D Dostya Honorable Nov 24, 2012 108 0 10,680 Jun 23, 2013 #1 My 8 gb 1600 hz RAM is showing that it is 800 HZ in CPU-z. (I just got a new PC, and Im new to PC gaming)
My 8 gb 1600 hz RAM is showing that it is 800 HZ in CPU-z. (I just got a new PC, and Im new to PC gaming)
Tradesman1 Legenda in Aeternum Jun 5, 2013 67,883 40 126,960 Jun 23, 2013 #2 You are good, it's DDR (DOUBLE DATA RATE) so CPU-Z shows true freq (800), take it times 2 to get effective 800x 2 = 1600, this throws a lot of people - I wrote an info thread on CPU-Z here: http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=10565 think it should explain all Upvote 0 Downvote
You are good, it's DDR (DOUBLE DATA RATE) so CPU-Z shows true freq (800), take it times 2 to get effective 800x 2 = 1600, this throws a lot of people - I wrote an info thread on CPU-Z here: http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=10565 think it should explain all