View Full Version : Help With Ballistix Timings
These are currently at 242MHz / DDR968, 1.95V. I think some of the timings can be improved and I welcome any suggestions. Having only recently purchased DDR2 RAM I'm not used to dealing with these kind of timings. Previously I used Ballistix PC3200 (since they first were released) and obviously the timings are much lower. They did some really great speeds with ultra tight timings on my old DFI board.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3825/ramjg3.gif
zsamz_
06-29-2008, 08:32 PM
be more presice update your sig n find out what chips you got
are they doublesided?
They are single. It's the batch no one wants -- 97432! :) Personally I think they are pretty good.
zsamz_
06-29-2008, 08:46 PM
try 4-4-4-12 5-4-4-9@ 900-950 bump volt to 2.0v trfc 36-46
OK, will do this tomorrow, it's getting late.
Just to be clear, 5-4-4-9 on which timings?
Bah. These won't do anything but 5-5-5 (2T), unfortunately. Still, maybe sub-timings can be tweaked...
mop231
06-30-2008, 07:54 PM
i recommend that http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140543
i got p35 chip from intel but most of it helps a lot, ieg. what timing is for stability and which is for more bandwidth
usually peoples say tCL-tRTC-tRP-tRAS according to memset list order :)
zsamz_
07-01-2008, 12:19 AM
i recommend that http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140543
i got p35 chip from intel but most of it helps a lot, ieg. what timing is for stability and which is for more bandwidth
usually peoples say tCL-tRTC-tRP-tRAS according to memset list order :)
he cant do much with that single sided crap lol
mop231
07-01-2008, 02:44 AM
he cant do much with that single sided crap lol
:rofl: dont say that we need to keep fingers crossed ;):up::)
he cant do much with that single sided crap lol
Now now, no need for snobbery. Besides, DDR800 running at DDR1000 isn't bad at all @ 1.9V.
I found it was stable at lower voltages than previously thought. My 24/7 OC is DDR968 on 1.85V. For some of the cheapest PC2-6400 around it's fine for me.
zsamz_
07-01-2008, 09:50 PM
Now now, no need for snobbery. Besides, DDR800 running at DDR1000 isn't bad at all @ 1.9V.
I found it was stable at lower voltages than previously thought. My 24/7 OC is DDR968 on 1.85V. For some of the cheapest PC2-6400 around it's fine for me.
no snobery its fact
nice to see u likin that single sided crap
enjoy it while they last lol
zsamz_
07-01-2008, 09:52 PM
:rofl: dont say that we need to keep fingers crossed ;):up::)
yes cross your fingers many of them crap chips have died in days
some people got lucky n got some to do 1150+
the ones that cant go past 1000 die within weeks
i did not get lucky. i also had single sided ballix. they really did suck ;/ . best i could do (volts did not help) was 2.2v 960 5-4-5-15 (not 12.. 15)
So u can try that. but it still sucks :(
mop231
07-02-2008, 03:09 AM
yes cross your fingers many of them crap chips have died in days
some people got lucky n got some to do 1150+
the ones that cant go past 1000 die within weeks
whoopee mine wont die :D i can do around 1200mhz @ 2.2v :up::cool:
Unrealer
07-02-2008, 03:30 AM
no snobery its fact
nice to see u likin that single sided crap
enjoy it while they last lol
So, my single side tracers are crap too?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3101296&postcount=185
1070 5-5-5-15 1.91 stable ....
But i dont know why i cant 1150 5-5-5-15 2.2v ...
mop231
07-02-2008, 04:03 AM
give some v to the NB ;)
zsamz_
07-02-2008, 04:16 AM
whoopee mine wont die :D i can do around 1200mhz @ 2.2v :up::cool:
ya think lol i lost 4 sets of double sided:rofl: i wouldnt do 1200 if mine were single sided
i got 10 sets just in case:D
maybe i should sell some lol
mop231
07-02-2008, 07:07 AM
i would like to buy some :D like those in your sig balistic 8500 :cool:
First of all, you guys are extreme overclockers. I am not. I stopped running my hardware to within an inch of it's life long ago when I found there are no major gains when running a component comfortably fast to uncomfortably fast. My RAM is less likely to die than most of the people's here. Probably. :) my RAM is no more likely to die than double-sided modules because plenty of those die too.
I've been a Ballistix user since it was first released, and believe me, I've lost count of the times I've had to RMA double-sided sticks. Fortunately Crucial are superb when it comes to customer service, so the worst that can happen is I have to live without a PC for a few days. Also, RAM is so cheap now that I don't particularly care if it fails. 4 years ago, I paid twice as much for a single 512MB stick of PC3200 than I recently paid for 2GB of PC2-6400. Dirt cheap! What's to worry about?