oc'ing questions

[skynyrd4212]

so from what i understand when you overclock your either increasing the multiplier of the cpu or the fsb correct? and i also understand its ideal to have the fsb match the speed of the ram, which makes sense, do you loose anything buy having the memory faster then the fsb?

 

[Assman]

so from what i understand when you overclock your either increasing the multiplier of the cpu or the fsb correct?

correct

and i also understand its ideal to have the fsb match the speed of the ram, which makes sense, do you loose anything buy having the memory faster then the fsb?

a lot of people, including myself, preffer to run @ 1:1 ratio, but when it all comes down to benchies, especially games the difference is marginal, if any.

What is the system that you are ocng, btw. specs?

 

[JMecc]

There is overhead for asynchronous FSB, but the higher speed will generally offset that. There probably is no point to having 5:4 mem:fsb, but 3:2 yes. For C2D go with either 533 or 800+, not 667 at stock. For oc'd C2D @ 333FSB, use DDR2-667.

Jo

 

[niz]

its not all about cpu/fsb.
You can overclock other busses/compnents too, like the GPU and memory.

 

[WR2]

In practical terms, especially when playing games as the video card becomes the limiting factor with higher resolutions you neither loose or gain anything.

But you can also see the effect of faster/slower RAM and FSB/RAM ratios other than 1:1 in benchmarks and the effect of different CAS Latency.

You can read more here: Intel Core 2: Is high speed memory worth its price?

 

[skynyrd4212]

the machine i will possibly be oc'ing is going to be :
core 2 duo E6300
2gb of ddr2-667 or 800 (trying to decide)
74gb raptor 10k rpm hdd
intel p965 mobo
probably a nvidia 7600gt to tide me over till the g84 dx10 nvidia cards come out in feb-mar.