techPowerUp! Forums

Go Back   techPowerUp! Forums > Hardware > General Hardware

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:06 PM   #1
Pestilence
500 Posts
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 556 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 4
Thanked 68 Times in 60 Posts

Bulldozer running DDR3 2500 memory

Christ this makes me want to go ahead and order a Crosshair V

Pestilence is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:07 PM   #2
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

Timings are poop, and WTF no numbers? What a waste of a screenshot
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:10 PM   #3
Pestilence
500 Posts
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 556 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 4
Thanked 68 Times in 60 Posts

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Timings are poop, and WTF no numbers? What a waste of a screenshot
You know how OBR works. Just enough to make us rant and rave.
Pestilence is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:10 PM   #4
TheMailMan78
Banstick Dummy
 
TheMailMan78's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Crystal River, FL
Posts: 15,109 (6.93/day)
Thanks: 1,337
Thanked 6,829 Times in 3,739 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Timings are poop, and WTF no numbers? What a waste of a screenshot
Maybe timings don't matter with BD?
TheMailMan78 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:10 PM   #5
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

But if the scoring blows, what is the point of 2500mhz?

Even if AMD doesn't like tight timings, those timings suck!
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:15 PM   #6
TheMailMan78
Banstick Dummy
 
TheMailMan78's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Crystal River, FL
Posts: 15,109 (6.93/day)
Thanks: 1,337
Thanked 6,829 Times in 3,739 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
But if the scoring blows, what is the point of 2500mhz?

Even if AMD doesn't like tight timings, those timings suck!
Who knows. Its all FUD until we get benches.
TheMailMan78 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:15 PM   #7
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
 
btarunr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hyderabad, India
Posts: 14,982 (7.30/day)
Thanks: 788
Thanked 12,899 Times in 5,650 Posts
Send a message via AIM to btarunr Send a message via MSN to btarunr

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Timings are poop, and WTF no numbers? What a waste of a screenshot
10-11-10-29T with CR1 is hardly poop for 2500 MHz. Something like 12-14-12-35 with CR2 would qualify as poop.
__________________

Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp
btarunr is online now  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to btarunr For This Useful Post:
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:16 PM   #8
Pestilence
500 Posts
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 556 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 4
Thanked 68 Times in 60 Posts

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
But if the scoring blows, what is the point of 2500mhz?

Even if AMD doesn't like tight timings, those timings suck!
Suck or not i'd still take them and that speed on my P67 rig
Pestilence is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:18 PM   #9
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by btarunr View Post
10-11-10-29T with CR1 is hardly poop for 2500 MHz. Something like 12-14-12-35 with CR2 would qualify as poop.
Sorry when I ran 2500 a year ago, when it was tough to do and sticks weren't sold at 2500mhz, I was doing it with 9-9-9-27 on a set of Tridents. I still say those timings are poop, nobody wants cas10, the performance is lost at that point!

Already ram 2260 on my SB board, where it seemed to cap out, also at CAS9. I don't see any reason to go CAS10.
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:19 PM   #10
cadaveca
My name is Dave
 
cadaveca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 10,770 (4.14/day)
Thanks: 4,485
Thanked 5,202 Times in 3,201 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pestilence View Post
Suck or not i'd still take them and that speed on my P67 rig
P67 is very different, and has far better utilization than anything previous.

I doubt AMD is able to do the same. I understand why no numbers are shown, as performance is probably under NDA, but 5 GHz CPU and 2500 Mhz mem is nice and all...if it's on air. If it's under cold, then I care not, and I do think most people will feel the same.

If we cannot use it daily, this screenie is a waste of everyone's time.
cadaveca is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:20 PM   #11
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
 
btarunr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hyderabad, India
Posts: 14,982 (7.30/day)
Thanks: 788
Thanked 12,899 Times in 5,650 Posts
Send a message via AIM to btarunr Send a message via MSN to btarunr

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Sorry when I ran 2500 a year ago, when it was tough to do and sticks weren't sold at 2500mhz, I was doing it with 9-9-9-27 on a set of Tridents. I still say those timings are poop, nobody wants cas10, the performance is lost at that point!
But 2500 MHz with those timings is a rational increase considering memory with half the clock speed (1200 MHz with 5-5-5-12 CR1) is considered kosher or not-poop.
__________________

Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp
btarunr is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:22 PM   #12
cadaveca
My name is Dave
 
cadaveca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 10,770 (4.14/day)
Thanks: 4,485
Thanked 5,202 Times in 3,201 Posts

System Specs

9-11-9-27 for 2400 MHz, makes the timings shown above so-so. Expected, but nothing earth shattering.

That's more about the rams than Bulldozer, anyway. Who care about timings? I wanna know NB speed..far more informative.
cadaveca is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:25 PM   #13
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by btarunr View Post
But 2500 MHz with those timings is a rational increase considering memory with half the clock speed (1200 MHz with 5-5-5-12 CR1) is considered kosher or not-poop.
No offense BTA but we aren't the mass of idiots buying tech here. I personally don't want Kosher, and if you are going to brag about 2500mhz clocks, do it with "good" clocks and stop wasting time with this mediocre stuff.

Seriously I got to 2600mhz on Intel P55 before I needed cas10 for stability. I know they are completely different setups, but I still stand behind the fact that that speed at CAS10 is a kick in the grapes for benches, which seems to be his point.

EDIT: I digress, if this is an 8GB or 16GB kit of ram, I can't be so picky.
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to sneekypeet For This Useful Post:
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:29 PM   #14
TheMailMan78
Banstick Dummy
 
TheMailMan78's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Crystal River, FL
Posts: 15,109 (6.93/day)
Thanks: 1,337
Thanked 6,829 Times in 3,739 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
No offense BTA but we aren't the mass of idiots buying tech here.
Speak for yourself!
TheMailMan78 is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to TheMailMan78 For This Useful Post:
Old Jul 5, 2011, 05:50 PM   #15
erocker
Senior Moderator
 
erocker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Milwaukee, WI.
Posts: 31,919 (12.78/day)
Thanks: 2,783
Thanked 12,285 Times in 7,820 Posts

System Specs

2500mhz on an AMD rig, regardless of timings is.. um.. neat? It means nothing though until we know how much bandwidth it's producing.

Last edited by erocker; Jul 5, 2011 at 05:57 PM.
erocker is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 06:12 PM   #16
TheMailMan78
Banstick Dummy
 
TheMailMan78's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Crystal River, FL
Posts: 15,109 (6.93/day)
Thanks: 1,337
Thanked 6,829 Times in 3,739 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by erocker View Post
2500mhz on an AMD rig, regardless of timings is.. um.. neat? It means nothing though until we know how much bandwidth it's producing.
Or how much RAM it was running. For all we know it could have been 32 gigs.
TheMailMan78 is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to TheMailMan78 For This Useful Post:
Old Jul 5, 2011, 07:48 PM   #17
damric
200 Posts
 
damric's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: In a troll cave
Posts: 295 (0.25/day)
Thanks: 227
Thanked 72 Times in 44 Posts

System Specs

Better than my DDR3-1600 8-9-8-24 1T.
__________________
CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked
damric is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 08:40 PM   #18
seronx
500 Posts
 
seronx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: USA, Arizona, Maricopa
Posts: 938 (0.90/day)
Thanks: 36
Thanked 234 Times in 168 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Timings are poop, and WTF no numbers? What a waste of a screenshot
10-11-10-29 are not bad timings

After 2000MHz timings are reversed

the actual timings do to the mem clock speed will be

8-8.8-8-23.2

Latencies don't matter past 2200MHz
seronx is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 08:42 PM   #19
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by seronx View Post
10-11-10-29 are not bad timings

After 2000MHz timings are reversed

the actual timings do to the clock speed will be

8-8.8-8-23.2

Latencies don't matter past 2200MHz
You have obviously never ran there then. I know all about latency and timings, and your explanation of these crap timings makes no sense.
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 08:43 PM   #20
erocker
Senior Moderator
 
erocker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Milwaukee, WI.
Posts: 31,919 (12.78/day)
Thanks: 2,783
Thanked 12,285 Times in 7,820 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by seronx View Post
10-11-10-29 are not bad timings

After 2000MHz timings are reversed

the actual timings do to the mem clock speed will be

8-8.8-8-23.2

Latencies don't matter past 2200MHz
Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
You have obviously never ran there then. I know all about latency and timings, and your explanation of these crap timings makes no sense.
Running those sticks or not, we know nothing of the new AMD memory controller or how timings and frequency relates to performance on BD.
erocker is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 08:45 PM   #21
seronx
500 Posts
 
seronx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: USA, Arizona, Maricopa
Posts: 938 (0.90/day)
Thanks: 36
Thanked 234 Times in 168 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
You have obviously never ran there then. I know all about latency and timings, and your explanation of these crap timings makes no sense.


2500 -> .8ns(2T) .4ns(1T)

.8 x (10-11-10-29)

8ns - 8.8ns - 8ns - 23.2ns

What is not to get?

Last edited by seronx; Jul 5, 2011 at 08:50 PM.
seronx is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 09:23 PM   #22
Paulieg
The Mad Moderator
 
Paulieg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Wherever I can find the iron.
Posts: 11,448 (5.01/day)
Thanks: 2,519
Thanked 3,054 Times in 2,098 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Paulieg

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
But if the scoring blows, what is the point of 2500mhz?

Even if AMD doesn't like tight timings, those timings suck!
Quote:
Originally Posted by btarunr View Post
10-11-10-29T with CR1 is hardly poop for 2500 MHz. Something like 12-14-12-35 with CR2 would qualify as poop.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
Sorry when I ran 2500 a year ago, when it was tough to do and sticks weren't sold at 2500mhz, I was doing it with 9-9-9-27 on a set of Tridents. I still say those timings are poop, nobody wants cas10, the performance is lost at that point!

Already ram 2260 on my SB board, where it seemed to cap out, also at CAS9. I don't see any reason to go CAS10.
I really think that whether the timings suck is determined by info we don't have. If this is just a 2x2GB kit, then yeah, it's kinda Meh. On the other hand if it's a 2x4GB set, then it's actually quite good, as I've yet to get any of my 8GB kits anywhere near 2500 no matter the timings. Way more stress with the IMC and Dimms with 4GB sticks.
__________________
"I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds."
-Henry Rollins


My heatware
Save lives by joining the TPU WCG team!

Last edited by Paulieg; Jul 5, 2011 at 09:28 PM.
Paulieg is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 09:24 PM   #23
sneekypeet
Unpaid Babysitter
 
sneekypeet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 19,003 (7.32/day)
Thanks: 3,035
Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulieg View Post
I really think that whether the timings suck is determined by info we don't have. If this is just a 2x2GB kit, then yeah, it sucks. On the other hand if it's a 2x4GB set, then it's not bad at all. Way more stress with the IMC and Dimms with 8GB.
I mentioned that at one point. I guess FUD is FUD until we really see the bandwidth results.
__________________
Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2

Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition
sneekypeet is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 09:26 PM   #24
Paulieg
The Mad Moderator
 
Paulieg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Wherever I can find the iron.
Posts: 11,448 (5.01/day)
Thanks: 2,519
Thanked 3,054 Times in 2,098 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Paulieg

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by sneekypeet View Post
I mentioned that at one point. I guess FUD is FUD until we really see the bandwidth results.
Exactly.
__________________
"I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds."
-Henry Rollins


My heatware
Save lives by joining the TPU WCG team!
Paulieg is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Jul 5, 2011, 10:08 PM   #25
Damn_Smooth
1000 Posts
 
Damn_Smooth's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: A frozen turdberg.
Posts: 1,361 (1.85/day)
Thanks: 1,434
Thanked 502 Times in 329 Posts

System Specs

This is more crap from OBR??? Why do we keep discussing this guy? He is just trying to make a profit, and he probably doesn't even have an ES.

If he did have one, and bought it the way that he claims he did, he did not sign an NDA. So why hasn't he given us anything other than shopped superpi scores and crap that is useless to discuss?
Damn_Smooth is offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
AMD to Redesign Memory Controller in Bulldozer Chips. Super XP General Hardware 61 Nov 4, 2012 10:45 PM
Patriot Memory Planning Launch of DDR3-2500 MHz Kits and SandForce-powered SSDs btarunr News 3 May 10, 2010 03:59 PM
G.Skill Releases World's Fastest Memory, Trident 2500 MHz DDR3 Dual-Channel Kit btarunr News 11 Apr 14, 2010 08:07 PM
G.Skill Pushes DDR3 to 2500 MHz at CeBIT Darksaber News 14 Mar 9, 2010 08:02 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
no new posts