DDR Memory backwards compatible

[drwoo123]

I have an older Gigabyte GA7VRXP motherboard that has a 256 PC2100 (I think) stick in there. Someone told me that I can get a PC3200 memory chip and that it would be backwards compatible. Is this true - also is there a way to check the speed of your existing memory?

thanks

 

[leedog2007]

Well yes, the new pc3200 is backwards compatible, meaning it will run as pc1600, pc2100, pc2700, and pc3200. If I were you I'd retire the 256 of pc2100 and go exclusively with the pc3200. CPU-Z is a good program to check cpu, motherboard, and memory specs.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: leedog2007
Well yes, the new pc3200 is backwards compatible, meaning it will run as pc1600, pc2100, pc2700, and pc3200. If I were you I'd retire the 256 of pc2100 and go exclusively with the pc3200. CPU-Z is a good program to check cpu, motherboard, and memory specs.

Personally, unless your motherboard doesn't support faster speeds than PC2100, I'd ran that stick also.