RAM Performance - Lower timings or higher clock speed?

[ironique]

Which would be better/ faster? CL2 PC3200 or CL3 PC3500? My CL2 PC2100 performs better that CL2.5 PC2700 (At least according to Sisoft memory bench! Or is that bench unreliable?) I'm thinking of upgrading. Suggestions for RAM? Don't have too much to spend though.

 

[Jeff7181]

Read this and see if that gives you any more insight.

 

[rogue1979]

I noticed that sometimes my Sandra scores and actual results in 3DMark don't always jive, I prefer to tune for 3DMark.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: rogue1979
I noticed that sometimes my Sandra scores and actual results in 3DMark don't always jive, I prefer to tune for 3DMark.

I've got in the habit of using games... save a game at a point that you can instantly return to... and use a tool like Fraps to check your frame rates... I've been using Soldier of Fortune 2... I have a game saved in an area with some stuff off in the distance, a couple light sources, rain, and an two enemies on the screen... I look at the FPS when I load the game, look at the FPS as the enemies walk out of view... and then I empty the clip in my gun and see how low the rates drop with all the bullet holes in the walls and the shells on the ground.