PC2700 or PC3200??

[imported_stuck]

How much better is 400DDR than 333DDR? Is it worth getting 400DDR when I already have 333DDR?

 

[zakee00]

what is the rest of your system?
DDR400 ram is for 200FSB systems, and DDR333 ram is for 166 FSB systems.

 

[imported_stuck]

at the moment I have a 2200+ (166 bus) but I'm upgrading to a Athlon 64 soon...

 

[ShadowBlade]

with the a64, definitely use pc3200...a64's have an integrated front-side bus, so the only limitation on the speed of your ram is the motherboard...most only go up to 400MHz (pc3200)

 

[imported_stuck]

I have a friend that is using a 3200+ barton core. Should he upgrade to 400 DDR?

 

[mwmorph]

look at memory matrix stickied at top of forums. pc 3200 isnt that much faster than pc 2700. what you should really focus on is latencies.

 

[zakee00]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
look at memory matrix stickied at top of forums. pc 3200 isnt that much faster than pc 2700. what you should really focus on is latencies.

you dont HAVE to get new ram if you dont want to...what latencies can your DDR333 run at right now?
it probably wont be good for overclocking; i strongly recommend getting some new PC3200 ram that can run 2-2-2-6. corsair value or crucial is good cheap stuff.

 

[mwmorph]

meh, just use dividrers. dividers fix almost all ram oc problems.
edit: added almost

 

[imported_stuck]

I'm currently using crucial value DDR333

 

[imported_stuck]

Hypothetically, what percentage of performance increase will result in using DDR400 ram? Have there been tests done?

 

[imported_stuck]

When I get my PC3200 RAM, I'll run some comparision tests.