Memory question

ok, thanks. Looks like a memory upgrade is in order then!

"Dave B." <mail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>I would take more ram over the reduced speed any day.
>
> "Brian Wescombe" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in
> message news:_6m4h.17954$r4.17875@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...

>> My motherboard supports 1GB of dual-channel RAM at 400MHz, but only
>> allows 333MHz clock when using more than 1GB. Would there be an advantage
>> to using more memory but at a slightly lower speed? Presumably the page
>> file access would be reduced. The 400Mhz speed matches the FSB of my
>> processor
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>

>
>

I did a test of just that about a year ago. Two gig of RAM at 333 vs. one
gig at 400.

The two gig at 333 won the day.

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"Brian Wescombe" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> My motherboard supports 1GB of dual-channel RAM at 400MHz, but only allows
> 333MHz clock when using more than 1GB. Would there be an advantage to
> using more memory but at a slightly lower speed? Presumably the page file
> access would be reduced. The 400Mhz speed matches the FSB of my processor
>
> Thanks in advance
>

How does using 333 affect the CPU/Memory bus clock ratio?

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I did a test of just that about a year ago. Two gig of RAM at 333 vs. one
>gig at 400.
>
> The two gig at 333 won the day.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Brian Wescombe" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in
> message news:_6m4h.17954$r4.17875@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...

>> My motherboard supports 1GB of dual-channel RAM at 400MHz, but only
>> allows 333MHz clock when using more than 1GB. Would there be an advantage
>> to using more memory but at a slightly lower speed? Presumably the page
>> file access would be reduced. The 400Mhz speed matches the FSB of my
>> processor
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>

>
>

Actually, I lied! After going back to my notes, here is what I actually did.

I had my computer set up with 1 gig of PC3200. I was getting heavily into
virtualization and 1 gig of RAM was insufficient. I did have 2-1 gig sticks
of PC2100 (133-266). I wanted to see if running with the 2 gig of PC2100 was
better than 1 gig of PC3200.

For using VirtualPC and VMWare Workstation, it certainly made a difference.
The increased RAM also must have made up for the slower speed, as I really
did not notice any downside when using Windows XP in general.

On my computer I set the bios for user settings instead of by SPD. I set the
CPU at 400 mhz and the RAM at 133/266 mhz.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Brian Wescombe" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> How does using 333 affect the CPU/Memory bus clock ratio?
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ushHW10AHHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I did a test of just that about a year ago. Two gig of RAM at 333 vs. one
>>gig at 400.
>>
>> The two gig at 333 won the day.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "Brian Wescombe" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in
>> message news:_6m4h.17954$r4.17875@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...

>>> My motherboard supports 1GB of dual-channel RAM at 400MHz, but only
>>> allows 333MHz clock when using more than 1GB. Would there be an
>>> advantage to using more memory but at a slightly lower speed? Presumably
>>> the page file access would be reduced. The 400Mhz speed matches the FSB
>>> of my processor
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>

>>
>>

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