Which CPU do you own?

[pasanlaksiri]

There could be a reason. Some chipsets will go back to a slower RAM speed when more RAM is installed. It's a chipset incapability. You might be able to change the RAM speeds manually in the BIOS if it lets you do it and if this is the reason why it's running slow.

Thank u brother 4 info

 

[hydride]

exams mucho

 

[Anusha]

Meekata hinaa

 

[dpg]

There could be a reason. Some chipsets will go back to a slower RAM speed when more RAM is installed. It's a chipset incapability. You might be able to change the RAM speeds manually in the BIOS if it lets you do it and if this is the reason why it's running slow.

im not so sure abt the chipset thing, but if u mix two rams with different frequencies or timings the BIOS will settle for the slowest setting....

 

[Anusha]

im not so sure abt the chipset thing, but if u mix two rams with different frequencies or timings the BIOS will settle for the slowest setting....

This is correct too. But if you are lucky, you will be able to overclock the slower RAM.

Here are two example from my previous PC (motherboard).
1. When I have all 4 DDR slots full, all RAM would workat DDR266 even when all are DDR400
2. If I have up to 3 slots full, I will be limited by the slowest RAM I have. In my case, it was a 256MB DDR333 with two 512MB DDR400. All will run at DDR333.
3. But my DDR333 could work at DDR400 speeds with the same latencies as the DDR400. So when I set the speeds and latencies manually (you have to experiment with this and stress test for few hours using Memtest86+), I could ran all of them DDR400 speeds.
4. But when I installed the other 256MB which was a DDR266, but this also could run at DDR400 speed, I couldn't overclock it even to 270MHz.

It could be any of these two reasons.

 

[dpg]

This is correct too. But if you are lucky, you will be able to overclock the slower RAM.

Here are two example from my previous PC (motherboard).
1. When I have all 4 DDR slots full, all RAM would workat DDR266 even when all are DDR400
2. If I have up to 3 slots full, I will be limited by the slowest RAM I have. In my case, it was a 256MB DDR333 with two 512MB DDR400. All will run at DDR333.
3. But my DDR333 could work at DDR400 speeds with the same latencies as the DDR400. So when I set the speeds and latencies manually (you have to experiment with this and stress test for few hours using Memtest86+), I could ran all of them DDR400 speeds.
4. But when I installed the other 256MB which was a DDR266, but this also could run at DDR400 speed, I couldn't overclock it even to 270MHz.

It could be any of these two reasons.

OCing always helps...

BTW What was ur cpu back then??

 

[Anusha]

AthlonXP 2600+ Thoroughbred "B" core with 256kB L2
It was factory unlocked. So I could change the multiplier. Original specs were 133x16 = 2133MHz and I overclocked it to 196x11=2156MHz. That's almost a 50% increase in FSB.

 

[lahirumam]

Model: Pentium D 820
Stock Speed: 2.8 GHz
Current Speed: Stock
Time of purchase: March 2007
Price: Rs.11000
Why: The cheapest dual-core on the market at the time

 

[zCexVe]

Model:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 Venice 1.4V 2000MHz
Stock Speed:2000MHz
Current Speed:2500MHz(But in xtreme it goes to the max available in da world,whopping 2700MHz!!)
Time of purchase:At about 11.30 am lolzz 02/08/2006
Price:18000 LKR
Why: Huge AMD fanboy,The only CPU available with the highest clocks.

 

[KishanW]

500MHZ intel Celeron with 64Mb SD ram(actually 63Mb,bcose i hv to give 1Mb to my on board VGA).66MHz bus speed(i think),12GB hard drive running win 98

 

[Anusha]

Model:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 Venice 1.4V 2000MHz
Stock Speed:2000MHz
Current Speed:2500MHz(But in xtreme it goes to the max available in da world,whopping 2700MHz!!)
Time of purchase:At about 11.30 am lolzz 02/08/2006
Price:18000 LKR
Why: Huge AMD fanboy,The only CPU available with the highest clocks.

You know, the maximum clock speed attained by a A64 3200 Venice is over 1GHz than ur max clocks.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=62394

 

[nabil]

Model:intel PIV
Stock Speed:2.4Ghz
Current Speed:2.4Ghz
Time of purchase:2 years ago
Price:30k
Why:Badly needed a computer 4 my projects.

 

[Anusha]

Model:intel PIV
Stock Speed:2.4Ghz
Current Speed:2.4Ghz
Time of purchase:2 years ago
Price:30k
Why:Badly needed a computer 4 my projects.

We need the price of the processor only. Rs.30000 is for the full system ne?

 

[nabil]

We need the price of the processor only. Rs.30000 is for the full system ne?

yeah.
its around 12k

 

[blood_brotha]

Are you kidding me? I bought my last PC with a AthonXP 2600+ in 2003 May!!! At that time, they had the 2.4GHz and 2.53GHz Intel CPUs and 2600+ was the fastest at Rs.19,000.

barton??? palomino??? thorton??? throghbred??

 

[blood_brotha]

You know, the maximum clock speed attained by a A64 3200 Venice is over 1GHz than ur max clocks.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=62394

yeah with liquid ntrogen

 

[Anusha]

barton??? palomino??? thorton??? throghbred??

T-bred "B"

 

[Anusha]

yeah with liquid ntrogen

Don't really know

 

[blood_brotha]

T-bred "B"

upto 2250 Mhz. clocks better than the barton i suppose

 

[Anusha]

upto 2250 Mhz. clocks better than the barton i suppose

Well, not really. I couldn't get mine to 2.2GHz
2.2GHz wasn't prime stable. I only could increase the FSB keeping the clock speed at stock (=2.133; 133*16)(or slightly above stock). Luckily it was unlocked. So I could lower the multi to 11. 10 and 10.5 didn't allow it to P.O.S.T.