MSI K8T - 1.5 gigs or not?

[kawasakiguy37]

Did they ever fix the problem where you had to run it at ddr333 if you had 3 sticks? I have 2 of 512 each right now, I want to add another

 

[balilu]

Did they ever fix the problem where you had to run it at ddr333 if you had 3 sticks? I have 2 of 512 each right now, I want to add another

you should just go to msi's website. and see if there is any bios that says that resolved this issue. then just flash your bios and you should be ok

i you can't find any just send an email to msi's tech support.

 

[enVias]

adding another stick would limit overclocking a bit i would think - you dont really need more than 1 gig unless you're doing cad or something

 

[balilu]

adding another stick would limit overclocking a bit i would think - you dont really need more than 1 gig unless you're doing cad or something

agreed

 

[JN]

adding another stick would limit overclocking a bit i would think - you dont really need more than 1 gig unless you're doing cad or something

Double agreed. 1gb is perfect for all gaming, and still allows good overclocks.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep - 1gb does the biz for me even with the most challenging games!

 

[balilu]

Yep - 1gb does the biz for me even with the most challenging games!

even for me :smileysho

 

[enVias]

for everyone , so to answer the question 1.5 gigs or not.. not

 

[kawasakiguy37]

Hey, I do mopstly large amounts of photoshop work, and ive noticed some slowdown in large maps on some of the newer games (large custom maps). I also want to prepare for the new unreal, which will probalby need some more ram...

I might just upgrade my 9800 pro then first, who knows

edit: O and, btw, no overclocking for me. No agp lock + Sata Raptro drive = No overclocking lol.....sata does not respond well to increase in the bus.

 

[Dav0s]

new unreal?? got a link??

 

[vice]

Hey, I do mopstly large amounts of photoshop work, and ive noticed some slowdown in large maps on some of the newer games (large custom maps). I also want to prepare for the new unreal, which will probalby need some more ram...

I might just upgrade my 9800 pro then first, who knows

edit: O and, btw, no overclocking for me. No agp lock + Sata Raptro drive = No overclocking lol.....sata does not respond well to increase in the bus.

Yeah I purposely didn't get sata on my msi k8t because it of the ocin issue. If you want to just add 512mb, add 2 256mb.

 

[balilu]

Hey, I do mopstly large amounts of photoshop work, and ive noticed some slowdown in large maps on some of the newer games (large custom maps). I also want to prepare for the new unreal, which will probalby need some more ram...

I might just upgrade my 9800 pro then first, who knows

edit: O and, btw, no overclocking for me. No agp lock + Sata Raptro drive = No overclocking lol.....sata does not respond well to increase in the bus.

what do you mean by '...sata does not respond well to increase in the bus' ??

 

[vice]

On the k8t chipset, the sata frequency lock is jacked up and increases with the bus. If you have sata drives, you have to get a nf3 chipset. That's my impression.

 

[kawasakiguy37]

The k8t doesnt have an agp lock, so everything gets increased when you up the FSB. AGP frequency and PCI goes higher than 66....and whatever sata runs on too. This can lead to data corruption easily on the sata, and eventualy hurt your Video card and pci cards eventualy if you increase it a fair amount....

Thats why they always advertise AGP LOCK for overclocking....

 

[vice]

on the k8t neo2, there is an agp/pci lock. It seems to be working for me.

 

[kawasakiguy37]

How dyou know its working lol? There is not. Not in the manual, or box. I believe the K8N, the nvidia board, does have one

 

[enVias]

the K8N sure does

 

[FarFarAway]

I'm with whoever said about the 2 x 256 sticks but your may as well get another 2 x 512 sticks if you feel you need more.

Oh and as for the next Unreal, you'll need a new GPU, not just RAM. Even the current Gen 256 6 series and X850XT's just won't be able to handle the power of that game.

I'll find the link and put it in "software" okily dokily!?

 

[balilu]

the K8N sure does

agreed

 

[vice]

How dyou know its working lol? There is not. Not in the manual, or box. I believe the K8N, the nvidia board, does have one

I don't know what manual you were looking at, but it does exist. I think this is the first lock for this VIA chipset though. I have a stable oc of 2.45 ghz on my winchester 3200+ so far and have been running it about a week. My pci crap seems to be working right and my video card runs well at high clocks and has fairly low idle-load temps of 37C-50C oced. I thought that video cards would burn up fast if their frequency was set too high. I don't think my card would hold these temps at 80 mhz frequency. I have had video problems when running at 2.5 ghz that erupted quickly. It seems to be more of a power supply problem though which I'm planning to fix soon. I actually have no proof that the agp lock is working like it's supposed to because I haven't been able to find a tool that measures agp/pci frequency.