M mason marnell@1457018692 Reputable Feb 10, 2015 683 0 5,060 Jul 11, 2015 #1 I have 2 1600 MHz sticks of RAM installed on my dual channel AMD motherboard. On both speccy and AMD Overdrive, It shows them both running at 800 Mhz. Why is that happening? Thanks!
I have 2 1600 MHz sticks of RAM installed on my dual channel AMD motherboard. On both speccy and AMD Overdrive, It shows them both running at 800 Mhz. Why is that happening? Thanks!
Solution nukemaster Jul 11, 2015 Depending on the software it will show half the speed because DDR3 runs at double data rate. CPU-z for instance does this as well. Off to test speccy and yes, it shows the speeds like that, your memory is running at 1600, so no worries.
Depending on the software it will show half the speed because DDR3 runs at double data rate. CPU-z for instance does this as well. Off to test speccy and yes, it shows the speeds like that, your memory is running at 1600, so no worries.
nukemaster Titan Nov 23, 2004 19,626 6 74,965 Jul 11, 2015 Solution #2 Depending on the software it will show half the speed because DDR3 runs at double data rate. CPU-z for instance does this as well. Off to test speccy and yes, it shows the speeds like that, your memory is running at 1600, so no worries. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
Depending on the software it will show half the speed because DDR3 runs at double data rate. CPU-z for instance does this as well. Off to test speccy and yes, it shows the speeds like that, your memory is running at 1600, so no worries.