Low-latency RAM worth the premium for the gamer?

[brigden]

I'm going to be RMA'ing the half-gig of Corsair low-latency I currently have. In the meantime, I'm going to have to replace it with something else. I was going to buy another half-gig of XMS low-latency, but I'm not convinced the performance gain is worth the premium. I have ZERO intentions of overclocking.

I'm a gamer; what do you recommend?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I would just say get the C2 if you don't plan on O\Cing. or Buffalo.

 

[dullard]

I personally feel if you aren't overclocking, then save your money. Put the saved money into a faster CPU, video card, or even more memory and you'll see much bigger performance boosts than low latency memory.

 

[Auric]

Any premium must be compared to that of other components. A higher performance VPU or CPU is going to be overwhelmingly more significant. Heck, 1GB RAM is more important than low-latency 512MB. LL is only significantly beneficial for overclocking anyway.

 

[brigden]

I'm either going to pick up 1GB of Crucial or perhaps Corsair XMS C2, as opposed to the LL stuff. Whaddyathink?

 

[boyRacer]

i have the 3200LL... going from cas2 to 3 gave me a whopping 5fps. 😕 🙁 of course your results may vary. 😀

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: boyRacer
i have the 3200LL... going from cas2 to 3 gave me a whopping 5fps. 😕 🙁 of course your results may vary. 😀

5fps is a big deal...

...if we're talking about Halo...

 

[BuckNaked]

I replaced my Corsair PC3200C2 stuff with Corsair PC3200 LL and found it to be a waste of money.... I would have rather spent the extra money on something that would have had a more significant impact for the money spent....

Dave