Questions :3 Pardon me.

[TDUEnthusiast]

Alright. I have got a few questions. Hope you guys don't mind *-*.

1) I've got a single 2GB Capacity Kingston DDR2 800MHz module. Should I set the mode to "Unganged" or "Ganged" mode? I've searched the internet for it, but they aren't telling me the thing I'd like to know.

2) I've got my AMD X3 Phenom CPU overclocked to 2.4GHz ( Can't go any further *-* Stock Cooler, but the temperature didn't change much ). This also causes my RAM to have an increase of 71MHz ( 471 MHz ). If I lower the CPU Multiplier clock to x10, and increase the FSB to 240 to still get 2.4GHz, will it further increase the speed of my RAM? My ram has no heat spreader, so yeah :3, I can't go too far.

3) I've just noticed that, overclocking the FSB decreases the speed of the Hyper Transport Link. When the FSB is at its default speed ( 200MHz ), the HT link will run at 2GHz, but now I've overclocked the FSB to 235MHz, the HT link speed drops to 1600MHz. Is that a good thing? *-*



Mmmm. This'll be my last one ( I guess ). I've got Everest Ultimate Edition ( Paid ), and when I check my GPU, it says it's running at PCI - E 1.0 x16 @ x16, but PCI - E 1.0? speed :_:. My board supports 2.0 and my gfx card is a 9800GT which has PCI - Express 2.0. Why is it running at half the bandwidth I'm supposed to get?

 

[evongugg]

1) Unganged

2) Lower multipliers with same speed increase FSB and memory speed.

Check this article:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-overclock-athlon,2161.html

We can't exhaust PCIe 1.0 yet. The x16 is more important. 1.0 may be an error in the program.

 

[evongugg]

3) Overclocking the FSB increases the frequency of the HT.
If it drops, it is motherboard protection.

 

[evongugg]

HyperTransport link speed doesn’t typically impact performance above 2,000 MHz and can easily lead to instability.

 

[TDUEnthusiast]

Thanks man .

 

[hotroderx]

TDUE check your motherboard settings I have a Gigabyte motherboard and changing the settings to pci-x 2.0 was a hidden option in the bios. You went in BIOS and hit either CTRL-F1 or its ALT-f1 cant remember which also i noticed a extremely small difference in games 1 to 2 frames

 

[topper743]

evongugg tell us more about the pros and cons of ganged v unganged memory.

 

[TDUEnthusiast]

Gosh, thanks ! I just entered my bios, my motherboard is also a Gigabyte Board, GA MA770 DS3/S3. I pressed Ctrl + F1 to launch the advanced option. I didn't know what PCI E Gen2 stands for at first *-*, but then I realized it meant PCI Express Generation 2 Speed ( PCI- E 2.0 ). Thanks. Now it's showing that my card is running at PCI - E 2.0 *-*. For all this time, I never knew my graphics card was running at half of its bandwidth until I used Everest Ultimate.