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Chilly McFreeze · 03-24-2004, 02:35 AM

I have a nvidia nfoce NF7 mainboard, and in the bios (Phoenix Award Bios) there is a option to change the memory timings. There are three settings - Optimal, Agressive and Turbo, plus an expert mode where you can define your own settings. These settings basically play around with the Row-active delay, RAS-toCAS delay, Row-precharge delay and the CAS latency time. Clearly by changing to the agressive or turbo settings, I should get some performance boost, but are there any implications I should know about? I accept the system might be a bit more unstable, but does memory overheat like processors and graphics cards do? Am I going to fry my memory if I change these settings? My buddy told me to just change it, and if the system appears stable then everything should be fine, is he right? Thanks for any help!

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Chilly McFreeze Insane Location: England	Is changing memory timings a safe thing to do? I have a nvidia nfoce NF7 mainboard, and in the bios (Phoenix Award Bios) there is a option to change the memory timings. There are three settings - Optimal, Agressive and Turbo, plus an expert mode where you can define your own settings. These settings basically play around with the Row-active delay, RAS-toCAS delay, Row-precharge delay and the CAS latency time. Clearly by changing to the agressive or turbo settings, I should get some performance boost, but are there any implications I should know about? I accept the system might be a bit more unstable, but does memory overheat like processors and graphics cards do? Am I going to fry my memory if I change these settings? My buddy told me to just change it, and if the system appears stable then everything should be fine, is he right? Thanks for any help!