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More info?)
Wow, I've got a lot to learn....
Thanks for your time & trouble, looks like I'm off to abxzone.
Cheers
Nik.
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <c98bd3$ou7$1@hercules.btinternet.com>, "Nik"
> <nik.walmsleySPAMKILL@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I should have asked this first I suppose, but do I need to do anything
other
> > than selecting a 10% Overclocking in the Bios of my P4P800SE mo/bo?
> >
> > I realise certain setups require additional cooling, etc. I'm running a
P4
> > 3.2 currently at 3.5ghz, FSB is showing at 880.
> >
> > It seems ok, I tried it at 20% but it crashed halfway through
3DMark03pro so
> > I took it down to 10%.
> >
> > I'm still only getting a score of around 3000.
> >
> > I'm really trying to achieve higher framerates etc. in games, I've got a
GF
> > FX5700 256MB, should I be attempting to O/C that instead?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Nik.
> >
> > P4 3.2ghz/512MB DDR PC3200 400mhz Samsung RAM/Maxtor 200GB SaTa/WinXp
> > Home/Asus P4P800SE MoBo
>
> If you read the posts over on Abxzone.com, they don't use the AI
> Overclocking feature on these boards, and set the timings manually.
> The AI Overclocker does some dumb stuff, that a real overclocker
> wouldn't do. For example, the AI doesn't know anything about how
> to handle exotic memory, whereas the person who bought it, knows
> what timings the product is rated for, and can plug those into
> the manual memory timing panel.
>
> In your case, set the memory to "DDR333", as that selects the 5:4
> CPU:MEM divider. That allows the FSB to be overclocked by up to
> 25%, without pushing the memory past its spec. With that setting,
> you don't even need to mess with the other memory timings, and can
> just concentrate on the FSB.
>
> If you memory is flaky, remember that DDR400 rated ram, wants 2.6V
> instead of the 2.5V used for DDR333 or lower. Run memtest86 from
> memtest.org, and give the memory only enough voltage to make it
> error free, as extra voltage only makes the ram chips get hot.
> And a hot ram chip is a slow ram chip (CMOS gets slower with
> rising temperature).
>
> The AGP/PCI should already be locked to 66/33MHz, by virtue of
> the Auto setting. I think there is a 72/36MHz setting, and that
> will allow virtually any AGP card to pass data slightly faster.
> Higher than this is asking for trouble, due to the PCI bus
> failing at roughly 37.5Mhz. There is no need to play with the
> AGP I/O voltage, unless the VPU acts flaky. Most video cards
> have some kind of tweaker software, and you can play with the
> core and mem clocks on the video card - the only thing I would
> suggest is that you monitor the temperature of the card, as video
> cards are too expensive to burn up. I've already noticed the
> inductors on my ATI 9800 get extremely hot, even at stock speed.
>
> You might get a copy of Powerstrip from entechtaiwan.com . I use
> that utility solely for the Options item in the popup menu, as
> it shows AGP 8X, Fast Write, DMA/Dime enabled etc, and you can see
> whether the drivers you are using are working right. I don't bother
> using that program to try to force settings.
>
> If your memory is CAS2, you might investigate what setting is
> required to get PAT or the equivalent Hyperpath (pick a marketing
> term) enabled. A copy of CTIAW can be used to check what the
> hardware is set to.
>
>
ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/ctiaw.zip
>
> Not every one has a high opinion of that utility:
>
>
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=486421&postcount=38
>
> Enter "CTIAW" as a search term here, and you can read up on the
> current crazyness going on at Abxzone.com:
>
>
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/search.php
>
> HTH,
> Paul