- Oct 21, 2001
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I have a couple of questions rattling around in my head:
If all else is equal, such as cpu, board, HD, etc....
1.) Is there any noticable speed difference in upgrading from PC2100 to PC2700? I understand the 2700 has more bandwidth, but does that advantage come in to play only when OC'ing or is it also there when installed in a non-OC'd 333 board?
2.) Is there any noticable speed difference in having 2x256 DIMMS versus 1x512?
The reason I ask is because I have an ASUS A7C266 with a 1.3TB, GF2 64m, and a single 512 of PC2100 with a 40g Maxtor 7200 HD and it feels faster than my Abit KX7-333, XP1700, GF4-4200 128m, WD\SE 80g and 2x256's of Crucial PC2100.
The PC with the slower cpu, older chipset, and older \ smaller video card feels d#$& fast. This was not what I expected!!!!! Can memory do this?
Sandra file system benchmarks show the WD eating the Maxtor alive (about 3150) but the other "smaller" PC has a much faster feel to it.
Hmmm.... DMA is enabled on the XP and it has a fresh install of W2k and XP. Both PC's are stock clocked. The hell of it is that I just slammed the TB together and did very little tweaking. I've spent a lot of hours (and $$$$) on my XP and can't get the same feel.
Many Thanks!
If all else is equal, such as cpu, board, HD, etc....
1.) Is there any noticable speed difference in upgrading from PC2100 to PC2700? I understand the 2700 has more bandwidth, but does that advantage come in to play only when OC'ing or is it also there when installed in a non-OC'd 333 board?
2.) Is there any noticable speed difference in having 2x256 DIMMS versus 1x512?
The reason I ask is because I have an ASUS A7C266 with a 1.3TB, GF2 64m, and a single 512 of PC2100 with a 40g Maxtor 7200 HD and it feels faster than my Abit KX7-333, XP1700, GF4-4200 128m, WD\SE 80g and 2x256's of Crucial PC2100.
The PC with the slower cpu, older chipset, and older \ smaller video card feels d#$& fast. This was not what I expected!!!!! Can memory do this?
Sandra file system benchmarks show the WD eating the Maxtor alive (about 3150) but the other "smaller" PC has a much faster feel to it.
Hmmm.... DMA is enabled on the XP and it has a fresh install of W2k and XP. Both PC's are stock clocked. The hell of it is that I just slammed the TB together and did very little tweaking. I've spent a lot of hours (and $$$$) on my XP and can't get the same feel.
Many Thanks!