what is Memory CAS Latency?

[dafuzzbudd]

im interested in gaming mostly.
what is the cas and would i want a higher or lower number
also, what do the other 4 (i think) numbers mean?

thanks, Rob

 

[shoRunner]

http://www.dewassoc.com/performance/memory/cas_latency.htm <---google is good

 

[dafuzzbudd]

the "bottom line" doesnt even seem to make sense
but, id agree with you if i said im not super bright

i posted in general rather than in the technical because of this reason 😛

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: dafuzzbudd
the "bottom line" doesnt even seem to make sense
but, id agree with you if i said im not super bright

i posted in general rather than in the technical because of this reason 😛

umm to put it really simply the CAS and other numbers are basically the latencies of the RAM and lower is better. though the performace gain usually isn't suffient to justify the increased cost

 

[suszterpatt]

There's a pretty clear description of memory timings on Corsair's home page.


edit: http://corsair.com/corsair/products/tech/AN503_NF4_SLI_(Intel)_Memory.pdf

 

[keeleysam]

Get the lowset possbile for best speed. For cheap ram, get Corsair Value Select, which is 2.5-3-3-7 for pc3200. Got expensive stuff, get Corsair XMS, which rus at 2-2-2-5

 

[dafuzzbudd]

mkay, thanks guys