would a PC3200 memory work in a PC133 machine?

[Maximus96]

i got my DDR400 mushkin yesterday. My current mobo is an abit kt7 which still uses pc133 memory. the Asus K8N-E delux has not arrive yet. I was just wonder if i can put the DDR400 in to test if they work. will it clock down to PC133 speed by itself?

also, theres a possibility that i might get 2 gig of DDR400 instead of 1gig. Will i notice the extra gig in games and applications as well as windows 2000?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Negative. PC133 is SDRAM... PC3200 is DDR. If the motherboard only has SDRAM DIMM slots, then the highest it can run is PC133.

 

[Budman]

Sdram & DDR are 2 different types of ram,they will not fit.

Sdram has 2 notches while DDR has only 1.

 

[GimpyOne]

You also would most likely not notice a difference between 1gig and 2gigs. Unless working with huge models/images/video files.

 

[User5]

Yeah there really isnt a difference, when it comes to gaming or every day use. Heck, even in Doom 3, didnt Anandtech test that 1GB of ram only gave like 2 or 3 extra FPS over 512mb?

 

[modedepe]

Depends on what applications you mean, but probably not. 1gb seems fine for games now.