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    Which RAM would give the best performance?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by PEiP, Jul 22, 2008.

  1. PEiP

    PEiP Newbie

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    1 4GB stick at 800 mhz (3-4-3-9)...

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    1 4GB stick at 1066 mhz (5-5-4-12)

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    2 4GB sticks at 800 mhz (5-5-5-15) each?

    This is all DDR2.
     
    PEiP, Jul 22, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    What notebook?
     
    flipfire, Jul 22, 2008
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    notyou Notebook Deity

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    Just get whatever is cheapest both latencies and speed have little effect unless the RAM is the bottleneck (and only really slow RAM will end up being a bottleneck).
     
    notyou, Jul 22, 2008
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    I think it is a desktop? But want to know.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    first off, that makes no sense.
    If you have a single 4gb card at 3-4-3-9 timings than having two of those same cards will yield 3-4-3-9 timings, and not 5-5-5-15.

    However PC6400 for laptops are all rated at 5-5-5-15 timings, so whoever is marketing it as 3-4-3-9 is lying to you. The numbers cant go down, they must stay the same or consecutively increase. How can the falling clock be less than the rising, it makes no sense. That is why their is an error somewhere. All Pc6400 to my knowledge is 5-5-5-15.

    PC8500 for laptops, or 1066Mhz will offer the best performance but those timings do not make sense either. Pc8500 will only yield higher performance in synthetic benchmarks. 4gb of Pc100 will yield the same performance to the naked eye.

    Plus having a single 4gb card is stupid since they cost upwards of $250 each, and you can easily buy a 2 x 2gb kit for around $75 or $50 after rebate.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 22, 2008
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