*512 mb modules now for current and future games... but there ain't any of those around that can do nice tight timings... on the other hand, lots of sites claim that cas 2 and 2.5 on an athy64 are equivalent, so that's out of the equation...and piotke is checking all the other timings elsewhere

piotke · 9th April 2004, 15:38

testing is done, I just don't have any slow ram at home

The Senile Doctor · 9th April 2004, 15:53

well, are the differences substantial or minimal?

jmke · 9th April 2004, 15:55

hold on to your panties, as usual

slow memory coming Piotke's way soon

piotke · 9th April 2004, 20:15

Quote:

Originally posted by calantak
well, are the differences substantial or minimal?

To answer that, I have to use some very smart words...

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
hold on to your panties, as usual

Sidney · 9th April 2004, 21:09

I'm cheap.

piotke · 9th April 2004, 22:14

we're talking about timing on an A64 platform (Nfoce3 150/250 or K8t800/K8t880)

7th April 2004, 15:16	#11
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	god damn... six months ago I bought 2*256 mb of pc3700 to run with my p4 and I always complained it would only run its 233 mhz stock setting at cas 3 3-3-7. I just switched my ages old (about one year) pc3200 corsair from the workrig in the gamerig... It boots at 233 cas 2 2-2-5 no probs... crap why the hell did I ever buy this pc3700 again? another question... with memory that can do cas 2 2-2-2-5 at 233, on an abit ic7max, can you turn that game accelerator on? my pc3700 never allowed that... and another thing... is 3.1 vdimm a danger in a well ventilated case (case temp never goes above 22 and there's 120 mms pushing cold air over the ram area) __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

7th April 2004, 15:53	#13
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	One year ago Corsair PC3200 XMS was equipped with BH-6 and PC3500 with BH-5. No wonder it works better. Whether 3.1vdimm is dangerous depends on which chips you are using. Winbond BH-5 / 6 seems not to mind 3.2vdimm for a very, very long time (+1 year). Other chips might break after weeks... __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th April 2004, 15:22	#14
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	so, if I get it right, everybody is going to buy 2*512 mb modules now for current and future games... but there ain't any of those around that can do nice tight timings... on the other hand, lots of sites claim that cas 2 and 2.5 on an athy64 are equivalent, so that's out of the equation...and piotke is checking all the other timings elsewhere __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

9th April 2004, 15:38	#15
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	testing is done, I just don't have any slow ram at home __________________ .

9th April 2004, 15:53	#16
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	well, are the differences substantial or minimal? __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

7th April 2004, 15:53	#12
Da_BoKa Posts: n/a	i would say no, not realy, but i think it's not healthy to run that for a long time ( like a year )

9th April 2004, 15:55	#17
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	hold on to your panties, as usual slow memory coming Piotke's way soon __________________

9th April 2004, 21:09	#19
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	I'm cheap. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

9th April 2004, 22:14	#20
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	we're talking about timing on an A64 platform (Nfoce3 150/250 or K8t800/K8t880) __________________ .

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