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    5300 cs5 vs 6400 cs6

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Impactor, Oct 28, 2008.

  1. Impactor

    Impactor Notebook Consultant

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    I am about to go dual channel with my AMD Turion X2 (Compaq v6000). Thus, I wonder which 2x1gb set would work better: 6400 CS6 or 5300 CS5?
    I might add that my graphic card (nv6150) is using RAM as its own memory, so faster RAM would also speed up my graphics.

    Which setup would make my system faster and (if different) which would make my gaming faster?
     
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Go for PC2-6400 CL6. If your notebook supports DDR2-800, it'll run fine, otherwise it'll downclock to PC2-5300 CL5. CL won't make a noticeable difference in performance....
    RAM upgrades won't make much of a difference in graphics performance either....The Go 6150 isn't really for gaming.
     
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    You can't upgrade the ram to make games run faster or so and the graphicscard won't get faster with "faster" ram either as you won't notice the difference in speed, fast vs slow memory IRL in the first place.
     
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  4. Impactor

    Impactor Notebook Consultant

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    My point is not to up gaming performance. Gaming was a side question of mere academic nature.
    Nevertheless, card performance is bound to increase with faster system RAM. The question is “Does it increase more with CL5 5300 or with CL6 6400?”.
     
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    As we both said, you won't notice any difference at all. Amount of memory is more vital, like 1GB vs 2GB is a little noticeable.
     
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    go for 6400 cl6 if it isn't more than $10 than the 5300 cl5.... as has been said you will not notice a performance difference (unless you use synthetic benchmarks)... how much more is 6400 cl5??
     
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    Actually, it is the same ram. I can just pair it with my old 5300 to clock it down to CL5 or use it with its twin at 6400 CL6.
     
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