which one better for AXP? high fsb or tight timing?

example :
2.0Ghz athlon xp with 8 x 250 loose timing ex: 2.5-3-3-x
2.0Ghz athlon xp with 10x 200 tight timing ex: 2-2-2-x

which one better????

test and find out, see which one is faster for what you use your comp for.

to be honest, it kinda depends on the applications you use.

i can't choose becos i want to choose between 2 memory
btw my use of comp usually simple office & gaming

simple office and gaming...completely different ends of the spectrum.

have you verified that your motherboard can do 250mhz FSB? Not all AthlonXP boards can do that.

I would go with the 250FSB myself.

Of course, if you went with good TCCD memory, you could probably do both scenarios and see what works for you

i'm an advocate for timings. I would grab some variation of winbond ram and do some nice 2-2-2 action

-Collin-

Well if you want to see the results of timings vs FSB here is a nice post

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=377859

FSB is the winner in almost all cases except 1T vs 2T in which case unless you get more than a 10MHz increase in FSB it's not worth it to go to 2T.

unless you're running a DFI lanparty you can pretty much forget about 250fsb using socket 462 unless you want to use 256mb sticks. however if you don't mind around 220fsb and tight timings (2-2-2-11) then go for some bh-5 and maybe some TCCD if you can find it. generally TCCD won't do 220 2-2-2-11 but if you get some good sticks you might. I have a rig right now that is using bh-5 and I'm rock solid at 220fsb 2-2-2-11. seems to run faster than the same system using TCCD at 237fsb 2.5-3-3-11.