SDRAM vs. DDR on ECS K7S5A...............

[Della]

Is there much difference in performance between them?

 

[Peter]

Depends on what you do. In normal application software, not much. In bandwidth bound stuff like image processing, or intense gaming, you'll notice.

 

[Oakenfold]

Go to google and type in for reviews on the K7S5A with SDR then with DDR.
You'll find everything you ever wanted to know.

 

[Buz2b]

Originally posted by: Della
Is there much difference in performance between them?

As was mentioned, it depends upon your usage. If you do the "standard" word processing, occasional spreadsheet, a few charts, email, medium level gaming, scan a couple of pics now and then, etc, etc, etc......don't bother; you won't notice the difference. However, if you decide to "broaden your horizons" and do some more intensive gaming, video editing, file conversions and even more intensive jpeg conversions; you will definitely benefit from DDR. Let your usage define your budget!

 

[mechBgon]

I did some 3D rendering, animation, and radiosity benchmarking in trueSpace 4.3 using my K7S5A with a 1.4GHz Thunderbird. Performance improvement with PC2100 (aggressive timings) versus PC133 (aggressive timings) ranged from 0% to 10% depending on the nature of the test. Maybe with a faster CPU it would matter more.

 

[DimZiE]

i am doing doing a lot of rendering on my system and although the K7S5A do not officially support PC2700 DDR.. i've flashed my BIOS w/ the Cheepoman BIOS and o/c my system to 150/150 MHz (CPU/RAM) and set the timing to Ultra.. and it gives about 15~20% faster compared to PC150 SDR with same timing settings...

usually if i render a scene using the 150 SDR RAM it takes about 34 mins
with PC 2700 DDR it takes only 23~28 mins....

so in my case it a lot faster.. ( and it gives of better scores in 3dmark 2001 SE.. avging 12500 with SDR and 13130 with DDR with the above clock settings )

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: DimZiE
i am doing doing a lot of rendering on my system and although the K7S5A do not officially support PC2700 DDR.. i've flashed my BIOS w/ the Cheepoman BIOS and o/c my system to 150/150 MHz (CPU/RAM) and set the timing to Ultra.. and it gives about 15~20% faster compared to PC150 SDR with same timing settings...

usually if i render a scene using the 150 SDR RAM it takes about 34 mins
with PC 2700 DDR it takes only 23~28 mins....

so in my case it a lot faster.. ( and it gives of better scores in 3dmark 2001 SE.. avging 12500 with SDR and 13130 with DDR with the above clock settings )

Oh yeah! running synchronously@150fsb with DDR will definitely give a nice boost,and ain't too shabby for a board that's been around for nearly 18months now eh?