Hi need some clarifications please
Bios setting for video card:
reads: Primary video adaptor reads = Auto.
should it not read EXT PVIE Graphics (PEG) ???

Ram
bios says it is 667 Mhz
analizer says it is PC2 5300 (333MHZ) Corsair
question which is it?

Ram Timings.
timing freq.  329.42
FSB DRAM  4:5
Cas Lat    5.0 Clocks
RAS Cas  5
RAS PRE  5
Cycle time 15
Bank cycle time 21 clocks
are those timings good or can they be improved upon??

Mobo D975BX
chipset i975x
socket 775LAG
Intel conroe E6600
duo 2  2.4MHZ
is that good and can the speed be improved upon ??
if so how, please

thanks guys for the info

thanks for your quick response.

yes improvements please

How do i get rid of the divider and what do i replace it with??
can timing be improved for better performance? if so how!

how do i overclock. step by step would be good to receive.


michaelmichael

GeForce wrote on Dec 15^th, 2006 at 11:59am:


Why?

GeForce wrote on Dec 15^th, 2006 at 2:15pm:



The divider setting coupled with the cpu and mainboard's limitation is going to determine the max overclock you can get. Setting a divder of 1:1 won't get you very far in the overclock with that ram.

Are you sure you have your information right, Everything I've read so far points to the fact that the best conroe overclockers were the 975X boards. But I could be behind the times, as far as Iknew it was the 975's that were giving up the 4ghz overclocks, not the 965's.

Not only that, the 975's are typically a lot less trouble to work with and have a lot more features THAT WORK without the dramas of the newer chipset. Like  I said though, I haven't studied those chipsets for a month or two, so I may have missed the latest reports as the 965 chipset matures........

Another thing GeForce, even if you are right, which you probably are, you are probably talking about the difference of just a few mhz, ie. clockspeeds attained by the very best overclockers in the game with the best ram and other components available..... at a cost mind you.

The average Joe is not going to see any difference between the two chipsets other than features and functionality.

The average overclocker will see no differences either, it's only the top echelon players who will make any advantage out of either one, but the 965 will NEVER support 2 x PCIe cards in it's single PCIex16 slot, so the 965 is always at a serious disadvantage in a full blown gaming machine with Crossfire configuration.

GeForce wrote on Dec 17^th, 2006 at 7:47am:



As far as I was aware the Asus P5WDH (975X) was the first mainboard to consistently get 4ghz overclocks on Conroe.

The 975X most certainly does support 800mhz ram and higher. It's Southbridge supports 1 less SATA port (3 instead of 4) but it has PATA (IDE) support where the 965 chipset's Southbridge does not, so while being trendy, the 965 simply reduces practical functions rather than adds them.

Suffice to say that the 975X boards are preferable in many ways, and this is reflected by their high cost in comparison to boards based  on the 965 chipset. You'll find that many 975x based boards are premium products with lots of extras thrown in for good measure, such as dual raid controllers, better sound chips, crossfire support, more IDE and SATA2 channels, WIFI connectivity, etc.

You read all kinds of crap in forums, I'm guilty myself of repeating mis-information, however, I did research the 965 and 975X chipsets extrensively for my own reasons, and to bag the 975X boards as second rate is a mistake.