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http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/hwGuides/article.php/10709_1009731__9
Is it possible to lock in on the PCI speed (33Mhz) on a Gigabyte K7 Triton series mobo, using EasyTune Build 03.071.
I realize this article is a lil' old, but it seems to me that the individual who wrote this article is implying, that when you up the FSB, it also ups the AGP and the PCI speeds.? In my case, it's the opposite. I'm assuming the norm for AGP & PCI speeds are 66 & 33Mhz respectively. But when I up the FSB, those speeds go down. In other words, they might show AGP 44 & PCI 22Mhz. Hmmm???
I have adjustments for linear, divider, & async on my EasyTune. I don't really understand much about it though. Any advice would be much appreciated.
AMD 2100XP waiting and ready, with a gig of 2700 DDR ram.
YO
The board works like this
100-132 3:1 divider
133-165 4:1 divider
166+ 5:1 dividerSo that 140mhz means a 35mhz pci, for instance.
But given your comment I suppose its possible that it actually goes
100 3:1 divider
101-133 4:1 divider
134 and up 5:1 dividerwhich would be the first board I've seen like that. It also would not allow for the potential of a 22mhz pci.
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johnoh,
You are correct.
"So that 140mhz means a 35mhz pci, for instance".
35 it is. But I have seen it at 44 & 22.
But don't know what I set the FSB at.Should I set the divider before I up the FSB?
I don't understand.
YO
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johnoh,
I mean, when I click divider, or whatever, it shows the speed at which the item is running at. The options all show the same.
Hmmm???
YO
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this
http://www.google.com/search?q=Gigabyte+K7+Triton
leads me to believe there are a lot of K7 triton mobos of varying chipsets. But given that the article you referenced was written in 5/2002 I assume it is pre-nforce, back when you couldn't lock a pci while doing incremental fsb adjustments.
You may be using a contemporary version of easytune on an old mobo, and so there is a disconnect.
I would use cpu-z to see exactly what your pci is compared to your fsb. If you can get a pci 22mhz with an fsb of 133mhz I'll eat my hat. Unless you have a newer than 5/2002 mobo, which allows a 6:1 divider.
Hey wait I just tried it on my pc and cpu-z appears to not directly interrogate the pci bus. Come to think of it I'm not sure of a program that does. Maybe someone will post a link. You need a program that will tell you both your fsb as well as your pci. Which easytune claims to do, but I'm not convinced it is doing so accurately.
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johnoh,
You rung my bell. Hmmm...
Now that I think about it,... I saw the 44/22 before I updated the EasyTune. Now it's different. If I up FSB, it also ups the AGP & PCI settings.
BTW, I just bought the board new around 12/26/03.
Thanks for your help.
YO
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johnoh,
Sorry if I have confused you. I saw the 44/22 after I overclocked it.
Before I updated my EasyTune. Now if I move FSB up, the AGP & PCI go up also.
YO
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Here is my last response to this thread...
This mobo has a 6:1 divider so that's probably the deal.
(This next part is only for the english-speaking)
Computers are cheap because people are willing to make them cheaply. These people do not speak english. That's okay. But part of their group are quasi-english-speaking people whose mission in life is to make known to us english-speaking types that no, we are not so special, at least, not special enough to deserve a motherboard manual that makes sense.
This is the only conclusion I can come to at this point. I wonder if anyone reads as many motherboard manuals as I do, and doubt it. Yet they are so hard to read, so I assume that we have done something to earn this state of affairs, like hiring people willing to work cheaply at a job that actually requires a great deal of precision, such that ambassadors of their kind enter in to help them save face by laughing at us with a user's manual that is indecipherable for an english-speaking person.
At least that's my read on it right now, on Abe Lincoln's 195th birthday.
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Another problem is that the English speaking world is getting smaller and weaker day by day.
When the Spanish lost half of the world to England, many people wondered what the hell are they talking about. Luckily, mathematics is an universal language and so it science. Those who read you will always be richer than those who don't. Those who speak Spanish, English and Chinese live in a bigger world.
Again, if motherboards and processors are produced in the U.S. or England, most of the people could not afford a computer. Hence, few questions??
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