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    Ram only 333Mhz>

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Garandhero, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. Garandhero

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    SO I was jsut checking out CPU-Z, and it says my ram is
    Apacer PC2-5300 (333MHz)

    I was under the impression it should be 667Mhz.
    Whats up with that?

    also the DRAM Freq. is like 330 right now.
     
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  2. Shyster1

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    Have you opened the system up to see what the chips themselves actually say? CPU-Z could always be wrong.
     
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  3. Garandhero

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    No... I havent opened it
     
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  4. Garandhero

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    but does your CPU-Z report it correctly?
     
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    I'd open it up and get the identifying numbers from the chips themselves, and then go look for a datasheet just to verify that I'd got the memory I was promised.
     
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    You memory is DDR, wich means Double Data Rate...

    CPU-Z reports the frequency that you memory is running, wich you will need to multiply by 2. So 333.(3) will be 666.(6) +/- 667Mhz.

    ;)
     
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    Garandhero, Feb 19, 2008
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    I don't believe these support 800mhz RAM...
     
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  10. adinu

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    They don't, stick with what you have, it's the best you can get.
     
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    nope.. the 5792 does not support 800mhz

    and you already have 4gigs of ram.. so there is no point to just change it.
     
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  12. Audigy

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    No, you will not notice the improvements...

    The P965 chipset only supports 667Mhz memory modules. If you put some 800Mhz modules, they will underclock to 667Mhz but with better timings(5-5-5-15@667Mhz native modules VS 4-4-4-12@667Mhz underclocked 800Mhs modules).

    5-5-5-15 VS 4-4-4-12 will give some improvements, but you will not notice them, only in benchmarks.


    ;)
     
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  13. Shyster1

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    Whoa nelly! No, I didn't say anything about you having the wrong stuff in there - you did. All I did was suggest various resources you could go to in order to assure yourself that you really did have the right stuff in their (or else prove that you didn't, so you could get restitution from whomever sold you the wrong stuff).
     
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    No, native 800 5-5-5-15 from A-data is @667 still 5-5-5-15, at least mein is so. I have reprogram it now @4-3-3-4 ;)
     
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  15. Audigy

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    Maybe that module dont have an 667Mhz JEDEC profile...

    I have Transcend 800Mhz modules(Micron chips) on one G1S and they are 5-5-5-15 at 800Mhz and 4-4-4-12 at 667Mhz.

    ;)
     
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    ram is ddr2 therefore times by 2 to get actually speed
     
    Awesome laptops, Feb 19, 2008
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