ddr800 vs 1066

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I was reading in the 790gx review that it is recommened to have 1066 memory. Why is that? I thought the two were relativly the same?

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well 1066 is 266MHz faster but it has higher latencies.
800 is fine and in fact very good but 1066 is just better.

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Phenom performs better with 1066 ram.

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how much better? are there charts i can see?

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