Looks like I may be on the right track now trying to get 2gigs of memory to run for EQ2. I took two wrong turns with attempts with 2x1024 Geil Value sticks (now happily sitting in my P4 rig at 269:215 5:4 divider after failing to hit stock speeds on my LP-NF4-SLI-DR when using any divider) and a 4x512mb mixed set of TMSP CH and BH UTT which I finally gave up on this morning due to them being extremely sensitive to voltage and timings. The UTT are either pulling in different directions due to some differences, or the newer set (which I never tested alone) is an underachiever.
After thinking about getting some OCZ or Gigaram (who?) I finally decided on getting two sticks of Transcend 1GB. Why Transcend? Because like me, they are cheap.Also, reading that they used Samsung UCCC, piqued my curiosity.
After struggling so long with the UTT I just wanted to start playing games as soon as possible (yes I wanted to kill something) so I set everything to auto except the major timings and also selected a Tref Eva2000 suggested for the 414-3 bios. I went straight for the 2:3 133 divider knowing I'd need it to get my 3000+ anywhere close to its ceiling. Ran off memtest #5 until I was satified I wouldn't bork my Win OS and started a SuperPi 32M. Went outside to wash the car, when I came back in I was surprised to find that it had finished.
I'd like to get any suggestions anyone might have on how to push it a bit. I know 1gig stick won't OC much but I would like to get the bandwidth numbers up some more. In the meantime I'm going to game test them. City of Heroes has free play for any old accounts that have expired, this weekend. Check out my character TheClap on the Justice server.
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