Is memory timing really THAT important?

[Le Québécois]

My ram is running at 2,5-3-3-8. When I read articles over the net i seems like a slow timing. But how much does it matters ofr the overall system speed?
For exemple someone like me who the most intensive application is gaming.

 

[stevty2889]

I depends some on what cpu you are using, but for most people, timings don't make any real noticable differance. May get you a few FPS more in some games, and give you a better benchmark score, but real world differance will not likely be noticable.

 

[Budman]

Fix your link in your sig & we will be able to see your system.

 

[Le Québécois]

You can see my system link for more info but basicly i'm running a AMD64 939 3200 with PC3200 Infineon ran.

 

[Le Québécois]

My rig link is not working? looks fine to me.

 

[housecat]

answer: no its not. people are just really picky that get into computer hardware. gotta have the best, even if that doesnt mean much over having whats "good", or what works.

if you can get better timed memory for the same price as a higher latency memory, great.. if not, it doesnt matter.

it might on the new ddr2 stuff used on intel boards.. i dont know there. generally though, all consumer ram seems to be of decent timings, nothing you can buy is going to be some system slowing goo.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Le Québécois
My rig link is not working? looks fine to me.

nope you link doesnt work, you have this link http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=22254 and it brings me to that page http://www.anandtech.com/myanandtech.aspx

it should be like this..

http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.aspx?rigid=22254



it changed when Anandtech upgraded to .NET

 

[NFS4]

I've got 2GB of PC3200 running at CAS3 in my system. Not much a difference IMHO.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I've got 2GB of PC3200 running at CAS3 in my system. Not much a difference IMHO.

Yes with a A64 timings dont really make that much of a difference.