Tightening timings?

[imported_bushman]

I'm pretty new to oc'ing and I didn't see this mentioned in the guide. My system has some junky Kingston value stuff, pc3200 so lately faster ram has been on the mind. The question is can you lower timings of, say ddr500, if you aren't using it at its rated speed? If i were to buy some OCZ El pc something-or-other and ran it at only 400mhz could i make the 3-4-4-8 even lower? I ask this because i know absolutely nothing about how timings work other than how many clocks cas takes and those others.


Athlon XP 3200+
A7V880
1gb Kingston DDR400
9800 pro--xt
seagate barracuda sata

 

[JarredWalton]

It varies by the type of RAM. Early PC4000 (DDR500) RAM could only do 3-4-4 timings at the rated speed and would often only hit 2.5-3-3 timings at DDR400. The latest Samsung TCCD chips tend to do a lot better, with 2-2-2 timings at DDR400 and the ability to hit close to DDR600 with 3-4-3 or 3-4-4 timings. Crucial Ballistix also does quite well from DDR400 to DDR500+. Check out Wes' memory articles for his overclocking/timing results. http://www.anandtech.com/memor...oc.aspx?i=2226&p=9 (The OCZ Rev2 Platinum as well as several other RAM types use Samsung TCCD.)

 

[Sc4freak]

^^^ You remind me of Trogdor. Don't know why.

Anyway, I'd also like to know this but for DDR2. I can run my DDR2 at either low latency low bandwidth or hgh latency high bandwidth. Which will give more performance?

 

[imported_bushman]

I remind you of Trogdor? Don't know him.