if you overclock the FSB above 1066 will the 1333 ram be utilized faster?

I am under the impression that it does. I know putting in 1333 ram when the fsb is 1066 is basically pointless but if you use some software to bump up the fsb will the ram automatically increase it's clock speed if it's 1333mhz ram.

 

i suppose so, yes.

 

thought so, thank you for confirming.

 

Don't forget that latency is higher on the 1333 ram.

Also, using Setfsb, my 1066 was easily able to handle the increased fsb speeds.

Just food for thought.

 

In my opinion, the 1333MHz RAM was pointless. 1066MHz runs at the same speed as the FSB so should have better stability, and will easily overclock with the FSB.

My friend, when he built his desktop, actually had a serious problem. Because he had a 1066MHz FSB and 1333MHz RAM, it caused mass instability meaning he was actually forced to overclock his CPU just to run the system.

 

I was thinking about this or a bit. What if the ram fsb 1333 is use more for the intergraded grapics card not the cpu?

Just a idea.

I wish Dell/Alienware would explain why they offer ram with high fsb.

 

i can't quite follow you, atol.

 

Well if the ram supports clocks that high by default, CPU overclocking should be easy as and the chance of ram getting damaged is not as high as with a lower ram speed.

(pushing the ram components this is)

 

Basicly Intergraded Grapics. nivida 9400 has no Grapics memory of it own. it take part from the Laptop it self. So you might have 4gb of ram and if the laptop uses 256mb of ram it take it from the Main Ram of the computer so you would see 3.750gb of ram.

Let take my Acer laptop it says it has 1gb of ram which is 1024 mb. But it uses 32 mb for the intergraded grapics card so when I check my system it shows 990mhz or 0.99 ghz.

And if the intergraded grapics card can support the higher fsb it might run faster then the 1024 fsb.

 

Hmm, sort of off-topic... but I'm guessing I should just ignore the 1333 option? I don't really understand all this lingo.

 

Best idea is have Dell or Alienware explain why they have the Ram at 1333 fsb.

I dont think it use for the cpu mybe for overclocking but it could be use for the 3 gpu that intergraded on the laptop and help in that gpu speed.

 

admittedly it will be used for the IGP, but if you were wanting to overclock, you could set the ram clocks lower (1066) and overclock with a ram : fsb ratio of 1:1 (quite stable) without the ram taking any risk of damage as its capable of 1333 speeds

It would mainly help with Integrated speeds though.

 

That was the other thing I was thinking. But My idea is not bad if it works on the intergraded gpu.

 

Using a program such as Setfsb, the 1066 is able to keep up as far as the CPU can go. Beyond that point who knows and if the fsb can go no further then there is no point in having faster ram.