According to GeIL, the Golden Dragon
memory use 4ns memory which means in theory they should be capable of at least
250 MHz (1000 MHz / 4 = 250 MHz). Using the Epox
8RGA+ as the test bed we encountered problems
with the memory right from the beginning. In order to stabilize things at 166
MHz FSB (default FSB for the AthlonXP 3000+) we had to raise the memory voltage to
2.63V.
After the initial problems we had pretty smooth sailing all
the way up to 213 MHz FSB. At that speed we hit another snag and had to raise
the DIMM voltage to 2.77V. Finally, at 217 MHz FSB we had to raise the voltage
to 2.9V to keep things stable. Please bare in mind that we've only
been using the most aggressive memory timings available
(2-2-2-5).
Using more conservative timings of
2-3-3-6 we were able to hit a nice 226 MHz FSB, however because of the looser
memory timings performance was around the same as 217 MHz with tight timings.
We weren't able to hit the theoretical speed of 250
MHz. We did reach 217MHz with aggressive timings and 226MHz with looser timings which is
still not too shabby!
System Spec's:
| pcstats
test system specs: |
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computer hardware: |
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| processor: |
athlonxp 3000+ |
| clock speed:
|
13 x 166 mhz = 2.16 ghz
10 x 217 mhz = 2.17 ghz |
| motherboards: |
epox 8rga+ |
| chipsets: |
nforce2 igp |
| videocard: |
ati radeon 9700 pro (325/620) |
| memory: |
2x 256mb corsair xms3500 cas2
2x 256mb geil golden dragon
ultra pc3500 |
| hard drive:
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40gb wd special ed. |
| cdrom: |
nec 52x cd-rom |
| floppy: |
panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive |
| heatsink: |
thermalright sk6 w/36cfm delta |
| powersupply: |
vantec 470w stealth psu |
| software setup
|
windowsxp build 2600
nforce2 2.03
catalyst 3.5 |
| workstation
benchmarks |
sisoft sandra 2003
pcmark2002
3dmark2001se
quake iii
arena
ut2003 |
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