My NIC and geforce2 MX can't handle anymore mhz,(41.5 and 83 mhz) so that's why I'm capped there, but yes, I can choose any divider at any speed, hardware permitting. Also my AXP is giving me all it's got at 1749.(at this temp anyway...I've gone faster on a cold night with the window open)
Ironic that I ended up back at 10.5 multi to get my ideal clock/fsb/pci, as that's the default.
As for the divider/memory bandwidth issue...it beats the hell outta me.
It is a known issue though,(Amdmb forums>Iwill) and it's rumoured to be resolved in a future bios. (Hmm, rumoured Epox 8KHA+ dividers too...this is me NOT holding my breath)
Also ironic, that I switched to the XP333 because of the divider, only to end up using 1/4.
It still baffles me though...CPU, DDR, AGP = Northbridge,
PCI, IDE, USB, Sound = Southbridge.
...how they are related via pci divider makes no obvious sense to me, but I speculate, (and I'm not in the mobo business, so I could be wrong) that the chipset communicates over the PCI bus, and some sort of bottleneck is occuring/getting more apparant with the bigger speed difference.
That hurt my head.
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