2GB PC2100 or 1GB PC3200?

[fuelvolts]

What would you guys rather have? Have a 1 GB stick of DDR266 laying around and wanted to know if it is worth the speed hit for 1 extra gig?

 

[Aelfgeft]

1GB FTW.

 

[fuelvolts]

1GB FTW.

Why? My chip is OCd to 2.4 using ram divider - would I loose my OC?

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

simple solution. try both and see which performs better for your usage

 

[Aelfgeft]

Why? My chip is OCd to 2.4 using ram divider - would I loose my OC?

266/400 = 2/3

At every point that you use memory bandwidth, your speed would be reduced by 33%. Based on the application you use, this will vary. Frankly, I've used 1.5GB at DDR333 in gaming and 1GB at DDR400. I saw the difference. Little longer loading time, smoother action.

 

[fuelvolts]

simple solution. try both and see which performs better for your usage

easier said then done - my pc is kinda hard to ket to - like Canada...all tucked away down there

 

[Chernobyl1]

More than 1GB is starting to become a required item.
So I voted 2GB of DDR266 and clock it
You should be able to beat DDR333 speeds easily.

 

[lithium726]

2gb. clock it as much as you can.

I just put 2GB in my laptop. Its not even used for gaming. Those engineering programs really eat up memory..

 

[MetalX]

I'd go with the 2GB. Loosen the timings and clock it a bit higher and kiss your 1GB days good bye.

 

[fuelvolts]

well here are some results:

3DMark05
1GB @ 2.4 ghz DDR398 (Divider) @ 3 CAS 1T = 3673
2GB @ 2.45ghz DDR271 2/1 Divider @ 2.5 CAS 2T = 3553

hmmm....what should I make of these results?
If you got 'em would you go back to 1GB?

*******************UPDATE****************
2GB @ 2.55GHZ 1.425v unlocked 6800 DDR280 +1v = 3853 (probably most due to unlocking my 6800 OC)

CPUZ validation
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=127888

 

[mikeblas]

Other. I'd rather have 16 gigs of PC3200.

 

[fuelvolts]

Other. I'd rather have 16 gigs of PC3200.

wouldn't we all

 

[mikeblas]

wouldn't we all

Point is, it depends on your application. Which is better depends completely on your application, budget, plans, existing system, and so on.

I think the answer is very obvious: going to memory slowly is about 400 clock cycles, assuming you miss L2 and L3 caches, even if you have lower timings because of more memory. Going to disk because you didn't have enough memory to load or cache what you needed takes, at best, 30,000,000 clock cycles.

Maybe you don't use such demadning applications, but I do, and the more memory I have, the better.

 

[wera]

I would go with 2 gigabyte...Of course depending on the game/program There are pros and cons.

Example: More ram is better in Half Life 2 Faster ram is better for Doom 3.

 

[MetalX]

You doubled your 6800's pipes and it only went up 300 points? I've never ran 2k5 but I figured it would go up more than that.

 

[Chernobyl1]

well here are some results:

3DMark05
1GB @ 2.4 ghz DDR398 (Divider) @ 3 CAS 1T = 3673
2GB @ 2.45ghz DDR271 2/1 Divider @ 2.5 CAS 2T = 3553

hmmm....what should I make of these results?
If you got 'em would you go back to 1GB?

*******************UPDATE****************
2GB @ 2.55GHZ 1.425v unlocked 6800 DDR280 +1v = 3853 (probably most due to unlocking my 6800 OC)

CPUZ validation
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=127888

Use the games you play to benchmark, 3DMark doesnt reflect game performance as well as it used to.
The difference you got was around 3% (pre update) and not worth worrying about.
If you were only considering the 3DMark result, I would keep 2GB.

 

[fuelvolts]

You doubled your 6800's pipes and it only went up 300 points? I've never ran 2k5 but I figured it would go up more than that.

I didn't double, I just went from 12 to 16 pipes and added a vertex unit

EDIT: Now at 2.6ghz x 2 - much peppier now (FX60 speeds!)