Quick Ram Question.

2010-07-14 10:43:43

#1

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6388|Carnoustie MASSIF

Yesterday, when helping my mate move house, I came across 2GB DDR2 4200 600MHz ram. I currently have 2GB DDR2 6400 800MHz ram. Would running 4GB at 600MHz be faster than 2GB at 800MHz?

Also, I'm not sure of the latency timings of the 600MHz ram, but I think the 800MHz ram is 5-5-5-10?

Anyway, please halp.

2010-07-14 10:47:03

#2

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

Just a speculation to see if I'm correct, wouldn't 2GB @ 800 be faster, but would take longer to do more things?
4GB would technically be slower, but because it can do more at one time then it would be faster?

Kinda retarded way of asking, but yeah?

2010-07-14 12:49:38

#3

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5975|Vancouver, BC, Canada

But if you have 2 or 4 sticks as opposed to 1 or two(depending on what you have now), Then the speed would get balanced across the four making the whole system faster?

(Talking out my ass, I'm not really sure how it actually works)

2010-07-14 13:41:16

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6455|Winland

PC4200 is 533MHz, which is really bloody slow in today's measures. Some motherboards (namely Intel P4* based ones) won't even boot with so slow RAM.

If you use the swapfile all the time, you might see a performance increase (because any RAM is faster than a hard drive), but if you don't, it'll just be slower.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-07-14 18:46:40

#5

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

TheDonkey wrote:
But if you have 2 or 4 sticks as opposed to 1 or two(depending on what you have now), Then the speed would get balanced across the four making the whole system faster?

(Talking out my ass, I'm not really sure how it actually works)

Pretty sure all the RAM would run as fast as the slowest stick.

2010-07-15 03:53:05

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6455|Winland

Jaekus wrote:
TheDonkey wrote:
But if you have 2 or 4 sticks as opposed to 1 or two(depending on what you have now), Then the speed would get balanced across the four making the whole system faster?

(Talking out my ass, I'm not really sure how it actually works)
Pretty sure all the RAM would run as fast as the slowest stick.

It would.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-07-15 06:57:54

#7

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|7001|Reality

not to mention that if his OS is 32-bit he won't actually be able to use all 4gb anyway.

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2010-07-15 07:00:13

#8

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6388|Carnoustie MASSIF

Stubbee wrote:
not to mention that if his OS is 32-bit he won't actually be able to use all 4gb anyway.

Tis 64-Bit

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