So what does my DDR-1000 do over DDR-533?

[Polish3d]

Does anyone have a site with good benchmarks comparing the super high memory speeds on C2D systems? AT has some but just a few gaming benchies which are probably low res... I'm curious about real-world daily benefits as well as gaming benefits et al

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Frackal
Does anyone have a site with good benchmarks comparing the super high memory speeds on C2D systems? AT has some but just a few gaming benchies which are probably low res... I'm curious about real-world daily benefits as well as gaming benefits et al

I don't have any benchmarks for you, but I tried DDR2-800 vs DDR2-533 and only certain apps had any difference (superPi, synthetic benchmarks) and it was a slight difference.

 

[lopri]

Here

 

[Polish3d]

Thanks lopri that was really useful. It seems there is no significant advantage to DDR-1000 over DDR-800 at my FSB speed. I also found that running at DDR-1000 was causing some boot issues and I seemingly can do 3.71ghz if I run DDR800 so that's what I'll do. Thanks!

 

[Zap]

The "faster" memory gives you a longer e-peen.

 

[Polish3d]

True, the hardest part of my decision was to decide whether my e-penis looked bigger with 3.71ghz and DDR800 Cas 4, or 3.6ghz and DDR1000 Cas 5

 

[bobsmith1492]

It would help OC your C2D 6300!

Mine's stuck since my DDR2:667 ram will only hit 900...

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
It would help OC your C2D 6300!

Mine's stuck since my DDR2:667 ram will only hit 900...

I don't know anything about c2d oc'ing, but doesn't it have dividers?

 

[Noubourne]

So slap on a divider?

 

[bobsmith1492]

Well, it might be the BIOS, but mine only has multipliers (Gigabyte DS3) - the slowest you can go is x2 (so at a 450 FSB the RAM does 900 DDR). That's what I thought, though, when I bought it - just use dividers. It doesn't have any.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Well, it might be the BIOS, but mine only has multipliers (Gigabyte DS3) - the slowest you can go is x2 (so at a 450 FSB the RAM does 900 DDR). That's what I thought, though, when I bought it - just use dividers. It doesn't have any.

Intel doesn't use dividers.