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    ClockGen

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by EIN502, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. EIN502

    EIN502 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been trying to find anything that will help me in pushing my RAM with this program. I really am just as lost as when I started. You can see my setup below and I got 6400 RAM on accident and just want to see if I can get more out of it. Anything will help.
     
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    Fiah Notebook Guru

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    the only thing clockgen can do for you is overclock your FSB, which means overclocking your CPU, northbridge and your RAM. if you have a 667mhz FSB and 800mhz RAM, the only way to run the ram at spec is to clock the FSB at 800mhz (which is a substantional overclock for your CPU). Or, maybe your laptop supports 800mhz ram with a 667mhz FSB, but I've never heard of that (it's more common on desktop boards)

    however, all is not lost. Download CPU-Z and run it, look at the timings of your memory. It could very well be that it's running at CAS 4 at 667mhz, which is better than you would get if you bought regular 667 CAS 5 RAM (which cannot run at 800mhz at all). This 'CAS' latency is pretty significant, that's why 533mhz CAS 4 RAM isn't as slow as you might expect in comparison with 667mhz CAS 5 RAM
     
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    EIN502 Notebook Enthusiast

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    CPU-Z says my RAM is running:
    CL 4
    tRCD 5
    tRP 5
    tRAS 13

    And my FSB :DRAM is 3:5

    I just wish there was some way to get a little more out of it, but I after waht you told me I can be a little happier.
     
    EIN502, Mar 21, 2008
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    Fiah Notebook Guru

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    yup, the timings are a little tighter (thus faster) on your ram than on most others. what frequency is your ram running at now?
     
    Fiah, Mar 22, 2008
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    EIN502 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It seems to be 332.5 and 332.6. It just jumps between them.
     
    EIN502, Mar 23, 2008
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