right, i have had a go at this but need expert advice. my specs: ASUS AN8 SLI SE m/b
ddr 400 ram
4200 cpu ( socket 939)
arctic pro 64 cooler
thermaltake eclipse case
8800 gts 640 mb
160 W/D hd
600w silverstone strider psu.
basically i want my pc to run games as fast as poss! i had the cpu running at 2.8ghz just by upping the fsb, but the ram auto went down to 266mhz and would blue screen if i changed it. is is better to have a faster cpu or faster ram? ive set my pci bus to lock at 33mhz but how do i stop the ram speed changing? currently at cpu: 2300mhz and ram now 420. i assume i need to keep the ram at 400mhz (its only cheap rubbish btw) but it always goes up when i increase the fsb. anyone with a similar system who has given it the beans, let me know the best course of action!
cheersOverclocking my pc?Overclocking the CPU through BIOS will give you some performance gains for gaming, and a 4200 should o/clock up to 2.6, although with only a 64 pro I would not venture beyond 2.4
More important for game performance though is your graphics card. Your 8800GTS is good enough to run most games at high settings anyway, so any performance gain might only be noticeable in artificial test rigs such as 3DMark. If you do want more, o/clock your GFX card first, using RivaTuner. As always, overclock in small increments, and test thoroughly. When you find your max. throttle back a little from this to give the component some performance headroom.Overclocking my pc?cpu more important
i have a 3600 x2
also with ddr2 6400 ram (800 mhz)
the 3600 stock speed is 2.6ghz
the ram was at 750 mhz
when i played a video game, the speed drastically improved
anyways, when you overclock, the fsb increases both cpu and ramOverclocking my pc?You need to alter the HyperTransport bus multiplier as it'll only go up to 1000MHz, or 200MHz x 5. I have my AMD 4200+ (200MHz x 11 = 2.2GHz) running at 2.5GHz (227MHz x 11) but I had to alter the HyperTransport bus to a 4x multiplier.Overclocking my pc?Why dont you just buy a new PC?Overclocking my pc?CRYSIS QUESTION FROM EARLIER -
ITS UR BETA DRIVERS. UNINSTALL AND ROOLBACK TO 163 DRIVERS. I HAD SAME PROB. IF THIS DONT WORK. UNINSTALL.TRY AGAIN. IF STILL NO WORK - DWNLD 3DMARK 2006 - U SHOULD SCORE OVER 10K. IF NOT - SOM ETHING WRONG WITH YOUR SYSTEM.
