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Would my pc run better with more, but slower DDR?

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bupkus

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I have a couple of 'not very special' sticks of 512MB PC2700 I can swap in for my 2X256 OCZ EL PC3500. Of course, since my cpu is locked I would need to drop the fsb and OC as well. It's just lately I've felt like I need more memory but I also need to wait a while before my next pc.

I guess what I'm wondering is will I see a significient drop in performance?
 
Get more RAM, forget the faster RAM.

Especially on an Athlon XP, which is not as memory bandwidth hungry as P4 or Athlon64.

Also, dual channel makes little to no difference on NF2 (I tested on both an 8RDA+ and an NF7-S; less than 5% in both cases).
 
Depends on how much stuff you're running in my book. 512 does me fine, but I could name a million memory-intensive things that I DON'T use. I don't know exactly how bad your pc2700 ram is, but with relaxed timings (doesn't bother XP all that much) you should still be able to get at least 190 out of it.

Just my two cents.
 
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