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    Ram speed

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dimmu, Jun 21, 2006.

  1. dimmu

    dimmu Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Sager's 9750 ram only comes 400 dual channel. Is this slow? Should I just buy my own 667 2gigs of ram without going through sager?
     
    dimmu, Jun 21, 2006
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    9750 is using DDR1. DDR400 is the optimal speed for Socket 939 processors... including Athlon FX-60.

    However, the latency could make a marginal speed difference (latency 3 is ususally average & 2 is high end performance). I bought (2) 1gb Kingston DDR400 SoDimm 2.5 Latency.
     
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  3. dimmu

    dimmu Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I wasn't joking when I said I didn't know much at all about computers...

    I have no idea what latency discountlaptops.com sagers are.
     
    dimmu, Jun 21, 2006
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    Buying RAM online from somewhere else like Newegg will nearly always save you money over upgrading through your reseller.

    going from 2 gig of 400 to 2 gig of 667 will be a difference, yes. but probably not one you would even notice. you'd see it in benchmarks, but likely not notice in real world usage.
     
    Elminst, Jun 21, 2006
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    The difference would be about 5-10%

    If your into gaming latency being lower is best if you look at ram on newegg they will have latency ratings. Go with DDr400 with 2.5 latency. Biggest thing with ram is having enough (2gigs should cover 90% of people)
     
    otaku, Jun 22, 2006
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    The NP9750 does not support DDR2 memory. The slot is in a different place so you couldn't even install it. Stay with the DDR/400, it is all the AMD system can use or needs.
     
    Donald@Paladin44, Jun 22, 2006
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