667Mhz vs 800Mhz RAM

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>"Alex" <samalex RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello ...
>>
>> I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
>> 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
>> route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
>> with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>>
>I believe that might depend on the bus speed of the motherboard and CPU. If
>the CPU has a 667 MHz clock, the faster RAM probably would make no
>difference at all.
>
OTOH, if the CPU runs that fast (otherwise why offer the difference?)
then I'd suspect the machine would run faster on-average with the faster
yet smaller memory; as most such machines only rarely run up against
memory limitations; while actual speed-of-running is there *all* the
time.

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>>"Alex" <samalex.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hello ...
>>>
>>> I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
>>> 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
>>> route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
>>> with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>>>
>>I believe that might depend on the bus speed of the motherboard and CPU.
>>If
>>the CPU has a 667 MHz clock, the faster RAM probably would make no
>>difference at all.
>>
> OTOH, if the CPU runs that fast (otherwise why offer the difference?)
> then I'd suspect the machine would run faster on-average with the faster
> yet smaller memory; as most such machines only rarely run up against
> memory limitations; while actual speed-of-running is there *all* the
> time.
>
Excellent point. On XP, I can hardly tell the difference between the two
machines I use most - my PC at home and at work. Same processor, but one has
1Gig, the other has 1.5Gig.
 >> Stay informed about: 667Mhz vs 800Mhz RAM 

Two gigs of 800 MHz will allow you to use the dual channel memory feature to
double your memory bandwidth. You cannot use dual channel mode with 3 GB of
RAM.

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"Alex" <samalex.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello ...
>
> I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
> 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
> route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
> with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>
> This system will be used for graphic and software development, using
> Visual Studio, Photoshop, and also Flash, plus occasionally video
> editing.
>
> Just curious -- Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
 >> Stay informed about: 667Mhz vs 800Mhz RAM 

You will probebly allso need to consider weather you are having it in dual
channel
or not.
I'm not certain as to the real-world differences ...a lot depends on what
CPU .
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:31:34 +0000, Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:

> You will probebly allso need to consider weather you are having it in dual
> channel

I doubt whether the weather will have anything to do with it at all.
Anyone know any meteorological newsgroups?



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"DaveW" <vorgons.TakeThisOut@rumba.org> said in
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> Two gigs of 800 MHz will allow you to use the dual channel memory
> feature to double your memory bandwidth. You cannot use dual channel
> mode with 3 GB of RAM.
>

Unless it's a 64 bit CPU and has 2 dual bands. Then you could have 2 1 gig
dimms and 2 512 meg dimms. Neener.

Jerry
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> ___________"Alex" <sama... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1174402510.982954.168960@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello ...
>
> > I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
> > 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
> > route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
> > with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>
> > This system will be used for graphic and software development, using
> > Visual Studio, Photoshop, and also Flash, plus occasionally video
> > editing.
>
> > Just curious -- Thanks,
>
> > Alex



On Mar 20, 6:02 pm, "DaveW" <vorg... RemoveThis @rumba.org> wrote:
> Two gigs of 800 MHz will allow you to use the dual channel memory feature to
> double your memory bandwidth. You cannot use dual channel mode with 3 GB of
> RAM.
>
> --
>
> DaveW
>

Hmm, I'm not familiar with the dual channel memory feature... what is
this?

Sam
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Alex" <samalex.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>> ___________"Alex" <sama....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1174402510.982954.168960@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hello ...
>>
>> > I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
>> > 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
>> > route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
>> > with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>>
>> > This system will be used for graphic and software development, using
>> > Visual Studio, Photoshop, and also Flash, plus occasionally video
>> > editing.
>>
>> > Just curious -- Thanks,
>>
>> > Alex
>
>
>
>On Mar 20, 6:02 pm, "DaveW" <vorg....DeleteThis@rumba.org> wrote:
>> Two gigs of 800 MHz will allow you to use the dual channel memory feature to
>> double your memory bandwidth. You cannot use dual channel mode with 3 GB of
>> RAM.
>>
>> --
>>
>> DaveW
>>
>
>Hmm, I'm not familiar with the dual channel memory feature... what is
>this?
>
It uses two sticks of memory as one; accessing both at the same time for
faster (double) throughput. They have to be matched; and the
motherboard designed for that purpose.

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> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Alex" <samalex DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> ___________"Alex" <sama... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:1174402510.982954.168960@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> > Hello ...
>>>
>>> > I'm getting a PC quote for a workstation, and my options are 2 Gigs of
>>> > 800Mhz ram or 3 Gigs of 667Mhz ram. I assume the 3 gigs is a better
>>> > route, but just curious if there will be that much improvement going
>>> > with 800Mhz over 667Mhz.
>>>
>>> > This system will be used for graphic and software development, using
>>> > Visual Studio, Photoshop, and also Flash, plus occasionally video
>>> > editing.
>>>
>>> > Just curious -- Thanks,
>>>
>>> > Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mar 20, 6:02 pm, "DaveW" <vorg... DeleteThis @rumba.org> wrote:
>>> Two gigs of 800 MHz will allow you to use the dual channel memory
>>> feature to
>>> double your memory bandwidth. You cannot use dual channel mode with 3
>>> GB of
>>> RAM.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> DaveW
>>>
>>
>>Hmm, I'm not familiar with the dual channel memory feature... what is
>>this?
>>
> It uses two sticks of memory as one; accessing both at the same time for
> faster (double) throughput. They have to be matched; and the
> motherboard designed for that purpose.
>
Keeping that in mind, I doubt very seriously if you would see any difference
between 2 gigs and 3 gigs at all, even with the memory hungry programs you
are using. I would go the faster rather than the bulk route myself.

Ed
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