overclocking my q6600

underworld288 said:
wouldn't raising it to 800 (default) make the FSB:dRAM ratio not 1:1 anymore?
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You're not gonna acheive a good OC with a 1:1 ratio. To do that, you'd have to unlock teh CPU multiplier. That option is only available with Extreme Edition Intel CPUs. Unlink the memory, set the memory to 800Mhz, and set the FSB to 335.
 
mep916 said:
You're not gonna acheive a good OC with a 1:1 ratio. To do that, you'd have to unlock teh CPU multiplier. That option is only available with Extreme Edition Intel CPUs. Unlink the memory, set the memory to 800Mhz, and set the FSB to 335.
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Thats not true at all, having a 1:1 ratio is best to achieve the best performance out of your memory.

And having the memory at 1:1 has nothing to do with unlocking the multipliers, I don't know where you got that from.
 
mep916 said:
How would he run a ratio of 1:1? The memory frequency would be too high, right?
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a 1:1 ratio means his memory speed will be the same as his FSB. So at stock settings, his FSB runs at 266MHz so in a 1:1 ratio his memory would be running at DDR2 533. So no, the memory wouldn't be too high until you get the FSB at 450MHz+.
 
[-0MEGA-];835950 said:
a 1:1 ratio means his memory speed will be the same as his FSB. So at stock settings, his FSB runs at 266MHz so in a 1:1 ratio his memory would be running at DDR2 533. So no, the memory wouldn't be too high until you get the FSB at 450MHz+.
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For some reason, the BIOS settings on my 680i work differently. It's kinda confusing. The actual FSB (344.5 on my board) is multiplied by 4. Therefore, if I attempted (and I have) to run a 1:1 ratio, my memory would increase to 1378. Sorry if I've created any confusion.
 
The 680i is not well known for massive overclocks, what gets on my nerve is that only nvidia chipsets support sli and they are not very good at overclocking. I really want to sli two 8800GT together but I'm hesitating because nvidia chipsets can't overclock that well.
 
I think my motherboard has a problem with my FSB being over 300 because no matter what I do the computer does'nt boot unless the FSB is under that. I don't know whats the matter maybe I just need to get a new motherboard before attempting to go any higher.
 
mep916 said:
For some reason, the BIOS settings on my 680i work differently. It's kinda confusing. The actual FSB (344.5 on my board) is multiplied by 4. Therefore, if I attempted (and I have) to run a 1:1 ratio, my memory would increase to 1378. Sorry if I've created any confusion.
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With the 680i it just gave you choices for RAM speed. If you were running in a 1:1 ratio, then your RAM would be running at DDR2 689.

The bus speed is the FSB x 4, the RAM speed in a 1:1 is the FSB x 2.
 
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