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Memory question

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perdomot

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I'm currently running an X2 3800+ cpu at 240 HTT but running the ram at 200 and I was wondering if I would see any benefits by getting some PC4000 ram that can do a 1:1 with the cpu at 240. Aside from seeing an increase in synthetic tests, are there any real world benefits to be had from this kind of upgrade? Thanks.
 
I sincerely doubt it. Do you see a real world difference if you run your HTT at 200 just like the ram? I doubt it.
 
Aside from having more memory bandwidth, no. AMD's on die memory controller means that the HTT and memory speeds have absolutely no effect on each other's performance. I know the HTT speed is used in the formula to find the memory speed, but that's as far as they're related. There won't be any latency advantage of doing that simply because there is no FSB to synchronize with.
 
Actually, running DDR or DDR2 at higher clock speeds always reduces latency. He would probably get a small performance boost from the additional memory bandwidth and reduced latency, but not a whole lot. He'll get less of a boost if he has to loosen timings to get his memory running at 1:1.
 
That's what I thought but wasn't sure. I've been reading a lot about DDR2 modules and their higher speeds and wasn't sure how much of a difference it would make on DDR. Thanks all.
 
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