Are these RAM timings ok ?

[Thor_Sevan]

Hello !
I checked in the bios and I have these results:
Page idle timer 8 cycles
Precache time 2 cycles
RAS active time 5 cycles
CAS latency 2 cycles
RAS to CAS delay 2 cycles

I don't know what they mean in reality but are they optimal ? Are they ok ?
I have a K7m athlon 600 and 192 pc133 ram.
Thor

 

[Thor_Sevan]

boo ?

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

no, they suk

 

[Thor_Sevan]

seriously ??? Should I manually change them ??

 

[xtreme2k]

Just change everything to the smaller number and see if your computer still stable.

If stable, keep it that way,
if not revert back.

Simple..

 

[Thor_Sevan]

should I change EVERY values ?
What values do the most important performance increase ?
And what does that mean when people talk about 222 or 223 settings ?
Thor

 

[Thor_Sevan]

Ok. What if the ram can't do it. Should I buy new ram that can go faster ?
What kind of improvement can I get from having good ram ???
What brand do u suggest ? Where should I buy from ? Cause every store here sais :" Well.. its 256 mb Pc 133 ram" Then don't say all the details of latency and bla bla...

Hehe

Thor

 

[billyjak]

Crucial pc 133
Mushkin rev. 2 or 3 rev. 3 is guarenteed to do pc150 at cas2 but rev.2 is cheaper and will probably do it also.
Kingmax Tiny pc 150

 

[xtreme2k]

If it wont do it
it wont bootup into Windows

just simply go back to BIOS and change those back..

 

[Thor_Sevan]

Page idle timer 8 cycles (I can't set this to 1, blank screen)
Precache time 2 cycles
RAS active time 2 cycles
CAS latency 2 cycles
RAS to CAS delay 2 cycles
Is it now ok ?

 

[Big Lar]

A bit better than ok