680i - Speed or Timings?

[djagentorange]

I just made the move to a 680i setup, and I'm working out my overclock still. I was just curious, what will give bigger performance gains, tighter timings or overall speed? My ram is rated at 1066, but I can run it lower with much tighter timings.

Any info is appreciated.

[Big_Sam]

May be it will help you - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=140769

[nugzo]

My best results come from linked sync. What cpu,memory and mboard are you using?

[Big_Sam]

BTW

My small results with identical memory:

[djagentorange]

My best results come from linked sync. What cpu,memory and mboard are you using?

updated in my sig.

Big_Sam: those are some impressive ram clocks/timings... what are you using there?

[Big_Sam]

Big_Sam: those are some impressive ram clocks/timings... what are you using there?

This is the same MoBo - EVGA 680i and Crucial 2x512 D9GMH at 2.5V

[Bluebeard]

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=630
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=628

[djagentorange]

Thanks for the replies, guys! Looks like I'll try to tighten up my timings.

I have these sticks running link/sync at 4-4-4-11 / 900mhz right now. I'll see how much I can tweak out of them.

[Makubex_GB]

Speed makes the most difference. Running T1 or T2 makes a significant impact too, but the other timings not that much when compared to raw bandwidth.

Even if you have to set it to T2, you can usually gain a high enough speed to outperform the highest reachable speed with T1.

[elsupremo]

My best results are linked mode, T2.