CH-5 2X512 2-2-2-11 @ 3.2v

[quicksilver98]

Man i got lucky!!

[Hell-Fire]

Man,,,,CH5 with CAS 2. I have heard that some of the newer batches were doing those timings.

I still wanna look under the spreaders of some of these supposed CH5 sticks doing CAS 2.

[quicksilver98]

I was thinking of sellin this ram... if ne1 is interested PM me

[Evil_Spork]

congrats on finding some golden ch5!

[ricjax99]

Very nice but you want to work on that bandwidth...

I get this at 240 x 10 on my NF7 same timings



And yes i know your using the 9x multi but i didnt think this affected the infinity hmm.

[quicksilver98]

ur processor is clocked higher and ur using ram thats 100 bucks more than mine.. not to mention ur using a more expensive mobo... I think its rite on par!

[althes]

very nice.

[ricjax99]

Originally posted by quicksilver98
ur processor is clocked higher and ur using ram thats 100 bucks more than mine.. not to mention ur using a more expensive mobo... I think its rite on par!

Erm oo kkayy...

1. Your using a DFI Ultra Infinity Rev A, which from what ive heard is faster clock for clock, and the CPU speed doen't affect bandwidth like the NF7.

2. The price diff in memory doesnt make a diff to the performance of the memory, they are running the same timings

3. Again, the price diff in mobo doesnt make a diff to the performance. Plus the NF7 is cheaper than the Infinity where i got my mobo.

I'm not crapping on your o/c at all, i just said that bandwidth wants looking at, as there is room for improvement at the same clock.

Also you say "2640Mhz 11X240" in your sig you have the CPU speed so try it see if it makes a big diff

[Geforce4ti4200]

not bad at all. Mine does 220fsb stable at cas2, 230fsb isnt really stable. more volts dont seem to help either, still for $70 and the fact it overclocked better than my mushkin, I arent complaining

[Shade00]

I seem to remember Grace explaining a while back that 2-2-2 timings on CH-5 would never be as fast as 2-2-2 on BH-5. I can't remember why, but she pulled out several benchies, including Pifast, that showed that CH-5 was still slower even at the same timings.

[quicksilver98]

oops... fried that proc is not with us nemore and the new 1 really sux... so this is the new 1 lol!

[Geforce4ti4200]

I had bh5 at dual channel 2-2-2-11 and this single ch5 at 2-2-3-11 is only 400 marks slower, most of the loss single channel

[Grace]

Actually, you aren't lucky for the most part of it.

Most CH-5 will work with 2/x/2/2 timings on Nforce 2 motherboards at some speed, no matter if they are bad or not. You just got two better modules that will handle a nice speed. Still if you use them on most other motherboards using other chipsets, they won't take any timings lower than 2/6/3/2, not over 200MHz anyway.

The Nforce 2/3 ability to run CH-5 modules at 2/6/2/2 timings is considered a bug by some people, my sick self included, since the change from 3 to 2 barely affects performance while using BH-5 chips does have a great impact.

BH-5/6 @ 2/6/2/2
CH-5 @ 2/6/2/2
CH-5 @ 2/6/3/2
BH-5/6 @ 2/6/3/2

[Kalway]

Originally posted by Grace
Actually, you aren't lucky for the most part of it.

Most CH-5 will work with 2/x/2/2 timings on Nforce 2 motherboards at some speed, no matter if they are bad or not. You just got two better modules that will handle a nice speed. Still if you use them on most other motherboards using other chipsets, they won't take any timings lower than 2/6/3/2, not over 200MHz anyway.

The Nforce 2/3 ability to run CH-5 modules at 2/6/2/2 timings is considered a bug by some people, my sick self included, since the change from 3 to 2 barely affects performance while using BH-5 chips does have a great impact.

BH-5/6 @ 2/6/2/2
CH-5 @ 2/6/2/2
CH-5 @ 2/6/3/2
BH-5/6 @ 2/6/3/2

Probably has to do with the fact that nForce2 is really kinda quirky. It's got the wierdest memory controller I've ever seen. The real problem with it is it isn't true dual channel. It behaves to timings much differently than any other chipset I've used...

Oh ya, nforce3 can't run ch5 at 2-2-2-5 either. There's no memory controller on nforce3

[Grace]

Originally posted by Kalway

Oh ya, nforce3 can't run ch5 at 2-2-2-5 either. There's no memory controller on nforce3

Practically true, however it can while the opposing Via and Sis chipsets can't.


(Just a thought.....BIOS 'improvements'?)


Also, the Nforce 2 memory controller is 'true' dual channel. It just won't ever be able to take advantage of itself due to the CPUs that are used on it and the fact that it returns to 64 bit mode when running asynchronously. So it is just a marketing trick for most part of it. And yes, it is very buggy (or 'strange' if you prefer), especially to timings.

[kommando]

When i vmod my board ill post a thread on my results