Quote Originally Posted by geok1ng View Post
i recommend people to read the whole article in order to better understand the benefits of using a tRD of 5 when overcloking DDR2 plataforms- there had been numerous reports that other chipsets do NOT obey the Anandtech's formula for allowed tRDs: so 1:1 operation at tRD 5 with speeds of 400Mhz FSB is a goal.

So a quick pathway for memory tweaking is:find stable voltages operations FSB 400 1:1 divider tRD of 5> increased FSB until tRD of 5 is no longer possible/stable> record results at this setting> move to tRd 6 CAS 5 and try 1:1/6:5/5:4 and 4/3 operation-whichever is best will keep the same FSB step increasing until the CPU is running closer/at the 24/7 frequency goal.
Unfortunately not many interested to run at 400 FSB with tRD 5 because thus resulting in lower CPU frequency.
Not many here have a rare ES sample CPU or a premium QX CPU with unlock multiplier that allow higher multiplier with low FSB resulting in higher clock thus also allow lower tRD.
Therefore people using a higher FSB with appropriate multiplier thus resulting in higher clock with a slightly higher tRD with pulling in some phases to compensate.