Is DDR really faster?

[mito]

My mobo still uses pc133 memory. Will I notice a great performance improvemente putting DDR memories?

I'm most interested in games, and I'm aware that the video card will do the job (GeForce!!!). But will a DDR memory really make a difference in the mother board?

Thank you.

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[FatBurger]

Putting DDR in your current motherboard will make the performance change to 0% of what it currently is. Buying a DDR motherboard and memory will give you a decent performance boost, depending on which chipset you go with.
Athlon or P4?

Since you're probably confused, you can't use DDR in an SDRAM board. There are three boards that I know of that can use both (not at the same time), but I doubt you have any of those.

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[mito]

Hello,

I'm aware of that. Asus a7a266 accepts both DDR and SDRAM.

But I'd like to know if I'll really notice a performance boost switching to a total DDR mobo and using an AMD Athlon CPU.

For example, a classic game like RTWC or MOH...
and using a GeForce III. Will it benefit using DDR memories?



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[scamtrOn]

sure dude, like fatburger said

the most increase will come from the vid card in games, but the over all pc performance will go up about %5-15 depending on app




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[mito]

So if a performance increase of 15% is the most I can get, then we can state that upgrading to DDR isn't really worth it. Do you agree? I was thinking of something above 75% to be really worth it.

Anyway, DDR is the tendency, so sooner or later we'll all have to go for it...

Thanks!





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[slvr_phoenix]

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Um, oh yeah. As for the whole upgrade to DDR thing with a new motherboard and all, it would give you a performance gain. However, unless you have an old and slow CPU in there and plan on buying a new one, it won't get even close to a 75% performance gain. There is just no way. Well, not unless you have some <i>really</i> majorly bad SDRAM in there.

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[scamtrOn]

LOL %75?

%15 is rare

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[mito]

I beg your pardon, what?

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[scamtrOn]

fixed

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