WARNING: OCZ 6400 not fully compatible with Rampage Formula

[Kursah]

+1

 

[Frogger]

+1
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=265049&postcount=33

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

How can a memory company claim compatiblity with a mobo they haven't tested (as witnessed by their uninformed claim that the Rampage CAN'T REACH 500FSB) AND the mobo manufacturer doesn't accept the memory as compatible.

That is lying.

 

[slugzkea]

How can a memory company claim compatiblity with a mobo they haven't tested (as witnessed by their uninformed claim that the Rampage CAN'T REACH 500FSB) AND the mobo manufacturer doesn't accept the memory as compatible.

That is lying.

Thank you.

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

I read the OCZ thread too.

Seems you are misunderstood there as well. Sorry 'bout that.

I say we all let this one go.

 

[slugzkea]

I'd still like the poll to be left alive for a bit longer to see if anyone else has had similar experiences.

Like i said, this could be used as a reference, but if an admin feels this should be removed who am i to argue.

 

[will]

You can say the same with a few other companies. G. Skill is one that ASUS doesn't like ether. There is a few boards that may support it, but from what I have seen, none do. And that is strange to me, G. Skill ram has all ways oc'ed really well with ASUS... Don't know yet about the new boards..

TBH on the memory lists I have seen for all the ASUS boards I have owned, they never actually have any RAM on them I've even heard of, maybe sometimes Kingston HyperX but thats about it... I've never found any RAM that doesnt work (or OC well) with any asus boards, including OCZ, G.Skill, Crucial etc.

 

[theonetruewill]

I'd still like the poll to be left alive for a bit longer to see if anyone else has had similar experiences.

Like i said, this could be used as a reference, but if an admin feels this should be removed who am i to argue.

I prefer your current attitude - we were irritated only by the aggression you seemed to have focussed towards OCZ. If it is merely a warning thread then leave it at that - Company bashing without aggravating circumstances is not approved of.

 

[Cold Storm]

TBH on the memory lists I have seen for all the ASUS boards I have owned, they never actually have any RAM on them I've even heard of, maybe sometimes Kingston HyperX but thats about it... I've never found any RAM that doesnt work (or OC well) with any asus boards, including OCZ, G.Skill, Crucial etc.

Yeah, your right there. But, its all ways up to the user. I mean, yeah, you may "have to" go with what they say. But, memory is memory... Thats the way I see at it. There is a few companies I wouldn't go for, but that is me...

 

[slugzkea]

I'm sorry if you get the impression that I am "company bashing", which isn't my intention.

 

[Nitro-Max]

Well im using rampage and 4gig ocz reapers the 2 gig modules arent the best overclockers to start with had them stable at 960mhz but its hard to get the ram working great with preformance tweaks seems to run alot better at 900mhz But im using xp32bit so im gonna down grade to 2x1 gig soon but im definatly not going ocz on this board it was great ram in my gigabyte board but the rampage is capable of dragging alot more preformance out of memory modules and the ocz does'nt seem to have what it takes.I got a boost from say 5000/mb speeds to over 8000/mb speeds but i know good ddr2 can get at least 10,000/mb using everest benching.

Its a shame really the reapers are lovley looking kit and has great cooling system they never really get warm never mind hot!! just wish they used a bit better memory modules but i guess for the price they are i cant complain.

And i aint ocz bashing either.In my old athlon 64 rig i had some ocz gold in it.
I came 2nd in latency benching right here on tpu few years ago now though.
OCZ can produce some great ram you just cant beat them all though its dog eat dog.Theres alot of competition out there.

 

[infrared]

From the start of this thread, nothing has been discussed about the settings used while trying to get to 1000mhz 1:1. Not doubting your ability or anything, but it's easy to overlook a setting. Check voltages (2.0v+ for 1000mhz CL5), timings, and subtimings. Try setting a higher tRFC timing of 45-50. You can even try using a different fsb/ram divider to find out if it's the motherboard just not playing ball. Set 400mhz fsb, and a 4:5 divider as an experiment.

Hold onto the ram for a while, and with the next few bios revisions you may find it works better. I have just recently had exactly the same problem with some SuperTalent ram i bought of Paulieg. It just wouldn't work at anything over 900mhz on my P5K Deluxe, even after days of tinkering. And yet it worked great on my brother's Abit IP35. Updated the bios as a last ditch attempt, and now it's awesome, reaching 1240mhz+ with 2.3v and 10,400mb/s Read in everest.

Hope that all made sence

 

[slugzkea]

I as well have owned a lot of excellent OCZ ram, mainly from the DDR1 days, and coming from a previous BH5 (i think it was BH5) chip owner, I will say again that OCZ has created excellent sets of RAMS.

I have tried way over 2.1volts, actually over 2.2volts to sustain any kind of stability and I've been trying tRFC 45-50 and 50 seems to be an okay setting however, my RAM is rated 42 and there is no 42 option on the rampage, there's 40, 45, and 50 i believe.

Now knowing that the rated setting is not availible on the rampage also points out a possible incompatibility issue.

I have tried other deviders as well but the rampage doesn't have options of slower ram speeds : higher cpu FSB, the lowest is 1:1

I have gotten into windows easily at 1000mhz using faster ram than cpu ratio. I didn't run any stability tests or anything because I am not ever going to use my e8400 at stock, or below 4.3ghz

If the ram runs fine at 1000mhz on that devider, sure it may seem more of a motherboard issue. But OCZ claims the issue is that the motherboard cannot sustain that FSB, and that's not the case.

If I used a good set of 800mhz ram lets say...crosshairs, or mushkins, that are listed under asus's combatibility page in the user manual, i'm pretty sure they would hit 1:1 ratio 1000mhz without a problem.

I still believe it's a compatibility issue, but that's just my piece to the pie