How much faster is DDR2700 than PC133?

I currently have an Asus A7V133 with 1 GB of PC133 SDRAM (and a new Athlon XP 2100+ CPU is on its way (with BIOS rev 1009, the 2100+ is compatible)).

I'm currently thinking of upgrading to an Asus A7V333 with 1 GB of DDR SDRAM, PC2700.

The upgrade (new mobo and Micron brand RAM) will cost me about $360.

For $360, how much of an improvement am I going to really get?

I play games like Unreal Tournament, Quake III Arena, and Unreal Tournament 2003, and do occasional 3D modeling with Truespace 3.

Does it justify the cost?

Thanks!

Thermodynamic said:

For $360, how much of an improvement am I going to really get?

I play games like Unreal Tournament, Quake III Arena, and Unreal Tournament 2003, and do occasional 3D modeling with Truespace 3.

Does it justify the cost?

Thanks!

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Near double since the Athlon XP's are natively equipped with DDR FSB's. Running SDRAM utilizes only half the available bus, creating a system bottleneck. Also, since the 2100+ runs stock at 133MHz are you planning to overclock the FSB to 166MHz as well?

If I can

Assuming the 2100+ can be overclocked that far and remain bootable, yet alone stable with air cooling (just bought a nice copper heatsink w/fan yesterday).

My current Athlon 1 GHz can't o/c to 133MHz FSB...

I will definitely give it a try. I don't have my calculator, so how fast would the 2100+ be o/ced to if I used a 166MHz bus instead of 133?

I'm thinking PC2700 only because, knowing me, I'll replace the 2100+ with a 2800+ by the time it gets down to $100.

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Thermodynamic said:

I'm thinking PC2700 only because, knowing me, I'll replace the 2100+ with a 2800+ by the time it gets down to $100.

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Ah, well then by all means get the PC2700, Though at 166MHz you would running the equivelant of about a 2800+,(12x166 = 2166 =@~ 2750+)

Oh really?

That's sweet! I hope the 2100+ is able to go up that high!

its possible dude, but it must be a tbred b aiuhb 0248 or 0350. Theres no chance to get that high with palominos or tbred as