Run notebook memory at 1T?

[kaborka]

I upgraded my notebook memory from a Crucial 2GB set to a PNY 4GB set. The Crucial ran at 1T, but CPUZ reports the PNY at 2T. The other timings reported by CPUZ are the same: 5-5-5-15-21. The notebook is a Compaq Presario F500 with a dual-core A64 and NV 6100 chipset. I dual boot the original Vista 32 with Server 2003 32 for work.

I was disappointed the PNY wasn't 1T like the Crucial, and I'm wondering if it would be worth trying nTune or something to see if the Elpida chips on the PNY sticks would run at 1T. Vista is *much* snappier with 4GB, so I might just leave well enough alone. I don't want to have to take the nb apart to find the BIOS reset if the o/c doesn't work, as I depend on it for my work.

Any suggestions?

 

[myocardia]

Unless you plan on running mostly memory benchmarks with your laptop, you'll likely not notice any difference between 1T and 2T. Pretty much only scientific computations seem to gain any noticeable speed by going to 1T (think folding proteins).

 

[reallyscrued]

Originally posted by: kaborka
I upgraded my notebook memory from a Crucial 2GB set to a PNY 4GB set. The Crucial ran at 1T, but CPUZ reports the PNY at 2T. The other timings reported by CPUZ are the same: 5-5-5-15-21. The notebook is a Compaq Presario F500 with a dual-core A64 and NV 6100 chipset. I dual boot the original Vista 32 with Server 2003 32 for work.

I was disappointed the PNY wasn't 1T like the Crucial, and I'm wondering if it would be worth trying nTune or something to see if the Elpida chips on the PNY sticks would run at 1T. Vista is *much* snappier with 4GB, so I might just leave well enough alone. I don't want to have to take the nb apart to find the BIOS reset if the o/c doesn't work, as I depend on it for my work.

Any suggestions?

Yeah. Don't worry about it.

 

[kaborka]

You convinced me!

 

[lopri]

Yeah Vista changed the rule of memory. Today in most circumstances it's quantity > quality when it comes to memory. (quality = timings, frequencies, dividers, etc.)