OCZ DDR RAM 256MB PC-3000 366Hz

[globe111]

I am looking to get this ram along with Gigabyte GA-7VRX, VIA KT333 5P1A3D board,

anyone has experience with it?

and how far it will go at C2,
I dont want to run it at C2.5

thanks.

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[lagger]

It is overclocked ram not native 3000 and I am willing to bet the farm you not get it or any other pc 2700-3000 to run at cl2 not even corsair pc2700 which they sell as cl2 will actually run stable at that timing from all reports I have read

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[globe111]

so you think it will run at C2 @ 2400 then, and maybee 2700,

c'mon its a pc3000 ram....

just thinking, I will have to buy something by the end of the day thou.

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[wapaaga]

it doesn't go to 188 cas 2 i have friend that has it he had to take it to 2.5 to get it to 188 even

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[globe111]

did your friend tried this memory at c2 setting?

how far did it go without loosing stability?

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[globe111]

any more thoughts on this, I must make a decision soon,

thanks.

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[bum_jcrules]

Why the big need for half a clock cycle???

CL2.5 has only one half cycle more of latency than CL2. You are talking about 1 divided by 100,000,000 cycles per second. That is 0.00000001 seconds. Even <i><b>if</i></b> you run the memory at 188MHz, that is still only 0.00000188 seconds.

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[globe111]

c'mon I want to multitask between notepad and ie.



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[phsstpok]

Why the big need for half a clock cycle???

CL2.5 has only one half cycle more of latency than CL2. You are talking about 1 divided by 100,000,000 cycles per second. That is 0.00000001 seconds. Even if you run the memory at 188MHz, that is still only 0.00000188 seconds.

No, it doesn't sound like much time. However, at 100mhz (your example) <b>full latency</b> means 50,000,000 memory accesses per second at CAS2 (1 access every two cycles) but only 40,000,000 memory accesses per second at CAS2.5 (1 access every 2.5 cycles).

Of course, I know that memory isn't accessed so randomly that every access requires the max latency but it is random enough that it makes a difference.

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[Guest]

agree with phsstpok,
not sure about the exact number of random accesses per sec but it is certainly much greater than 1 thus the difference is going to be greater than .00000001 or 5.32e-9 (188 mhz) seconds - my bandwidth went up ~40-120 mb using CAS 2 setting instead of 2.5 according to sandra2002 so it appears it has more than just a plessibo effect.

edit: btw i use pc2100<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by wnstitw on 03/25/02 05:33 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[lhgpoobaa]

have a look at the PC2700 review i just posted in this section.

i too dont really trust these types of ram... just overclocked exisiting stuff.

the problems arise in that the chips themselves may be able to do 166 or 183 or whatever, but problems arise with the pcb design, trace lengths, signal degredation, em interfeerence etc.

and anyways... technically there is NO PC2700 ram around as the PC2700 official spec's have yet to be certified.

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