G.Skill 2GBZX DDR400 2-3-2-5 Test

Hi,

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by gundamit

Have you tried single sticks to see if one has lost its mind? Are we looking at auto-detected memory timings? Can you get through the built-in Memtest on the mobo? The MAL and RP look .... strange.

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No I don't yet try with one stick but last night I run memtest during 3h00 without any error and yes these are the auto settings from bios , some are defined when others are on auto like the MAL and the RP.

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Originally Posted by guess2098

r u using SLI-DR EXPERT with 7/3?
that is totally no good i think....
7/x & 8/x are only good for Ultra-D & SLI-DR
for Expert and Venus you need to use 4/x 3/x or even 2/x
but that just my idea

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I think you put your finger on the issue ,

I'm now using drive strength level 4 and data drive strength level 2 with succes to pass SPI 32M @ 2.9ghz/242mhz like before, I will run prime95 tonight and see if all is ok.

Ok after some deeper test, it's seems that I was running bad "drive strength" settings ( strange that it took me 3 month to disovered it , I had encoded dvd with no problem only 3d got trouble this last two week)

So, here are my last settings (DS level 4 and DDS level 2)

[img=http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5688/memtest290024216v262v9gy.th.png]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5...262v9gy.th.png

I was wondering which is the Stock config for:

DRAM DRIVE STRENGHT:

DRAM DATA DRIVE STRENGHT:

Help please?

Upgraded my bios recently after running this ram kit since the day they came out with zero problems.

I figured out the problem with the new bios was that i could'nt set any ram settings to auto i had to set them all manually for it to work fine.

This was ok i changed everything and i got into windows ok and seems stable but i was curious about two settings which i honestly dont know.

Ive read the first 15 pages and googled a bit but hoping for a more decisive answer.

I need to know the default (best) settings @ default pc3200 speeds for these two settings.


dram drive strength
dram data drive strength

Thanks in advance.

*edit* lmao did'nt see the above post, seems we want the same thing! *edit*

Guys, I am moving on to 2 gigs of RAM from my beloved BH5 OCZ VX memory. Are these sticks the best when it comes to tighter timings? I dont need high FSB just around 250 or so.

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Originally Posted by shaolin95

Guys, I am moving on to 2 gigs of RAM from my beloved BH5 OCZ VX memory. Are these sticks the best when it comes to tighter timings? I dont need high FSB just around 250 or so.

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My sticks can't get around 250 Mhz withou errors. I do not recommend this model if you plan to use 250.

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Originally Posted by James Cash

My sticks can't get around 250 Mhz withou errors. I do not recommend this model if you plan to use 250.

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Yeah I had a set that did 247 a few weeks ago but not 250

But I just bought another set and I'm selling the teamgroup infineon that I got in the meantime because I need cash

Hows this-

http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/8...240m1hl.th.jpg

Initial results with cas3 were looking OK, I got a pass of 3d01 at 246. This was after booting with tras2 and trp6 though, then switching them in a64 tweaker which always seems to take away stability.. either way this cas2.5 run is farther than my team pc4000 infineon would do, but they seem to do less on cas3. I'd rather run 2.5 anyway :D and the $50 that I make is gonna be nice

edit: btw I know I didn't show much in terms of stability testing, but from experience I've seen that a pass of 3d01 is all it needs.

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Originally Posted by Repoman

Hows this-

http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/8...240m1hl.th.jpg

Initial results with cas3 were looking OK, I got a pass of 3d01 at 246. This was after booting with tras2 and trp6 though, then switching them in a64 tweaker which always seems to take away stability.. either way this cas2.5 run is farther than my team pc4000 infineon would do, but they seem to do less on cas3. I'd rather run 2.5 anyway :D and the $50 that I make is gonna be nice

edit: btw I know I didn't show much in terms of stability testing, but from experience I've seen that a pass of 3d01 is all it needs.

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Ei, could you post the timings config?? All of then. Cause I have tried 240 Mhz but I couldn't reach stability. THX...

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3622/24623272aq.th.jpg

my Dothan hit a wall at FSB 246....

Damn, Intel always has awesome 2GB results.. try CAS 2.5 or 3 and see how far you can go. I'm still trying for 250MHz 3-3-2-6, can't get stable though..

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/732...mimg9ah.th.jpg

(try those cash). Anyone have any suggestions to help me get stable at 250? I can do cas 2.5 at 244..

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Originally Posted by JeanY

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3622/24623272aq.th.jpg

my Dothan hit a wall at FSB 246....

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what mobo you use?

Hey GS technician, I read somewhere that later Infineon dies don't like CAS3.. is that true? Seems to be the case with mine, CAS3 only gets about 3-5MHz over CAS2.5. I'm still very happy with that, puts it right in range of the 150 divider at 2853MHz :D 239 ram mhz there

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Originally Posted by G.S Technician

what mobo you use?

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it seems to be an P4P800-SE dixit his signature.

quite impressive result for zx kit.

What am I doing wrong? Or maby nothing, I just have such bad sticks... This is my max result in super pi. I supose that it is not gold memory stable. I tried to give more voltage on ram (that was 2,6V), loosing timings cl3 lot of combination with Trfc, Trp, Twr, Twtr, Trtw, unfortunately without any succes.

http://img486.imageshack.us/my.php?i...l221mhz6gk.jpg

Go for 1:1 clocks to find the max, and use less than 2.6v. Try trfc to 14, drive strength to 8/1 for starters

It didn't help. It seems I found max of my memorys at 221 MHz ;(

Here are some of my results done with older ZX kit.
As you see all timings are just what GS Technician used on his test review

3D Mark 2001
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/832...98216ho.th.jpg

Sandra
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/599...15840fn.th.jpg

Everest
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/584...15756re.th.jpghttp://img50.imageshack.us/img50/679...15789af.th.jpghttp://img50.imageshack.us/img50/443...15811bs.th.jpg

New owner admits that he got even higher numbers on everest benchmark - maybe different version.

And this one is my first atempt for OCing this kit - not too much effort in it, but it`s SPI 32M stable :D
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/632...83540bh.th.jpg

Make sure you guys use active cooling on these and all Infineon sticks. I've been running without a fan for the past couple weeks, and it works OK until you start priming and they get really hot! Actually I just got 2 BSOD's on bootup after a long prime session, broke down and stuck a 120mm fan on there and no BSOD at next boot

Priming away at 2925 1.4v! :woot:

edit: you guys know if these like normal or weak better? I only really have 2 options, 7 and 8 drive strength as all others don't boot or are unstable. They seem to be about equal so far though :confused:

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Originally Posted by G.S Technician

what mobo you use?

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I use a P4P800 SE mobo (VAGP : 1.8V) and a new ZX kit (2 weeks), need to use CAS 2,5 at post and tweak under winXP with TW865
i'm really impressed with these results, but my Dothan don't like more FSB without modding CT-479

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Originally Posted by mucker

Hey Scoobie, whats worked well for me on the ZX is 3684 or 4196. Mr. G.Skill USA was using 3684 in his testing.



Thanks for tip on 8/1 and 4196, that did allow me to go to 233 fsb stable @ 2.5-3-2-5-1T @ 2.7v....

m :)

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When you state 8/1, does this mean drive strength 8, Data strength 1 by any chance?

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Originally Posted by klmn

What am I doing wrong? Or maby nothing, I just have such bad sticks... This is my max result in super pi. I supose that it is not gold memory stable. I tried to give more voltage on ram (that was 2,6V), loosing timings cl3 lot of combination with Trfc, Trp, Twr, Twtr, Trtw, unfortunately without any succes.

http://img486.imageshack.us/my.php?i...l221mhz6gk.jpg

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enable your DICC will give you better OC .... like 2~5mhz

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Originally Posted by G.S Technician

enable your DICC will give you better OC .... like 2~5mhz

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I will enable this and see if I can push my ram even further. Cheers. :)

How come in your link under your sig, that you have put Tras: 6 for the ZX? I thought it was ment to run at 5?

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Originally Posted by scoobie dave

I will enable this and see if I can push my ram even further. Cheers. :)

How come in your link under your sig, that you have put Tras: 6 for the ZX? I thought it was ment to run at 5?

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6,5 oh well :) not a really big difference

Hopefully the turning on the Dyn. Counter will get me more stable. Currently dual priming. . .