[shortfuse]

I know loweing the multiplier increases the ram speeds while u increase the fsb. question is this would it be better to use higher fsb or higher multi? The reason im asking is this i finally hit a wall on my proc it seems no matter what i do i cannot reach 3.0 oh well. right now im at 2.94 with dfi ultra-d the best speed i can get with low temps i can push it to 2.96 but crazy temps. so im wondering since i bought a new ram pc4400 its rated to go 277 and with my current oc Fsb 268 [email protected] 2.94g, dram 200 (1:1) at 268mhz so im under clocking the ram speeds. i can try this settings to increase my ram. fsb 294 x10 multi @ 2.94, dram 200 (1:1) @ 294mhz. if i do use this settings what are the pros and cons to it?

 

[Ste]

If your ram is stable, then there's no cons. Your ram is running quicker and your CPU speed is the same.

 

[shortfuse]

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Originally Posted by Ste If your ram is stable, then there's no cons. Your ram is running quicker and your CPU speed is the same.

Well last night i tried running memtest test #5 with no errors (5 loops) @310mhz how many loops should i run to know if this is really stable? and having a faster ram is better than having a faster fsb?

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by shortfuse Well last night i tried running memtest test #5 with no errors (5 loops) @310mhz how many loops should i run to know if this is really stable? and having a faster ram is better than having a faster fsb?

I wouldn't bother with memtest, it's never found any errors for me. If you've got a game like Quake 4 or CoD2, run that. Normally picks up any instability with the ram nice and quick and it's much more fun than watching memtest. Found that those 2 games, in particular are great for testing system stability.

The AMDs no longer have an FSB, they have HTT. On a system that has an FSB, you raise ram speed by increasing the FSB (or HT on AMD systems). Lowering the CPU multiplier only affects CPU speed, nothing else.