Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

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reference frequency = strap control. 266 = 1066 strap, 333 = 1333 strap.

the "higher" the strap, the more FSB you should be able to o/c however at the expense of increased latency (which si bad).

reference frequency effects your mem frequency

when you set ref frequency to 266, mem frequency 533 means you are running your FSB and MEM at 1:1.
266 , 667 = 4:5
266 , 800 = 2:3

at ref frequency 333, mem frequency 667 means you are running your FSB and MEM at 1:1 and then the divders are different for 333, 800 (not sure what the divider is for this one bu i'm going to guess 5:6).

Enhanced power slope supposedly gives you more stable vcore voltage (less droop and fluctuation) at least from what i read.

1. Would it be recommended to set ur strap at 266 in this case given that a higher strap means a higher latency (what does higher latency means btw? slower response time?)
2. Anyone tried 333:800 while being stable? I think my ram is rated to run at 800. Might be wrong in this
3. Enhanced power slope supposedly gives you more stable vcore voltage (less droop and fluctuation) at least from what i read. In order words, enable it?

vMCH is the northbridge voltage. usually you will increase this as you increase your FSB. at 300 mhz (what you are at), I'm not sure what the default is. As a reference, I run 370 mhz and use only 1.6 with vFSB at 1.3.

same applies for vFSB, you increase this as you increase your FSB. Most people report not gaining anything above the 1.4-1.45 range FWIW.

4. vMCH/ICH = northbridge right? What's the optimal voltage to do so ? What's the danger level as well ? What i did in my previous P5B Deluxe mobo is to set my vMCH as default and to increase my frequency bit by bit. Eventually when the CPU frequency maxed out on the max vcore level say 1.5 V, i will then slowly increase the VMCh followed by the CPU freq/voltage. Is this the correct way you guys do it?
5. What about the vFSB ? Which part does it control again and what's the safe range for it ?

p.s. What type of orthos tests i should be running ?