My system: -E2160+ (1.8ghz default) -2GB DDR800 Crucial Ballistix -Asus P5B (Vanilla) -8600GT CPU-Z is showing some strange readings for my system. -Firstly It shows the memory frequency as 401.2mhz rather than 400mhz, even if set manually or by SPD to 400! -Secondly the core speed seems to fluctuate by 1 or 2 mhz and has afew mhz added too? is this just a slighty inaccurate reading by cpu-z or is something wrong here?
Yup, CPU-Z has done this to every system I've had, usually by about .4 MHz of difference or something.
ok, was just worried as it shows 401mhz and as a result suggests a 2:1 ration with the cpu rather than 1:1 But we can assume this is just an error in cpu-z? are there any other programs that show current memry setting i can check again?
for detailed memory info and settings you can also use memset (google for link), its pretty much your one stop shop for memory frequency and timings.
CPU-z can vary slightly, but the memory frequency will be down to your mobo not quite being perfect. My old NF3 DFI was very shaky at the top end with FSB's - 288 in the BIOS would translate to ~294MHz in reality.
- I always believed this to be down to cheaky mobo manufacturers: By running the FSB/memory slightly above specs (despite being set correctly in BIOS) it improves benchmark results, making it look faster than competing products! - My Lanparty NFII-B runs at 200.6 FSB when set to 200. It's not a CPU-Z error - all apps report the same difference.
