| OT: RAM Speed [message #62041] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 10:32  |
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npsmith82
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At the moment i have 512MB SD-RAM inside my PC, and i have two expansion slots designed to install DDR Ram. I've looked in my motherboard manual and the memory speed maximum is 266mhz.
Would there be any problems with buying memory that is faster than the 266mhz DDR RAM? (333/400 etc)?
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62043] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 10:39  |
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I think that those ram will have to run at 266MHz speed instead at full.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62045] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 11:09 |
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there is no problem buying the faster RAM for when you upgrade in the future.
As stated above however it will only run at either:
[1] the speed of the slowest DDR RAM you already have installed. Here it does not matter what your board will support, if your existing 512 runs at 133 any other DDR RAM you buy will also run at 133
[2] a Maximum of 266
Bear in mind that some boards do not support much RAM, so it is worth checking the max capacity. Also check that there is not a particular order you must go in:
eg.
I have 768 meg of DDR RAM, one 512 and one 256. If I put the 256 in socket one it will not work, as I must put the bigger piece of RAM in socket one.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62079] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 13:52 |
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You can run your memory at lower speeds with no problem. They may even be more stable at th lower speed then marked. I recently put a PC 2700 DIMM in a 266Mhz motherboard as the PC2700 DIMMS were cheaper than the PC2100 ones.
PC2100 (266Mhz)
PC2700 (333Mhz)
PC3200 (400Mhz)
PC3700 (466Mhz)
Genrally your motherboard will support up to 2 GB of RAM. If you have an AMDAthlon XP chip then the motherboard isn't likely to be limited to 1 GB.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62118] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 17:21 |
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With your current motherboard, you can obviously only put up to a 266 MHz stick in there.
That means 266MHz and under.
But if you get under, make sure to put the faster stick in he first slot (slot 1 if not 0)
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62134] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 20:28 |
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General Havoc says it can be higher than 266, as he has tested himself.
IRON-FART says it must be 266 or under.
Now i'm confused, which is it?
The ram limit for my athlon XP motherboard is 1GB.
I'm planning to get two 512mb chips.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62143] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 21:06 |
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What mrpirate says is true. Most memory now days is backwards compatible. You may want to check the memory out to make sure it is. The highest that it would run would be 266 although since that's what your board supports. Putting something higher than that doesn't hurt (which I have done as well). As long as the memory supports it.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62148] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 22:33 |
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The ram limit for my athlon XP motherboard is 1GB.
I'm planning to get two 512mb chips.
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Im not positive, but i think you cant do that. If the limit is 1 gb, you cant go over it at all...correct me if im wrong please.
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By buying two 512mb chips = 1GB.
We're talking about maximum speeds of said memory, not overall memory quantity limits in a motherboard.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62149] |
Thu, 15 January 2004 23:14 |
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General Havoc says it can be higher than 266, as he has tested himself.
IRON-FART says it must be 266 or under.
Now i'm confused, which is it?
The ram limit for my athlon XP motherboard is 1GB.
I'm planning to get two 512mb chips.
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Well I said that because you said the highest your mobo can handle is a 266MHz stick. In which case it will hold true.
So if you buy a faster stick, then it will run at 266MHz no matter what. (But still remember to put it in the first slot to avoid problems)
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62172] |
Fri, 16 January 2004 02:56 |
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You could buy RAM faster than 266 fine, it'll just run on 266 Mhz and not higher, therefore you might as well buy 266 Mhz and not higher (as it will probably be more expensive).
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62182] |
Fri, 16 January 2004 04:32 |
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npsmith82
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Okay i've just bought two DDR PC3200 400mhz 512mb sticks, simply for the reason of future upgrades, even though my current board cannot use the memory at it's fullest, a future computer upgrade should be able to.
Besides, the price difference between the 266mhz and 400mhz speeds is tiny, about £10 ($18 USD).
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62201] |
Fri, 16 January 2004 07:32 |
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Yeah, they shouldn't give you any problems. If anything it is safer running them underclocked. I bought some generic (unbranded) RAM before to see what it runs like and it did have trouble running at 266 Mhz although it was branded as PC2100 it wasn't stable at that speed.
As you said it is future proof. You can stick it in an Athlon FX board if you decided to upgrade. The XP 3000+ series are dropping in price nearly day to day so even one of them are a good upgrade.
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| OT: RAM Speed [message #62334] |
Sat, 17 January 2004 02:21 |
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I have the same motherboard as npsmith but it supports only SD memory.. is sd slower than drr or is ddr just a newer type?
Also, do ram shortages decrease video card performance? Just bought a radeon 9200 SE, great in small games but in big games the fps rate sinks a bit (192 ram jus now).
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