Quote Originally Posted by Cable_Tie_Guy View Post
Who said CL4?
I am at CL5, check pic again.

I will say this again, P45 is very limited on memory performance (any brand board). There are some sweet spots and you have to take advantage of it. That is how you do on this chipset. If you want to have the performance expected from a DDR2-1300+ clock, you need to go back to P35 (DFI LP UT) or try some X48. Nvidia chipsets will own any intel chipset when it comes to DDR2 memory performance (mem controler is their especiality), but we know how unstable those chipsets are, so I won't recomend it. That is why I am on a intel too.

On P45 you should focus on the FSB and CPU clocks, and take advantage of the mem sweet spots.

It means absolutely nothing to have a high clocked mem on a P45 with a very poor performance. Not smart at all.

We can play on some 3DMARK too, so you can understand what I am saying too.
i was using CL4 as an exagerated example.

the rest of what you just said i agree with

the sweet spot for gamers or just the avg ocing joe is CL555-15 PL10. any fsb, any ratio, thats the sweet spot.

it does like speed tho ~ 1066mhz minimum, there is no "max" as long as youre keeping CL555-15 PL10.

gaming does not care for CL4 or PL below 10, only superpi does. but then again some ppl think superpi IS a game

do not tune your gaming system using Everest as a guide. it can only be used as a reference and it doesnt represent real world performance in any way.