Does anyone actually 'understand' non-overclocked nforce2 chipsets and Mobo archetecture enough to maximize cofiguration?
This is a multi-part question.
Features: TwinBANK DIMM Archetecture, AND DuelDDR controllers.
-TwinBANK requires 2 RAM chips, in slots 1 and 2.
-DuelDDR requires 2 RAM chips in slots 3 and either 1 or 2.
So why do most of the setups that I've read about on various forums and websites (including 'tomsardware reviews' use only one or two RAM chips when they are running their nForce Mobo's through their paces?
In order to use BOTH the TwinBank access for non-cpu RAM usages AND utilize the DuelDDR RAM controllers, wouldn't you need to have all 3 slots filled with RAM chips?
Plus, apparently, all the RAM needs to be the same speed OR they will all work at the speed of the slowest chip. AND the nvidia site says that the chip-set works best if the RAM fsb is set at the same setting as the CPU fsb so why do people overclock their RAM's fsb without also doing the CPU fsb?
Is it possible to meet all of these configuration requirements and make all the features work simultaneously?!?
Would it then be better to have 3x256 chips instead of 2x512 DDR memory chips?
Who can answer these questions? I wish nvidia or someone would publish a nforce configuration guide for idiots like me. : )
p.s., it doesn't seem fair to publish test results when you don't configure a piece of hardware to use all of it's features before a test.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Balderdash on 06/26/03 10:04 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
This is a multi-part question.
Features: TwinBANK DIMM Archetecture, AND DuelDDR controllers.
-TwinBANK requires 2 RAM chips, in slots 1 and 2.
-DuelDDR requires 2 RAM chips in slots 3 and either 1 or 2.
So why do most of the setups that I've read about on various forums and websites (including 'tomsardware reviews' use only one or two RAM chips when they are running their nForce Mobo's through their paces?
In order to use BOTH the TwinBank access for non-cpu RAM usages AND utilize the DuelDDR RAM controllers, wouldn't you need to have all 3 slots filled with RAM chips?
Plus, apparently, all the RAM needs to be the same speed OR they will all work at the speed of the slowest chip. AND the nvidia site says that the chip-set works best if the RAM fsb is set at the same setting as the CPU fsb so why do people overclock their RAM's fsb without also doing the CPU fsb?
Is it possible to meet all of these configuration requirements and make all the features work simultaneously?!?
Would it then be better to have 3x256 chips instead of 2x512 DDR memory chips?
Who can answer these questions? I wish nvidia or someone would publish a nforce configuration guide for idiots like me. : )
p.s., it doesn't seem fair to publish test results when you don't configure a piece of hardware to use all of it's features before a test.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Balderdash on 06/26/03 10:04 PM.</EM></FONT></P>