PC3200 ram speed help

[aesalon]

all right, I was hoping someone here could help me out.

I just got an xp2200 and a soyo kt400 dragon platinum mobo. on top of that, I got 2x256MB of PC3200 mushkin ram. but I began running some benchmarks using sisoft sandra 2003 and check out what I got below.

basically, this program says my ram is running shitty and I'm wondering if those benchmarks that sisoft sandra uses as "refrence" material are real or bullshit.

the mobo settings are at where it should exactly be and the mobo is updated to the latest bios.

what I was wondering if there was anyone out there that has pc3200 ram and could run some similar benchmarks and let me know what they are because I want to figure out if spending $200 on this "high-speed" ram was a good idea.

maybe someone could let me know of any other way to test the ram?

thanks.


Sisoft Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmarks

 

[Technonut]

I would imagine that you are not running the RAM in sync with the FSB. While you may have the RAM set at DDR400 in the BIOS, your memory bandwidth will not improve much unless you raise the FSB to run in sync. Sandra does have it's place as a comparison point, but still is a synthetic benchmark.

If you want to see increased memory bandwidth, you will need to run the FSB and memory in sync together. I run the FSB @ 200 (10X200) in my 8K5A2+ / MP2100+ (factory unlocked).

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[Frosty3799]

Originally posted by: Technonut
I would imagine that you are not running the RAM in sync with the FSB. While you may have the RAM set at DDR400 in the BIOS, your memory bandwidth will not improve much unless you raise the FSB to run in sync. Sandra does have it's place as a comparison point, but still is a synthetic benchmark.

If you want to see increased memory bandwidth, you will need to run the FSB and memory in sync together. I run the FSB @ 200 (10X200) in my 8K5A2+ / MP2100+ (factory unlocked).

He hit it on the nose...

also, what are your cas timings set at for the ram? 2.5? 3? remember, even if you have the high performance mushkin ram, they only garauntee the low cas timings when running one single stick.