A64 O/C Addicts: Tight Timings vs. Bandwidth

[Doctorweir]

So I heard a lot of discussions about this, what finally brings me to collecting all our experiences in a single threat...

So as it says: Post your experiences (and evidence like own benches, reviews, etc.) what is better/faster/fancier/whatever; timings or bandwidth.
E.g. run 2-2-2-5@400MHz DDR or better 2.5-4-4-8@450MHz DDR?
Let me know what works best for you and for how much more bandwidth YOU are willing to sacrifice low latency

 

[alkemyst]

perhaps if you started the thread with some numbers of your own....

 

[Doctorweir]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
perhaps if you started the thread with some numbers of your own....

First I have to have my 1:1 setup stable... :frown: So as of now it's low latency for me...the bandwidth increase (preliminary test) is quite impressive though... from ~6000mb/s to ~7000mb/s...but is it worth to lower the timings for this...?
Have to do some real world tests when I found the voltage that gives me 100% stability.

 

[richardrds]

Zebo already did this. His thread was a great sticky for a few months but was removed as a sticky last week and now we will start seeing lots of threads like this again because people don't use the search feature correctly
!!!

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1475190&enterthread=y

 

[Doctorweir]

Yeah, yeah, I know Zebos sticky about RAM, but he was looking more into value vs. expensive...
Anyway, I just figured out my crappy RAM won't make it 1:1, so the question will not arise for me...

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: Doctorweir
Yeah, yeah, I know Zebos sticky about RAM, but he was looking more into value vs. expensive...
Anyway, I just figured out my crappy RAM won't make it 1:1, so the question will not arise for me...

okay...so you saw the thread, correct?

I think that answers your question.

In case you didn't know, tight timings are far more important than bandwidth.

 

[richardrds]

Originally posted by: Doctorweir
Yeah, yeah, I know Zebos sticky about RAM, but he was looking more into value vs. expensive...
Anyway, I just figured out my crappy RAM won't make it 1:1, so the question will not arise for me...

But evidently you did not read and comprehend it, LOL!!!

 

[MrControversial]

I can't run 1:1 at 255 HT, so I opted for tight timings as well.