Can someone show me benchmarks comparing generic PC133 to "brand name" PC133?

NFS4

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I want to see how big a performance difference there is between the two. I personally use generic and it works for me.
 

Sunner

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There shouldnt really be a performance difference if both are run using the same settings.
The difference is that if you buy generic, you might end up with PC-133 that wont do any more, and only at CAS3, while if you buy some fancy RAM, you'll know what you get.
Personally Im using generic cheapo RAM myself, cause it feels like such a waste to buy new RAM when the RAM I have works fine, though only at 100 MHz CAS3.
 

Zeeliv

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Yeah Sunner's got it. It's not a matter of brand name performing better at the same settings, it's that it is capable of being set to the higher performance settings that generic often can't handle (CAS2, the 4 way interleaving on boards like the KT7, etc...)
 

SuperFreaky

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PNY PC100 beats their PC133 !?!?!?!

I'm guessing their were no averages taken for that chart (he only used one piece of RAM to get those numbers).

I guess that just shows how random RAM performane is?