A7N8X rev 1.04 XP3200 + PC2700 slower than XP2600 + PC2700

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I recently upgraded my proc to an Athlon XP 3200 and didn't get PC
3200 RAM. When I ran aquamark and 3D Mark 2001 my scores were much
loer than they were with the 2600. I set the CPU at 200mhz and left
the memory at 166. Would this mismatch cause the system to be slower?
I'm going to buy 3200 ram but I want to know before I do if this is
what the problem is.

Thanks,
Eric

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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:05:25 +0100, "Doug Ramage" <ramage@XXukaccountant.net> wrote:

>
>"Eric Feinstein" <erc1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:85991cf2.0409252127.67bcb183@posting.google.com...
>>I recently upgraded my proc to an Athlon XP 3200 and didn't get PC
>> 3200 RAM. When I ran aquamark and 3D Mark 2001 my scores were much
>> loer than they were with the 2600. I set the CPU at 200mhz and left
>> the memory at 166. Would this mismatch cause the system to be slower?
>> I'm going to buy 3200 ram but I want to know before I do if this is
>> what the problem is.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>
>Nforce chip set usually prefers the cpu and ram to be run in sync.
>
>Doug Ramage
>

under clock your fsb to 166 - 333

and try it again...

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On 25 Sep 2004 22:27:21 -0700, erc1@hotmail.com (Eric Feinstein) wrote:

>I recently upgraded my proc to an Athlon XP 3200 and didn't get PC
>3200 RAM. When I ran aquamark and 3D Mark 2001 my scores were much
>loer than they were with the 2600. I set the CPU at 200mhz and left
>the memory at 166. Would this mismatch cause the system to be slower?
>I'm going to buy 3200 ram but I want to know before I do if this is
>what the problem is.
>
>Thanks,
>Eric

You can actually loose performance running CPU and Ram out of sync.
Ed