Will I even notice a difference?

[Posidon42]

Right now I am selling a matched 1gb pair of PQI memory that apparently performs quite well at high fsb at 3-4-4-8. However, since I am still using my ancient :rolleyes: Nforce2 chipset (hey I still get 6600 3dmark05 points with this setup) I want to know how much more performance I can expect if I upgrade to a set that will do 2-2-2-x at 200fsb. I have my current memory running at 2-3-3-10 and it seems to be stable.

Since I really can't do much in the way of fsb overclocking with this memory, should I just keep it until I upgrade to A64 sometime next year when the prices are a bit more in my range or should I even bother with trying to get the best memory for my current configuration if this memory seems to be doing ok?

Your expert advise is appreciated. FYI, even though I put this memory up for sale already, I am pondering just keeping it so I don't have to mess with buying more memory...

[Jon]

I would hang onto it, or get something you can use in a future system. Depending on how far in the future you're looking to do a replacement system (as well as what you want to upgrade to), it may end up being DDR2 - leading to yet another memory purchase.

I doubt you're going to see any real world performance that would be worthwhile by dropping down a few latency levels.

[Posidon42]

I am inclined to agree with you. Any other comments?

[rbwilton]

Did you try a CPC off bios? You should be able to get a good enough boost in FSB from 200 to make it worth trying.

[Posidon42]

what do you mean by this? What is a CPC off bios??

[rbwilton]

My understanding is that the memory controller on NF2 has problems with 2x512 double sided memory. Regardless of the exact explanation you can usually achieve a significantly higher FSB with CPC at 2t. 2T gives a performance decrease which can be offset if yoou can raise the bus speed enough. You have to test. I was able to go from sub 210 to 232. You also would want a bios that has the L12 mod built into the tables. here's a link:

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=323695

[johan851]

I would hang onto it, or get something you can use in a future system. Depending on how far in the future you're looking to do a replacement system (as well as what you want to upgrade to), it may end up being DDR2 - leading to yet another memory purchase.

I doubt you're going to see any real world performance that would be worthwhile by dropping down a few latency levels.
This is exactly right. I really doubt you'll see much of a gain by getting some low-latency memory. What you have should work just fine.

rbwilton seems to have some good ideas for getting a little more out of the memory you have. A CPC off BIOS can help a lot with that type of memory. There are also a lot of good threads about the NF7-S that are buried in the forums somewhere. Try a CPC off BIOS and lower your chipset voltage to 1.5v, and see where that takes you.

[Posidon42]

ok, will do. thanks for the inputs guys