OCZ PC4200, waste of money ? - Page 2

The Senile Doctor · 5th November 2003, 17:12

well, everytype of everyday transportable and usable cooling counts...

Gamer · 5th November 2003, 19:14

ok, now I know this memory doesn't suck that much.
I've tested it, and it will stay in my system until I change back to AMD

some new scores :

Gamer · 5th November 2003, 19:14

RichBa5tard · 5th November 2003, 19:30

For 512mb sticks, that's not bad at all!

The Senile Doctor · 5th November 2003, 20:42

That looks quite good, you're hitting your ceiling on the prom+3.0 beautifully at 1:1!
If I weren't totally timevoid and totally gamehungry, I'd go buy myself a mach2 in the shop @ 7 km from my home, they have them in stock

but the thought of having to take 40 minutes again to dismount all this stuff and mount it into a prom again, and having to dismount it again in two months coz i'm taking my pc for januari-gamingholiday to my girlfriend app, that thought actually gives me shivers...

Gamer · 5th November 2003, 21:49

yep, can't go any further then this.

trying to get those latencies down is the next step.
let's hope it works, then I'm @ the top of this system.

ps, now I'm able to game on 4 Ghz, what didn't work before ?
strange, didn't know my ram was holding me back a while ago...
this rocks !!!
BF 1942 8xAA and 16xAF, never below 100 fps :grin:

do I need to mention that my ATi card is overclocked to 460 - 370

jmke · 5th November 2003, 23:51

269 -> 274 jump.. how come?

Gamer · 6th November 2003, 00:11

the mobo wouldn't boot higher then 266 fsb, did a cmos and everything was fine, don't know what was wrong in the bios, but it did the trick.

it boots @ 280 fsb @ 1.75v, but doesn't get in to windows to do some benchmarking.
need 1.9vcore to do so, and that's a bit to high for the moment

6th November 2003, 00:30

2.4C @ 12 x 292 MHz FSB = 3500 MHz with stock intel cooler over here ^^

with 5:4 divider that is ... .

10th November 2003, 19:43

I'd contact OCZ and ask to retrun the memory. I ran my PC4200 at 285FSB with PAT enbled for months, and never had a crash, all using only 2.85VDIMM. I also got my highest Bandwidth with their 4200;

5th November 2003, 17:12	#11
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	well, everytype of everyday transportable and usable cooling counts... __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

5th November 2003, 19:14	#12
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	ok, now I know this memory doesn't suck that much. I've tested it, and it will stay in my system until I change back to AMD some new scores : __________________

5th November 2003, 19:14	#13
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	2 __________________

5th November 2003, 19:30	#14
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	For 512mb sticks, that's not bad at all! __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

5th November 2003, 20:42	#15
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	That looks quite good, you're hitting your ceiling on the prom+3.0 beautifully at 1:1! If I weren't totally timevoid and totally gamehungry, I'd go buy myself a mach2 in the shop @ 7 km from my home, they have them in stock but the thought of having to take 40 minutes again to dismount all this stuff and mount it into a prom again, and having to dismount it again in two months coz i'm taking my pc for januari-gamingholiday to my girlfriend app, that thought actually gives me shivers... __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

5th November 2003, 21:49	#16
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	yep, can't go any further then this. trying to get those latencies down is the next step. let's hope it works, then I'm @ the top of this system. ps, now I'm able to game on 4 Ghz, what didn't work before ? strange, didn't know my ram was holding me back a while ago... this rocks !!! BF 1942 8xAA and 16xAF, never below 100 fps :grin: do I need to mention that my ATi card is overclocked to 460 - 370 __________________

5th November 2003, 23:51	#17
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	269 -> 274 jump.. how come? __________________

6th November 2003, 00:11	#18
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	the mobo wouldn't boot higher then 266 fsb, did a cmos and everything was fine, don't know what was wrong in the bios, but it did the trick. it boots @ 280 fsb @ 1.75v, but doesn't get in to windows to do some benchmarking. need 1.9vcore to do so, and that's a bit to high for the moment __________________

6th November 2003, 00:30	#19
colin Posts: n/a	2.4C @ 12 x 292 MHz FSB = 3500 MHz with stock intel cooler over here ^^ with 5:4 divider that is ... .

10th November 2003, 19:43	#20
Liquid3D Posts: n/a	I'd contact OCZ and ask to retrun the memory. I ran my PC4200 at 285FSB with PAT enbled for months, and never had a crash, all using only 2.85VDIMM. I also got my highest Bandwidth with their 4200;

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