Have you tried removing the cpu overclock just to rule it out?
Completely normal. Inaccuracies in measurement are almost always present at every level.
Clearly the fsb and dram speeds are linked, which is the default behavior on most boards. Most boards have an option to unlink them though. Have you checked for this?
Unusual but depending on how the boards clock tree is setup it's certainly possible. I'm surprised there are no options to change this though.
Most likely, yes.
Why not buy a new LGA1366 board instead of buying more LGA775 boards?
I might have an old dual core LGA1156 system (clarkdale i5 6xx) you can use. Not sure if the motherboard still works though as its been years since I turned it on.
Not without more testing.
Most games just copy all the geometry/texture data they need into vram during level loading and from that point on the system memory and vram don't communicate much. So it's highly unlikely.
If TF2 is the only application showing issues then it's clearly an issue with TF2. What else have you tested?
Xtreme2damax Wrote:- Overclocked cpu to 3.3 Ghz however the cpu falls short and clock maxes out 50 Mhz less than target clock rate at 3.28 Ghz.
Completely normal. Inaccuracies in measurement are almost always present at every level.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:Ram clock speed adjusts with cpu clock speed. In order to run ram at DDR3 1333 (667Mhz) I have to overclock the cpu fsb to at least 333 Mhz.
Clearly the fsb and dram speeds are linked, which is the default behavior on most boards. Most boards have an option to unlink them though. Have you checked for this?
Xtreme2damax Wrote:Overclocking the fsb past 333 Mhz will overclock the Pci-e bus speed. There is no way to revert this other than downclocking fsb back to 333Mhz or lower as the option greys out.
Unusual but depending on how the boards clock tree is setup it's certainly possible. I'm surprised there are no options to change this though.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:However Cpu-Z reports the same clock speed as the bios which is correct so maybe it's an error on Windows 7's part.
Most likely, yes.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:Wish I new what caused my i7 board to "die" and suddenly not do so much as post or beep, just a constantly red CPU/DRAM led's lit upon powering because I would try fixing it. Board isn't really dead considering when I press the power button the fans spin up, the hdd spins up, but the CPU/DRAM led's remain lit and the system doesn't beep/post and shuts down a minute later.
Why not buy a new LGA1366 board instead of buying more LGA775 boards?
I might have an old dual core LGA1156 system (clarkdale i5 6xx) you can use. Not sure if the motherboard still works though as its been years since I turned it on.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:Any idea what could be the culprit?
Not without more testing.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:Is there any motherboard issue that would cause this? I was thinking maybe there isn't enough bandwidth in the bus between the cpu, ram and gpu or the cpu isn't performing like it should.
Most games just copy all the geometry/texture data they need into vram during level loading and from that point on the system memory and vram don't communicate much. So it's highly unlikely.
Xtreme2damax Wrote:TF2 seems to be the only game so far with performance issues. I think other games that rely more on the cpu might have performance issues but even so it shouldn't be to the extent it is in TF2.
If TF2 is the only application showing issues then it's clearly an issue with TF2. What else have you tested?
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