Pc3200 Ddr Ram

[Demosthenes]

What is the deal with all this PC2100+ RAM?
On what machines do these things run?

Anyway, can anyone convince me that going for PC2400 or higher RAM is worth it in a new machine?

Respectfully,

Demosthenes

[DrZaius]

Unless you are overclocking the FSB or have a 333MHz chipset Athlon/P4 board, there is no point in using anything other than PC2100. Also, there is no "official" PC2400/2700/3200, it's all just "guaranteed" overclocked modules.

[fred]

Increased speed of RAM certainly is worth it.
An increase in RAM clock speed has almost the same difference as an increase in CPU speed. As an example, taking a 1.8GHz with PC2100 to PC2700 is about ish the same as upgrading the CPU to 2.4Ghz.

[TwoRails]

Hi fred,

I don't OC much, and what you say is problably true for someone who can OC properly. But, on every review I've read with the 333 chipset and comparisons to pc2100 and (the "not-ready-for-prime-time) pc2700 show a different story.

From what I've read, using the same test bed but just swapping memory, the performance gain is from -3% to +5% depending on which benchmark is run.

I'm sure that when "true" CAS 2 pc2700 is benchmarked there will be a better performance difference.

TwoRails

[gonzo4904]

The Dr. is right.

if you dont plan on overclocking and your mobo doesn't support PC-2700/DDR333 "which is now a standard from what I understand...as of like last week" you dont need the stuff.


Having said that, there is a 25% increase in bandwidth over 2100. If you can notice it or not I cant say, but what I can say is that any increase in memory bandwidth is better. some KT266a board may exceed the KT333 is some areas, but their is a increase in system performance when using DDR333.

My $.02