PC2100

[gaudiello]

Can I have some info on pc2100 ram and how good it is and why...

 

[gopunk]

wanna be more specific there? i think the most obvious reason would be the bus size.

 

[AndyHui]

It's PC133 SDRAM running at DDR...

It gives better performance than SDR...

It's relatively cheap...

What sort of answer are you looking for and what type of information?

 

[gaudiello]

Well that answers my ?...How fast is pc2100 and how much better performance is it than pc133

 

[Alphacowboy]

I am jealous of your system dude!

 

[Elohim]

pc2100 runs at 266mhz compared to the 133mhz of pc133. Therefore the bandwidth and speed of the memory just about doubles. i use it too from Crucial, it's awsome. hope that helps!

 

[NCstateBen]

Looking at your sig I'd say you are already running it. It theroretically has 2x the bandwith of pc133, however, it usually only gets 10% more performance at the most.

 

[gaudiello]

Don't be jealous...Am I lacking anything on this system?

 

[Noriaki]

Are you looking for real world differences or...?

PC133 SDRAM is a 64bit bus with a 133Mhz clock
PC2100 DDR is also SDRAM with a 64bit bus and a 133Mhz clock, but it's DDR (effectively doubles the clock rate, so consider it a 266Mhz clock) so you get 2x the peak bandwidth from it.

real world differences are 5-20% on a current Athlon depending on what you are doing.
The Palimino should get more benefit from DDR due to hardware prefetch.

 

[AndyHui]

Perhaps you should read this article.

DDR SDRAM has shown to give 5-20% performance increase over SDR SDRAM.