2 gigs of DDR RAM Question

[Forgotten Ronin]

I've seen a lot of topics about 1gig sticks being slow in comparison to 512 sticks, but some of the games coming out actually "hint" at 2gig requirements (Battlefield 2). So if you had the money what would you do for 1gig sticks? What's the lowest latency for em? Are there any that overclock better than others?

 

[imported_Kensai]

I'm very sure that if you fork over some good cash, you'll be able to do at least 2-3-3-8, probably 2-2-2-5 with a little more juice.

 

[imported_Technomancer]

OCZ has a 2x1024 dual-channel at 2-3-2-5 timings.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Patriot has 2X1024 timings dual-channel at 2-3-2-5 timings as well for $232 with free shipping at Monarch Patriot 2 gigs

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: michaelpatrick33
Patriot has 2X1024 timings dual-channel at 2-3-2-5 timings as well for $232 with free shipping at Monarch Patriot 2 gigs

I've been looking at 1GB sticks lately, and this is going to be your best deal for CAS2 RAM.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: michaelpatrick33
Patriot has 2X1024 timings dual-channel at 2-3-2-5 timings as well for $232 with free shipping at Monarch Patriot 2 gigs

I've been looking at 1GB sticks lately, and this is going to be your best deal for CAS2 RAM.

I have them in my system (old KT266) waiting for X2 availability and build in late July to mid August and they run at 2-2-2-7. (Of course this is at 266 speeds )

 

[Forgotten Ronin]

HMMMM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210

 

[Venomous]

Ive ran many benches with 1T vs 2T. Unless youre a hardcore 3D bencher, youre not going to see a bit of difference. SuperPI times drop by a whole second, which is nothing to be concerned about. Memory bandwidth does not drop in sandra or any of benches. Until you run 3Dmark, thats where you see a drop off.. With the amount of ram these new games need, that 1 gig will make up for the non-noticeable performance hit you see on some benches.

If you want to keep your high overclock, what you need to do is this...

If you have high performing ram now, try to get another 2 X 512 package. Try to keep the same ram, but you can mix and match manf, just keep the UTT/BH5/VX,Micron chips together.

Run each stick at the Dimm slot closest to your cpu... Then load up mem test.. See how far each SINGLE stick can go... Take the highest clocking stick and place it in the further dimm slot from the cpu. Take the weakest clocking stick and place it closest to the cpu.. What you will end up with is a well balanced , high clocking setup.. I can manage 265 fsb with all four sticks enabled. Sure, its at 2T but you would never know the difference unless you benched in 3dMark..