Is my ram running at the speed I want it to be?

[BigToque]

I've got an e5200 2.5Ghz (12.5 x 200) and some DDR2-1066 memory.

I figured the first thing to do would be to bump the bus from 200 up to 266.

That way my ram is running at it's stated 1066, and the CPU has a decent OC.

When the computer POSTS it shows DDR2-1066.
When I get into windows and load CPU-Z, I see that the DRAM Frequency is 533 and the FSBRAM ratio is 1:2.

Now I don't know if I'm mistaken, but if I wanted my memory running full speed don't I want these numbers to be 1066 and 1:1?

CPU-Z Screenshot

 

[Rifter]

no it runs at 533Mhz, which is doubled(DDR2) to be 1066Mhz effective speed, its like when you see video cards that claim 5Ghz memory speed it really means they are running GDDR5 at 1000Mhz.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Rifterut
no it runs at 533Mhz, which is doubled(DDR2) to be 1066Mhz effective speed, its like when you see video cards that claim 5Ghz memory speed it really means they are running GDDR5 at 1000Mhz.

If a GDDR5 video card is running @ 5000 MHz effective, that'd be 1250 MHz x4, not x5.

But DDR2's effective speed is calculated x2.

1:1 would put your RAM @ DDR2-533 (266 MHz).
1:2 = DDR2-1066 (533 MHz).

IOW, it's how it should be.

 

[BigToque]

Thanks guys