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gotfrag

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ok guys i have this ram
and i want one more gig so should i buy another gig of that or get this
ram
will having the faster one and the slower one make a bad bottleneck? will i lose performance?
 
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No link...what's your system specs, you know the drill...budget? etc. etc. blah blah blah.
 
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BigCoolJesus

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Originally posted by: gotfrag
ok guys i have this ram
and i want one more gig so should i buy another gig of that or get this
ram
will having the faster one and the slower one make a bad bottleneck? will i lose performance?
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First off.........no links (they didnt show up)

Second, timings (ie, the speed of RAM) does play a difference, but not marginally.

In terms of gaming (lets us BF2 as the example), having faster RAM will only help performance by 2-4% at most.
Having more RAM (lets say 2GB of RAM, even though it may only run at PC2700) will yeild significant results (such as detail and texture settings can jump from low to high in a lot of cases)



As i cannot see the RAM you have, i will say that if its a matter of 1GB of PC3200 vs 2GB of PC2700 (none lower though) i would take the 2GB option
 
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BigCoolJesus

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Originally posted by: gotfrag
yes im looking to have 2 gigs total, i have this right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227069
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Just get another kit of that then.........as the timings arent far enough off to warrant switching to the gold.
(plus im pretty sure you wouldnt be able to run Cas2 if you got the gold anyways, as itd force Cas2.5 since thats what your current RAM is, so its pointless to get the gold kit)
 
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gotfrag

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ok that what i was thinking, one person said that if i get another gig which will make 4x 512 i will have to run at 2T and 166mhz
is this true? and the gold ram is only $2 more
 
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Originally posted by: gotfrag
ok that what i was thinking, one person said that if i get another gig which will make 4x 512 i will have to run at 2T and 166mhz
is this true? and the gold ram is only $2 more
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You will have to run at 2T, but not 166mhz ( you can still run at PC3200 speed, 400mhz)
 
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gotfrag

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ok im sorry but can you explain what 1t an 2t is?
i have googled it but still dont understand
will i lose performance between the two?
 
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BigCoolJesus

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Originally posted by: gotfrag
ok im sorry but can you explain what 1t an 2t is?
i have googled it but still dont understand
will i lose performance between the two?
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about 1-2% of performance will be lost.......if even


Its just a timing in the RAM, nothing significant, nothing to worry about
 
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gotfrag

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o ok thanks for clearing that up :)
now will i lose or gain performance if i buy the gold ram, versus buy the same ram i have?
 
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BigCoolJesus

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Originally posted by: gotfrag
o ok thanks for clearing that up :)
now will i lose or gain performance if i buy the gold ram, versus buy the same ram i have?
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Neither.........you will have the same performance that you have now, because even though the Gold RAM is slightly faster, it will only run as fast as ur current RAM can (ie, ur current RAM will bottleneck the Gold slightly)

as i said, the gold is pointless to get, as no matter what you will be running at the same timings as ur current RAM
 
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if you have 4 DDR slots, and only two are used by both 512 sticks, then obviously you will get better performance adding in the dual channel to the setup to fill in the other two. but it doesn't make sense to swap out the original DDR sticks for tha OCZ stuff, they are both 1 gig already, and the max DDR effectiveness would only touch DDR400 architecture.
 
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gotfrag

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ok, and i was also thinking about maybe selling my current ram, and combining the money with the money i have now, to get 2x 1gb sticks
would that give me more performance over 4x 512mbs?
 
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Originally posted by: gotfrag
ok, and i was also thinking about maybe selling my current ram, and combining the money with the money i have now, to get 2x 1gb sticks
would that give me more performance over 4x 512mbs?
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Id go that route, as a future upgrade will then be open without having to sell off and rebuy.
Expandability always wins
 
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