Re: DDR RAM timings

[Ext User(Adrian)]

> Heh, this is actually a fun thread first thing in the morning.

Tell me about it, I've been researching this for five hours. :-)

> From
> what I have read you are looking at a 3-4% difference in performance,
> only you can decide if the cost justifies the boost.

For that insignificant amount of gain, no, I wouldn't say it's worth it.

> Then again, your
> Mobo might not even use this setting, some appear to be futzing with the
> timings to get dual channel stable on a wider variety of 400 mhz parts.

Good point, I wondered the same thing. I really have to say it's guess-work
whether my motherboard will run at 2-2-2-6-1. I may spend the fortune on
the fast RAM and find out it doesn't run, then end up losing 15% in
restocking fees if I decide to return it.

> Take with as many grains of salt as deemed neccessary...

Absolutely.

Thanks.

~ Adrian ~

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[Ext User(Manda Luyong)]

Here's a link to an article at Anandtech about memory and the new 875/865
chipsets. Maybe you can draw a conclusion from there:
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1828

"Adrian" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > Heh, this is actually a fun thread first thing in the morning.
>
> Tell me about it, I've been researching this for five hours. :-)
>
> > From
> > what I have read you are looking at a 3-4% difference in performance,
> > only you can decide if the cost justifies the boost.
>
> For that insignificant amount of gain, no, I wouldn't say it's worth it.
>
> > Then again, your
> > Mobo might not even use this setting, some appear to be futzing with the
> > timings to get dual channel stable on a wider variety of 400 mhz parts.
>
> Good point, I wondered the same thing. I really have to say it's
guess-work
> whether my motherboard will run at 2-2-2-6-1. I may spend the fortune on
> the fast RAM and find out it doesn't run, then end up losing 15% in
> restocking fees if I decide to return it.
>
> > Take with as many grains of salt as deemed neccessary...
>
> Absolutely.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ~ Adrian ~
>
> ---
> "A lie gets halfway around the world before
> the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
> Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
>
>

[Ext User(Adrian)]

"Manda Luyong" <Lina@benito.net> wrote in message
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> Here's a link to an article at Anandtech about memory and the new 875/865
> chipsets. Maybe you can draw a conclusion from there:
> http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1828

Thanks, I'll take a look.

~ Adrian ~

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