Author: William Penn
Date: 06:50:55 09/22/03
Go up one level in this thread
On September 22, 2003 at 09:10:36, andy ********* wrote:
>On September 22, 2003 at 07:54:39, William Penn wrote:
>
>>On September 22, 2003 at 06:54:13, andy ********* wrote:
>>
>>>On September 22, 2003 at 05:28:18, scott farrell wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am throwing a few dollars behind the NPS problem (hoping to make my java
>>>>chompster win a little more often than losing).
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to work out if the 400fsb helps much, and whether the dual channel
>>>>DDR makes much diff, or I'll save my pennies and stick with a 2700xp/333/single
>>>>channel.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone got a benchmark for an 333Fsb athlon (2500xp->2900xp)?
>>>>and has anyone got a benchmark for a 3000xp?
>>>>
>>>>Thanx
>>>>Scott
>>>
>>>With my xp 2400 in dual channel mode, changing the fsb from 266 to 400 keeping
>>>the same speed 2000MHz , resulted in a approximately 3% increase KN/s using
>>>Fritz mark. I have always used dual mode and generally the system seems more
>>>responsive at 400fsb.
>>>
>>>Andy
>>
>>I also have a xp 2400 and didn't know there were user-selectable modes, single
>>channel vs dual channel, and fsb 266 vs 400. Can you point me at some FAQs so
>>that I can also access dual channel mode, and 266/400 fsb, with mine? I'm fairly
>>ignorant about such things. It's a little computer I picked up from Walmart
>>recently, that works OK after adding more RAM and a bigger faster hd.
>>Thanks.
>>WP
>
>With the nforce2 mb , it's possible to have the ram in dual or single mode ,
>it depends on which memory slots you use. The fsb can be changed in the bios.
>
>Andy
Thanks. I'll look in my bios for fsb settings but doubt that more than 266 fsb
is possible. I only have 2 memory slots on my mb ("Salsa", KM266-8235 ) and both
are filled, so I guess that's not an option for me, unless perhaps I leave one
of them empty.
WP
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.