tight timings or many mhz for gaming?

DaRky4YoU · 01-23-04, 12:10 AM

What is important for gaming , tighter memory timings or higher memory mhz?

example:

cas 3 pc 3700 or cas2 pc 3200 , both corsair, what would be better for gaming?

Top Hat Theater · 01-23-04, 12:27 AM

Hard to say...are you planning on running stock memory speeds? AMD or Intel?

~THT

DaRky4YoU · 01-23-04, 07:46 AM

its for an intel 2.8 c , lol if i can overclock the memory of course i will ... if not stock speed

just wondering whats better pc 3700 cas 3 or pc 3200 cas 2

Jognt · 01-23-04, 08:23 AM

both the same actually, the pc3200 will run 3700 speeds at cas 3, and the 3700 will prolly run cas 2 @ 200mhz...

the only thing those numbers say is that they guaranty (sp?) the RAM to run at those specs...

If you OC your CPU, you would OC the RAM too unless u use dividers offcourse, id say you just OC the CPU as far as it will go, MHZ means a bit to games, as does RAM, play with it, the CAS2 ram will go higher than 200mhz if you OC it

can i recommend Mushkin lvl2 ram? it is guaranteed to run 2-2-2-5/6 at even 3700 speeds because it has BH-5 chips...

Como · 01-23-04, 08:58 AM

my bh-5 mushkin will do 3-2-2-2 (i think, i have bad memorey and i'm not home, maybe that last one is a 5...) at 220 easily. at least thats what i'm running it at... and 2.9 volts, which its more than safe at.

timzak · 01-23-04, 09:17 AM

It also depends what video card you have and if you're running with AA/AF. If your vid card's bandwidth is maxed out, it won't matter how fast your cpu or memory is at.

Example, on my 9800Pro in 1280x960x32bpp with 4XAA/8XAF, I average 43 FPS in a single lap in Need for Speed (using FRAPS) at 1.8Ghz, 1.9Ghz, 2.0Ghz, and 2.1Ghz with all else being equal. If I were to run with no AA/AF, there would be noticeable bumps in FPS.

johan851 · 01-23-04, 10:33 AM

Whichever provides the highest memory speeds will give you the best performance. With Intel rigs, memory throughput is usually more sensitive to raw MHz than to timings.

Propilot · 01-23-04, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by johan851
Whichever provides the highest memory speeds will give you the best performance. With Intel rigs, memory throughput is usually more sensitive to raw MHz than to timings.

Not in games, timing is more important.
Read this:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=873

DaRky4YoU · 01-23-04, 01:17 PM

wow thx that revieuw showed me tighter timings are better for games thx man

should be a sticky :/

Propilot · 01-23-04, 02:14 PM

That link was given to me, so I am just passing it along.

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DaRky4YoU Member Join Date: Jan 2004	tight timings or many mhz for gaming? What is important for gaming , tighter memory timings or higher memory mhz? example: cas 3 pc 3700 or cas2 pc 3200 , both corsair, what would be better for gaming?
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Top Hat Theater Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in Thought	Hard to say...are you planning on running stock memory speeds? AMD or Intel? ~THT
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01-23-04, 07:46 AM	Thread Starter #3
DaRky4YoU Member Join Date: Jan 2004	its for an intel 2.8 c , lol if i can overclock the memory of course i will ... if not stock speed just wondering whats better pc 3700 cas 3 or pc 3200 cas 2
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Jognt All round good guy Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands	both the same actually, the pc3200 will run 3700 speeds at cas 3, and the 3700 will prolly run cas 2 @ 200mhz... the only thing those numbers say is that they guaranty (sp?) the RAM to run at those specs... If you OC your CPU, you would OC the RAM too unless u use dividers offcourse, id say you just OC the CPU as far as it will go, MHZ means a bit to games, as does RAM, play with it, the CAS2 ram will go higher than 200mhz if you OC it can i recommend Mushkin lvl2 ram? it is guaranteed to run 2-2-2-5/6 at even 3700 speeds because it has BH-5 chips... __________________ Are you new? Introduce yourself! Current rig: TT Matrix vX Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi e6600 @ 3.4 (9 * 378) w/ TRUE120 2 * 2GB OCZ DDRII-1000 @ 756 4-4-4-10 Sapphire HD4850 512MB WD RaptorX 150GB w/ Zalman heatpipes \| Seagate 1TB w/ zalman heatpipes CoolerMaster iGreen 500W Remove your fangrills!
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Como Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Maine	my bh-5 mushkin will do 3-2-2-2 (i think, i have bad memorey and i'm not home, maybe that last one is a 5...) at 220 easily. at least thats what i'm running it at... and 2.9 volts, which its more than safe at. __________________ This space is for rent.* *I'm Lying
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01-23-04, 09:17 AM	#6
timzak Member Join Date: Dec 2003	It also depends what video card you have and if you're running with AA/AF. If your vid card's bandwidth is maxed out, it won't matter how fast your cpu or memory is at. Example, on my 9800Pro in 1280x960x32bpp with 4XAA/8XAF, I average 43 FPS in a single lap in Need for Speed (using FRAPS) at 1.8Ghz, 1.9Ghz, 2.0Ghz, and 2.1Ghz with all else being equal. If I were to run with no AA/AF, there would be noticeable bumps in FPS.
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01-23-04, 01:17 PM	Thread Starter #9
DaRky4YoU Member Join Date: Jan 2004	wow thx that revieuw showed me tighter timings are better for games thx man should be a sticky :/
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