Hi everyone! I'm just curious about some things. I've been doing some major overclocking on my new pc. Thing is. i need to know what will give me the most performance. I know there are many things that affect performance.. such as: cpu fsb, multiplier, htt, ram-mhz, ram-timings and probably a ton of other things. So what i need to know is what does most impact on the performance? I noticed that i get lower scores on arithemetic and multimedia benchmark when i put the multiplier from 9 to 4. and fsb from 200 to 300mhz. I would think that the increased fsb would give me more performance... But apparantly the multiplier does affect the performance alot(it seems...am i wrong?) I'm not done playing with the fsb and multiplier yet(havent had a single sign of instability) Hope to get some advice for my new pc :) this is my current settings: cpu speed: 1229.64mhz cpu multiplier: 4 cpu fsb: 307mhz cpu voltage: 1.45V htt speed: 1229.64mhz htt multiplier: 4 ram mhz: 466 ram timings: 3-3-3-9 ram voltage: 2.78V Hardware: abit an8 sli amd 64 x2 3800+ 2 x geforce 6600gt gs (SLI) 2 x corsair 400mhz 2-2-2-5 500W northQ

you're running a 2.0GHz CPU at 1.2GHz...try raising the multiplier ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

of course it will, 9 * 200 = 1800Mhz (original) 4 * 300 = 1200Mhz its a down clocking! LOL!! you will benefit from higher fsb, if it is at least at the same speed, e.g 6 * 300 = 1800Mhz Don't forget, for A64, keep tight timings. Athlon 64 2800+ @ 2.63 Ghz Stock Cooling Timings:2-3-2-5 V-Gen 512MB pc3200 DFI Lanparty UT NF3 Abit R9550 VGuru XTurbo 525Mhz/300Mhz

I am quite aware of that i am downclocking the cpu by ALOT. I set it at those speeds because i wanted to find the max fsb stable(316 was max) my old xp2500 performed alot faster with 240 x 7.5(1800mhz) than it did with 200 x 11(2200mhz) I gained about 5-10% on sisoft sandra tests when actually clocking the cpu down(yeah yeah... i always saw my xp2500 as a 3200:)) I also tested with 240 x 6. It didnt affect the tests by more than 2-3%. so.. well. my real question was really if the multiplier did give alot of performance... I've played around with it some more now. Now i am running the ram in sync with the cpu fsb. At the moment i'm running at 9.5 x 246(2337mhz). its rock stable and according to sandra its faster than the fx57 and x2 4800. its just alittle bit behind the p4-xe 2-core 3.2ghz cpu. I am running quite loose timing... i know. but i would think that the increased ram-mhz would make up for the loss? thanks for all input!

"I set it at those speeds because i wanted to find the max fsb stable(316 was max)" Yes, but you have to continue with your overclocking. Now that you've found the max stable FSB, you should find the max stable CPU speed, & that is done by raising the multiplier...& you'll probably find that more voltage is required as well. ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP1