Do you have a just 1 DDR333 1.0G or 2 DDr333 1.0G DIMM? I hear that a single 1.0G DDR333 DIMM really kills your performance
This is what I find a mushkin website
Before considering investment of your money in GigaByte density modules, please read the following:
The load on the clock generator as well as the address and command bus of the memory controller increases in a linear fashion with higher memory configurations.
Each chip has a certain input capacitance and if the number of chips is doubled, the amount of work that has to be done by the controller will be doubled as well.
Higher load, in turn, will slow down the signal. Therefore, by definition, higher system memory configurations will have to run at lower frequencies than low density configurations.
High quality components will be able to partially ameliorate this problem, however, the tuning of the overall chipset and memory timing will be the most critical factor for whether the system will be able to handle e.g. 2 GB of total memory.
Everybody knows about CAS latency but there are other factors like setup and hold time, Read Latch Delay, Data I/O strobe delay (DDR only) and drive strength adjustments that need to be precisely tuned.
Because of the competition, every manufacturer tries to squeeze the maximum performance out of their boards which is potentially counterproductive for handling high memory loads.
Try to envision a horse trailer being pulled by a Porsche, how long will it take until the clutch burns?
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