200 Strap - Read boost for CL8/1:2 at 500FSB
Another strap-performance update guys - minor but useful maybe:
Read and Latency performance at 500FSB/CL8/1:2 (CT Strong)
As posted before, at 475FSB, 200strap/tRD6 and 333strap/tRD7 give equal Read and Latency with CL8, but 400/tRD7 Read and Copy are lower / Latency higher.
Unlike 200 strap at certain CL/FSB, the 400 strap does not allow lower tRD than 333 strap.
200 strap still allows CL8/tRD6 at 500FSB/1:2
Unlike results at 475FSB, CL8/tRD6 at 500FSB gives higher Read than 333 strap/CL8/tRD7. 400strap/tRD7 still has lowest Read and Copy / highest Latency.
Allowing CL8/tRD6, the 200 strap is able to give Read performance more comparable with 475FSB/CL7/tRD6 on 266 or 333 straps (EDIT: for same CPU clock).
The 500FSB/200 strap advantage is not available with CL7, as 200strap/1:2/CL7/tRD5 is disallowed before 450FSB
Consistent with a load increase, 500fsb/CL8 using 200 strap/tRD6, appears to need higher min vNB for same Large FFT (in)stability, compared to 333strap/tRD7.
500x8 / 1000 / 1:2 / CL8 / CT Strong
tRD7 / 400 strap
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...400_CS_EV1.jpg
tRD7 / 333 strap
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...333_CS_EV1.jpg
tRD6 / 200 strap
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...200_CS_EV1.jpg