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    Memory help HP DV9700TX

    Discussion in 'HP' started by djmorgan, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. djmorgan

    djmorgan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have 3 Gb of samsung memory and I don't think it is very good so I was thinking of upgrading to something better..

    The memory is DDR2-667 (333Mhz) the timings just don't look right to me @ 333 MHz 5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 20-43-4-5-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

    The memory is also pulling down my Vista experience score which I'm not fussed about but wonder if faster memory would be a benefit.

    So any memory experts want to give mme some advice and recommendations
     
    djmorgan, Jun 16, 2008
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Your memory is 333mhz x2(DDR 2) so no, 800mhz memory would just be clocked back down to 667mhz. You might want to try 4gb of ram, maybe some corsair or ocz.
     
    Harper2.0, Jun 16, 2008
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  3. djmorgan

    djmorgan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for that, 4 Gb Corsair on its way to me, although it is difficult to find if a 32 bit system will recognise 4 Gb! my system is a 64 bit architecture and PAE is enabled but it is 32 bit Vista :confused:
     
    djmorgan, Jun 17, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    It will utilize about 3.2-3.5gb of the 4gb RAM depending on the I/O memory mapping. Which isnt bad at all.
     
    flipfire, Jun 17, 2008
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